Zablockis D, Frishfelds V, Blums E
Institute of Physics of University of Latvia, 32 Miera street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia.
J Phys Condens Matter. 2008 May 21;20(20):204134. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/20/204134. Epub 2008 May 1.
The main objective of this paper is the numerical investigation of the process of thermomagnetic convection of a special temperature sensitive ferrofluid. The fluid is studied in a cylindrical domain, with constant temperatures on the top and bottom ends and adiabatic boundary conditions on the sidewalls. The thermomagnetic convection is generated by a non-uniform constant magnetic field of a solenoid, which is placed in a hollow area inside the domain. It has been found that the efficiency of convective heat transfer in such a set-up can be increased up to sevenfold by magnetic field within the studied range of parameters.
