Heat transfer enhancement and entropy generation of two working fluids of MHD flow with titanium alloy nanoparticle in Darcy medium.

This article aims to study entropy generation and heat transfer due to free convection. Two types of base fluids (water and kerosene oil) are taken with a suspension of titanium alloy nanoparticles. An external magnetic field is applied in a perpendicular direction and the induced magnetic field is neglected. Scientific analysis is performed on magnetohydrodynamic flow through a Darcy medium. Free convection and the sudden motion of the heated plate cause the fluid to flow. The problem is formulated in terms of differential equations with associated physical conditions. Relations for entropy generation and Bejan numbers are also provided. The Laplace transform technique has been used for finding the exact solution to the problem. Results are plotted using Mathcad software and a comparison is made between water-titanium alloy and kerosene oil-titanium alloy nanoparticles for velocity, temperature, entropy generation, and Bejan number. It is concluded that kerosene oil base fluid has a greater velocity and temperature profile in all parametric studies as compared to water-based fluid. While in the case of entropy generation and Bejan number, near to the plate and for away the plate the behaver is distinct. Entropy generation and Bejan number are boosting up via using different base fluid. For larger estimation of Brinkman number, both Bejan number and entropy rate have the opposite effect. The volume fraction of nanofluid enhance the rate of heat transfer in case of both nanofluid. While the water base nanofluid enhance the rate of heat transfer up to 19.14% and kerosene oil base fluid is enhanced up to 30.01%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]