Effect of magnetic field excitation and sinusoidal curved cavity coupling on heat transfer enhancement and entropy generation of nanofluids

Abstract

This study innovatively developed a sinusoidal cavity heat transfer model and applied it to the natural convection heat transfer effect under magnetic field excitation through experimental exploration. The effects of heat input, mass concentration of nanofluids, magnetic density, magnetic field layout and other variables on heat transfer were studied. The consequence showed that for heat transfer, the horizontal magnetic field has a weakening effect, which can reduce the Nusselt number by 2.57% at most. The double lateral vertical staggered magnetic field has the best effect, and the Nusselt number can be increased by 5.37% at most. Under a vertical magnetic field, increasing the magnetic field strength will increase the corresponding entropy generation. The maximum increase is 9.11%. This will provide some guidance for design of cavity and the application of magnetic nanofluids in the field of thermal management of electronic components and also provides the possibility for designing more efficient thermal management systems in the future.