Computational investigation of non-uniform magnetic field on thermal characteristic of nanofluid stream inside 180∘ elbow pipe

Abstract

The thermal efficiency of the heat exchanger is substantial in chemical and mechanical systems. The presence of the non-homogeny magnetic field considerably enhances the heat rate of nanofluid stream. In this exploration, the presence of the non-uniform magnetic intensity on the heat rate of nanofluid stream is noted inside the [Formula: see text] elbow pipe. FVM is used to model the flow characteristics and temperature distribution through the [Formula: see text] elbow pipe. Our major focus is to demonstrate the main influences of the non-uniform FHD on flow stream and heat transfer of nanofluid in various inlet velocities and magnetic intensities. Achieved outcomes display that growing the magnetic intensity from 1e + 6 to 4e + 6 enhances the average Nusselt number about 30%. Our findings show that increasing the inlet velocity to Re = 100 decreases the magnetic effects about 17% on the heat transfer growth.