TY - JOUR
TI - Entropy generation analysis of the revised Cheng-Minkowycz problem for natural convective boundary layer flow of nanofluid in a porous medium
AU - Rashidi Mohammad Mehdi
AU - Parsa Amir Basiri
AU - Shamekhi Leila
AU - Momoniat Ebrahim
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 11
SP - 169
EP - 178
PT - Article
AB - The similar solution on the equations of the revised Cheng-Minkowycz problem  for natural convective boundary layer flow of nanofluid through a porous  medium gives (using an analytical method), a system of non-linear partial  differential equations which are solved by optimal homotopy analysis method.  Effects of various drastic parameters on the fluid and heat transfer  characteristics have been analyzed. A very good agreement is observed between  the obtained results and the numerical ones. The entropy generation has been  derived and a comprehensive parametric analysis on that has been done. Each  component of the entropy generation has been analyzed separately and the  contribution of each one on the total value of entropy generation has been  determined. It is found that the entropy generation as an important aspect of  the industrial applications has been affected by various parameters which  should be controlled to minimize the entropy generation.