Natural convection in circular enclosures heated from below for various central angles

被引：23

作者：

Mirabedin, Seyed Milad ^{[1
]}

Farhadi, Fatola ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Sharif Univ Technol, Dept Chem & Petr Engn, Azadi Ave, Tehran 113658639, Iran

来源：

CASE STUDIES IN THERMAL ENGINEERING | 2016年 / 8卷

关键词：

Natural convection; Circular enclosure; Rayleigh number; Nusselt number; Central angle; Numerical simulation;

D O I：

10.1016/j.csite.2016.08.007

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

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摘要：

Two-dimensional numerical simulations have been performed to study natural convection in circular enclosures filled with water considering different central angles. Continuity, momentum and energy equations are solved assuming Boussinesq approximation utilizing COMSOL. Effect of Rayleigh number, Ra, on heat transfer rate is investigated by showing Nusselt number, Nu, for a range from 1x10(3) to 1x10(7). It is shown that decreasing central angle of the cavity increases averaged Nusselt number in a cavity heated from below. Finally, a correlation for heat transfer rate is developed considering the effect of the angle between two sides of the cavity and Ra number using simulation results. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

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