Impact of Angular Magnetic Field and Convective Boundary Condition on Heat Transfer of Newtonian Fluid Flow in a Channel

Abstract

In this study, the heat transfer of a laminar, steady, fully developed, and Newtonian fluid flow in a channel is investigated. The main goal of the present study is solving the hydromagnetic Newtonian fluid flow and heat transfer inside a channel with the angular magnetic field and convective boundary conditions on the walls. As a novelty, the effect of thermal diffusion and advection term the walls and Joule heating in the energy equation has been considered. The governing equations include the continuity, momentum, and energy are presented, and considering the assumptions are simplified. Afterward, employing the dimensionless parameters, the governing equations are transformed into dimensionless forms. The exact solution is provided for the momentum equation. For solving the full energy equation, the analytical collocation method (CM) is conducted. The results are validated using the 4th order Runge-Kutta method. The results demonstrated that the dimensionless velocity, the bulk temperature inside the channel, and the channel wall's heat transfer rate decline when the Hartmann number and the magnetic field angle increase. Since the Prandtl and Eckert numbers reduce, the dimensionless temperature becomes more uniform, and the heat transfer rate on the channel wall decreases. Since the Biot number augments, the dimensionless temperature inside the channel reduces, but the channel wall's heat transfer rate first increases and then reduces.