Mixed Convection Nanofluid Flow in Microchannels Homotopy Analysis Method

Abstract

Nanofluids is a niche subject have been the focus of intensive research in the last few decades. Usage of nanofluids in many industrial setups have been tested and recommended by engineers and researchers. Moreover, the continuous growth in technological advancements has lead to newlineincreased use of technology in our everyday life. Power consumption is also increased tremendously in the last few decades as a result. Due to this massive surge in power consumption, energy losses tend to increase as well and hence, need to be minimized. Nanofluids have been proposed and promising results have been obtained. To control the loss of energy, entropy generation has to be minimized. The present research work deals with the study of entropy generation analysis of nanofluid in inclined channels under various physical effects. The homotopy analysis method (HAM) is then applied to solve the governing equations. As nanofluids have been applied to various industrial equipments and technologies, the entropy generation analysis of nanofluid flow under the influence of different physical effects has become increasingly newlinecrucial. newline