This technical brief numerically examines the mixed convection heat transfer of a Cu-water nanofluid in a parallel-plate vertical channel that is influenced by a magnetic field. An upward flow of Cu-water nanofluid enters the channel at a relatively low temperature and a uniform velocity. It is found that the magnetic field has dissimilar effects on the heat transfer rate at different Richardson numbers. The increase of solid volume fraction results in an increase of the heat transfer rate especially at low Richardson numbers.
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