Applications of Viscoelastic Fluids Involving Hydrodynamic Stability and Heat Transfer

Abstract

Rayleigh and Marangoni convection and rheology are linked in the thermal convection of viscoelastic fluids to some recent technological applications. Such technology developments as the ones presented here undoubtedly shall be based on interdisciplinary projects involving not only rheology or fluid mechanics but several other disciplines. Three practical applications which use Rayleigh or Marangoni convection in their working principle are presented along with some technical details. This contribution focus mainly on the physical mechanism and the involved hydrodynamics of some lab and industrial applica- tions. Finally, a short discussion on the role play by the convective mechanisms is given in order to provide integration of the exposed ideas.