Entropy Analysis and Melting Heat Transfer in the Carreau Thin Hybrid Nanofluid Film Flow

Kohilavani Naganthran, Roslinda Nazar, Zailan Siri and Ishak Hashim
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Kohilavani Naganthran: Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Roslinda Nazar: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600 UKM, Malaysia
Zailan Siri: Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Ishak Hashim: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600 UKM, Malaysia

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 23, 1-19

Abstract: Melting heat transfer has a vital role in forming energy storage devices such as flexible thin film supercapacitors. This idea should be welcomed in the thin film theoretical models to sustain technological advancement, which could later benefit humankind. Hence, the present work endeavors to incorporate the melting heat transfer effect on the Carreau thin hybrid nanofluid film flow over an unsteady accelerating sheet. The mathematical model that obeyed the boundary layer theory has been transformed into a solvable form via an apt similarity transformation. Furthermore, the collocation method, communicated through the MATLAB built-in bvp4c function, solved the model numerically. Non-uniqueness solutions have been identified, and solutions with negative film thickness are unreliable. The melting heat transfer effect lowers the heat transfer rate without affecting the liquid film thickness, while the Carreau hybrid nanofluid contributes more entropy than the Carreau nanofluid in the flow regime.

Keywords: thin film; Carreau fluid; hybrid nanoparticles; melting heat transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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