TY - JOUR
TI - Three-dimensional and two-phase nanofluid flow and heat transfer analysis over a stretching infinite solar plate
AU - Hatami Mohammad
AU - Khazayinejad Mehdi
AU - Zhou Jiandong
AU - Jing Dengwei
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2018
VL - 22
IS - 2
SP - 871
EP - 884
PT - Article
AB - In this work, three-dimensional and two-phase nanofluid flow and heat  transfer is modeled over a stretching infinite solar plate. The governing  equations are presented based on previous studies. The infinite boundary  condition and shortcoming of traditional analytical Collocation Method have  been overcome in our study by changing the problem into a finite boundary  problem with a new analytical method called Optimal Collocation Method (OCM).  The accuracy of results is examined by fourth order Runge-kutta numerical  method. Effect of some parameters, Pr (Prandtl number), Sc (Schmidt number),  Nb (Brownian motion parameter), Nt (Thermophoresis parameter), λ=b/a (ratio  of the stretching rate along y to x directions) and n (power-law index), on  the velocities, temperature and nanoparticles concentration functions are  discussed. As an important outcome of our 3D model analysis, it is found that  increase in thermophoretic forces can enhance the thickness of both thermal  and nanoparticle volume fraction boundary layers.