Oscillatory heat transfer analysis of assisting and opposing radiating flow of Williamson-nanofluid along heat-exchanger plate in nuclear-power reactors: numerical simulation
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Abstract
Exothermic catalytic chemical reaction and thermal solar energy aspects for steady and fluctuating heat and mass flow rate using Williamson nanofluid is very important in nuclear power reactors. Main purpose of this work is to analyze viscous dissipation effects for fluid temperature field, concentration reactants, stead and oscillatory heat-mass transport, streamlines and isotherms along heat exchanger plate of nuclear power reactor using opposing and assisting flow. Significance of this study is to display oscillations and periodical heat transfer and skin friction using opposing and assisting flow. Mathematical formulation is developed for the computational assessment of laminar stream rate and fluctuating heat-mass transmission by using amplitude and phase change analysis. For programming algorithm and numerical results, the mathematical model is solved by dimensionless variables, Stokes oscillating factors, primitive transformations, implicit finite-difference methodology, and Gaussian elimination computation. For numerical results, the following range of parameters exothermic reaction rate , Eckert number , radiation , Prandtl 0.1 Pr 10.0, local-modified buoyancy forces , Schmidt number , thermophoresis , Brownian motion , Weissenberg number , and activation energy are considered. First steady flow rate is calculated and used in fluctuating formula to examine oscillatory flow rate. The percentage rate (28 %) of heat transfer is increased at small choice of Eckert number = 0.1. The maximum percentage (16 %) of mass rate is observed at high Eckert number = 2.0. It is observed that streamlines contour increases as radiation-energy increases and exothermic/catalytic reaction flow decreases. It is deduced that level of isotherms contour is increased as exothermic/catalytic reaction and Weissenberg number increases. Significant increase in steady friction rate, heat flux and mass flux is noticed as exothermic/catalytic reaction flow increases. Oscillating amplitude and turbulent rate in heat flux and mass flux is improved as exothermic catalytic reaction and Weissenberg number rises.
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Annals of Nuclear Energy provides an international medium for the communication of original research, ideas and developments in all areas of the field of nuclear energy science and technology. Its scope embraces nuclear fuel reserves, fuel cycles and cost, materials, processing, system and component technology (fission only), design and optimization, direct conversion of nuclear energy sources, environmental control, reactor physics, heat transfer and fluid dynamics, structural analysis, fuel management, future developments, nuclear fuel and safety, nuclear aerosol, neutron physics, computer technology (both software and hardware), risk assessment, radioactive waste disposal and reactor thermal hydraulics. Papers submitted to Annals need to demonstrate a clear link to nuclear power generation/nuclear engineering. Papers which deal with pure nuclear physics, pure health physics, imaging, or attenuation and shielding properties of concretes and various geological materials are not within the scope of the journal. Also, papers that deal with policy or economics are not within the scope of the journal.