CFD modelling of radiators in buildings with user-defined wall functions

被引:28
作者
Risberg, Daniel [1 ]
Risberg, Mikael [1 ]
Westerlund, Lars [1 ]
机构
[1] Lulea Univ Technol, Div Energy Sci, Energy Engn, SE-97187 Lulea, Sweden
关键词
CFD modelling; Radiator; User-defined wall functions; Indoor climate; HEAT-TRANSFER; AIR-FLOW; ENVIRONMENT;
D O I
10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.10.134
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号
摘要
The most widely used turbulence model for indoor CFD simulations, the k-epsilon model, has exhibited problems with treating natural convective heat transfer, while other turbulence models have shown to be too computationally demanding. This paper studies how to deal with natural convective heat transfer for a radiator in order to simplify the simulations, and reduce the numbers of cells and simulation time. By adding user-defined wall functions the number of cells can be reduced considerably compared with the k-omega SST turbulence model. The user-defined wall function proposed can also be used with a correction factor for different radiator types without the need to resolve the radiator surface in detail. Compared to manufacturer data the error is less than 0.2% for the investigated radiator height and temperature. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:266 / 273
页数:8
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