Lattice Boltzmann method for simulation of force convection flow of nanofluids in an ejector

In the present work, force convection nanofluid flow in anejector is analyzed. Cu /water as nanofluid has been perusedin this study. Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is used forsimulation. One advantage of LBM is that it can be easilyparallelized and hence can be used to simulate fluid flow inmulti-core computers using parallel. The LBM results arevalidated against those available in the literature.Comparisons of the results show that there is excellentagreement between them. Velocity and temperaturedistribution in the ejector are obtained. Also the effect ofsome important parameters in nanofluid like solid volumefraction, on the heat transfer in the domain is analyzed.Results show the adding Cu nano particles can enhancedheat transfer in the ejector.

کلیدواژه ها:

Lattice Boltzmann method ، nanofluid ، ejector ، force convection ، heat transfer