Abstract
A steady combined convective motion over a rough sphere with hybrid nanoparticles is analyzed. We have considered silica (SiO2) and molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) nanoadditives which are added in H2O to form MoS2–SiO2/H2O hybrid nanoliquid. The partial differential equations describing the boundary layer flow characteristics are reduced into non-dimensional form with appropriate non-similar reduction. It should be noted that the governing equations have been written using the conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy. These considered equations allow simulating the analyzed phenomenon using numerical techniques. Implicit finite difference approximation and technique of Quasilinearization are utilized to work out the dimensionless control equations. The influence of various physical characteristics included in this challenge, such as the velocity fields and temperature patterns, is investigated. The study of border gradients is performed, which deals with the skin friction and energy transport strength. The plots of computational outcomes are considered, which ascertain that velocity distribution reduces, whilst coefficient of friction at the surface, energy transport strength and temperature distribution augment for enhancing values of hybrid nanofluid. For enhancing magnitude of combined convection parameter, dimensionless velocity distribution, surface drag coefficient and energy transport strength enhance, while temperature distribution diminishes. High impact of hybrid nanofluid on energy transport strength and the surface friction compared to the host liquid and mono nanofluid in presence/absence of surface roughness is shown. Velocity distribution enhances for rising values of velocity ratio parameter. Enhancing values of frequency parameter rise the friction at the surface and energy transport strength. It is also examined that the hybrid nanofluid has a maximum temperature for the blade-shaped nanoparticles and has a low temperature for the spherical-shaped nanoparticles.
Highlights
The transport behavior of nanofluids can be described using, for example, Buongiorno’s model [1] and Tiwari and Das approach [2]
Scientists are in search of better type of liquid in order to enhance the thermal efficiency of different engineering systems. Taking into account such investigation, the hybrid nanofluid as a combination of base liquid and several different types of nanoparticles, can have high thermal conductivity compared to mono nanofluid and hybrid nanofluids can be considered as the advanced forms of nanofluid
Rostami et al [5] have scrutinized the combined convection of a hybrid silica-alumina nanofluid and their results ascertain that the hybrid nanofluid has high energy transport strength than the base fluid
Summary
The transport behavior of nanofluids can be described using, for example, Buongiorno’s model [1] and Tiwari and Das approach [2]. Many other researchers have worked by considering the different combination of nanoparticles for hybrid nanofluids such as, Ag-TiO2, CuO-MgO, Cu-Al2O3 and MWCNTs-Fe2O4-SWCNTs, etc. Silicon oxide (silica) is widely applied in energy transport applications and it can be successfully use as nano-inclusions [18] The work of these authors has motivated us to perform the present research and we have investigated the current problem. Muhammad et al [35] have analyzed combined convection over a curved surface with MWCNT-Cu/H2O hybrid nanofluid and the obtained outcomes ascertain that the fluid velocity enhances for combined convection parameter.
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