Flow and heat transfer of Al2O3 and γ-Al2O3 through a channel with non-parallel walls: a numerical study

Abstract

Nanofluids are referred to as nanometer suspensions in standard nanometer-sized fluid transfer. In this study, our focus was to examine the flow and transmission of heat through a non-parallel walled channel of nanofluids. For this purpose, we used the thermal transport in H₂O composed of Al₂O₃ and γ-Al₂O₃ nanomaterials within the convergent/divergent channel for stretching/shrinking parameters. The flow was considered two-dimensional and unsteady. As a result, the flow of an unstable fluid, including various nanoparticles, was modeled within the convergent/divergent channel. A suitable similarity transformation was used to convert the complicated coupled system of differential equations into a non-dimensional form. For numerical solutions, the complicated system of equations was first transformed into a set of first-order differential equations using the shooting method. The Runge–Kutta (RK-4) method was then used to solve the reduced first-order equations. To comprehend the flow pattern and temperature and velocity profile deviations caused by dimensionless parameters, a graphical investigation was performed. Graphs were also used to investigate the variation in the velocity and temperature profiles for various emerging factors.