Convective Heat Transfer

Fundamental understanding of single-phase convective heat transfer in the form of natural and mixed convection is very important. We are mainly interested in the heat transfer enhancement using passive technique and non-linear analysis of the convective flows. Different techniques have been used to enhance the convective heat transfer in a confined domain. Instability driven multiple solutions was observed during natural convection inside a grooved channel.

 For details see:

  1. Nirmalendu Biswas, Nirmal K. Manna, Priyankan Datta and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra Analysis of heat transfer and pumping power for bottom-heated porous cavity saturated with Cu-water nanofluid, Powder Technology, (2018) 326, 356-369.
  2. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh, Heatlines and other visualization techniques for confined heat transfer systems, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer , (2018) 118, 1069-1079.
  3. Pranit Joshi, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Arvind Pattamatta, Effect of particle shape and slip mechanism on buoyancy induced convective heat transport with nanofluids, Physics of Fluids, (2017) 29, 122001.
  4. Nirmalendu Biswas, Nirmal K. Manna and Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Merit of non-uniform over uniform heating in a porous cavity, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, (2016) 78, 135-144.
  5. Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna, Enhanced thermal energy transport using adiabatic block inside lid-driven cavity, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (2016) 100, 407-427.
  6. Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna, Buoyancy-driven fluid and energy flow in protruded heater enclosure, Mechanica, (2016) 51, 2159–2184
  7. Aayush K. Sharma, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Nirmal K. Manna, Koushik Ghosh and Pankaj Wahi, Thermal instability driven multiple solutions in a grooved channel, Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A, (2016) 70, 776-790.
  8. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Souvick Chatterjee, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh, Proper orthogonal decomposition of thermally-induced flow structure in an enclosure with alternately active localized heat sources, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (2016) 94, 373-379.
  9. Priyankan Datta, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Koushik Ghosh, Nirmal K. Manna and Swarnendu Sen, Heat transfer and entropy generation in a porous square enclosure in presence of an adiabatic block, Transport in Porous Media, (2016), 111(2), 305-329.
  10. Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna, Thermal Management of Heating Element in a Ventilated Enclosure, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, (2015), 66, 84-92.
  11. Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Prokash C. Roy, Influence of Heater Aspect Ratio on Natural Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure, Heat Transfer Engineering, (2015), 37(2), 125-139.
  12. Aayush K. Sharma, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh, Mixed convection in a baffled grooved channel, Sadhana, (2015), 40(3), 835-849.
  13. Nirmalendu Biswas, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra and Nirmal K. Manna, Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Grooved Channel with Injection, Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A, (2015), 68(6), 663-685.
  14. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh, Effect of active wall location in a partially heated enclosure, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, (2015), 61, 69-77.
  15. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna, Koushik Ghosh and Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Heat Transfer assessment of an alternately active bi-heater undergoing transient natural convection, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (2015), 83, 450-464.
  16. Aayush K. Sharma, Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Nirmal K. Manna and Koushik Ghosh, Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Grooved Channel in Presence of Baffle, Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A, (2015), 67(10), 1097-1118.
  17. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Somnath De, Koushik Ghosh, Nirmal K. Manna and Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Heat Transfer Enhancement and Entropy Generation in a Square Enclosure in the Presence of Adiabatic and Isothermal Blocks, Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A, (2013), 64 (7), 576-597.