APPLICATION OF THE MONTE CARLO METHOD TO THE SOLUTION OF HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEM IN NANOFLUIDS

The algorithm of modeling heat transfer in steady-state fl ow of a nanofl uid in a plane channel on the basis of the Monte Carlo method is described. With the use of this algorithm, the profi les of temperature and of the volume fraction of nanoparticles in the channel are obtained. The dependence of the relative Nusselt number of fl ow on the volume fraction of nanoparticles in it and on the thermal conductivity of the fl uid is shown.
   
Author:  A. V. Kravchuk and A. A. Avramenko
Keywords:  nanofl uid, heat transfer, Monte Carlo method
Page:  1107