Heat transfer detraction for conjugate effect of Joule heating and magneto-hydrodynamics on mixed convection in a lid-driven cavity along with a heated hollow circular plate

Abstract

In this paper, the influence of Joule heating and magneto-hydrodynamics on mixed convection in a lid-driven cavity along with a heated hollow circular plate placed at the centre of the square cavity is investigated. The governing equations which are derived by considering the effects of both Joule heating and magneto-hydrodynamics are solved via the penalty finite-element method with the Galerkin-weighted residual technique. The effects of the Richardson number and Hartmann number arising from the MHD and Joule heating on the flow and heat transfer characteristics have been examined. The results show that the flow behavior, temperature distribution and heat transfer inside the cavity are strongly affected by the presence of the magnetic field. On the other hand, only the temperature distribution and heat transfer inside the cavity are strongly affected by the Joule heating parameter. The results also show that if the Hartmann number is increased from 5 to 100 then the heat transfer detraction is 20%, and if the Joule heating parameter is increased from 1 to 5 then the heat transfer detraction is 58%. In addition, multiple regressions among the various parameters are obtained.