Heat Transfer in Cavities: Configurative Systematic Review

Goutam Saha, Ahmed A.Y. Al-Waaly, Manosh C. Paul and Suvash C. Saha ()
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Goutam Saha: Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Ahmed A.Y. Al-Waaly: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wasit University, Kut 52001, Wasit, Iraq
Manosh C. Paul: Systems Power and Energy Research Division, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Suvash C. Saha: School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 5, 1-53

Abstract: This study is a systematic review of research on heat transfer analysis in cavities and aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of flow and heat transfer performance in various kinds of cavities with or without the presence of fins, obstacles, cylinders, and baffles. The study also examines the effects of different forces, such as magnetic force, buoyancy force, and thermophoresis effect on heat transfer in cavities. This study also focuses on different types of fluids, such as air, water, nanofluids, and hybrid nanofluids in cavities. Moreover, this review deals with aspects of flow and heat transfer phenomena for only single-phase flows. It discusses various validation techniques used in numerical studies and the different types and sizes of mesh used by researchers. The study is a comprehensive review of 297 research articles, mostly published since 2000, and covers the current progress in the area of heat transfer analysis in cavities. The literature review in this study shows that cavities with obstacles such as fins and rotating cylinders have a significant impact on enhancing heat transfer. Additionally, it is found that the use of nanofluids and hybrid nanofluids has a greater effect on enhancing heat transfer. Lastly, the study suggests future research directions in the field of heat transfer in cavities. This study’s findings have significant implications for a range of areas, including electronic cooling, energy storage systems, solar thermal technologies, and nuclear reactor systems.

Keywords: heat transfer; cavity or enclosure; moving-lid; systematic review; fins; cylinders; blocks; nanofluids; enhancement; degradation; validation; correlations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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