Showing 6 results for Convection
B. Ghasemi,
Volume 21, Issue 1 (7-2002)
Abstract
In this paper, mixed forced and natural convection heat transfer in a rectangular cavity has been numerically studied. the cavity receives a uniform heat flux from one side and is ventilated with a uniform external flow. The external flow enters the cavity from the heated side and leaves the cavity from the opposite side. The velocity and temperature fields and heat transfer rate are determined by solving the two-dimensional continuity, momentum and energy equations. In this research, steady-state flow with constant Reynolds number, Re=100, is considered. Rayleigh number is in the range of 0≤Ra≤107. First, the results are presented for a cavity with constant aspect ratio, AR=2, and four different inlet and exit opening positions. Then cases with a fixed opening position and different aspect ratios including 0.1, 0.25, 1, 4 and 10 are modeled. In the cavities with opening in the bottom or cavities with aspect ratios less than one, the results show weak effects of natural convection on heat transfer. This research has been done for air as a working fluid (Pr=0.71). In some cases, the results are compared with those from previous studies.
Keywords: Convection, Natural, Forced, Cavity, Rayleigh, Ventilate
H. Ahmadikia, and G. A. Iravani,
Volume 26, Issue 1 (7-2007)
Abstract
Design of a natural dry cooling tower has been accomplished in two sections: the design of heat exchangers and the numerical solution of flow through the tower. Heat exchanger (Heller type) has been simulated thermodynamically and then coupled with a computer program, which calculated the turbulent natural convection flow through the tower. The computer program developed for this purpose can be used to obtain thermodynamic propertied of the cooling tower such as mass flow rate of air, temperature of outlet water, distribution of temperature, distribution of velocity, and distribution of pressure through the tower. Numerical results have been compared with experimental data of Shahid Montazery Thermal Power Plant under different environmental conditions. Comparison between numerical results and experimental data showed good agreement.
A. Nouri, and M. Nili-Ahmadabadi,
Volume 26, Issue 1 (7-2007)
Abstract
In this article, turbulent flow heat transfer in the air gap between rotor and stator of a generator under nonhomogeneous heat flux is studied experimentally. The rotor consists of four symmetrical triangular grooves. The stator surface is smooth and does not include any grooves. The relative heat flux between the rotor and the stator is 1 to 3. Temperature and heat flux are measured locally at three axial and two angular positions of inner and outer surface. The pressure drop of air flow through the air gap is also measured. In this work, the axial Reynolds number and rotational velocity of the rotor ranges are 4000
F. Bazdidi Tehrani, S. I. Vasefi, A. M. Anvari,
Volume 36, Issue 2 (3-2018)
Abstract
In the present paper, turbulent convection of CuO-Water Nanofluid in a vertical channel is investigated numerically. In order to simulate the flow, the fluid is considered as a continuous phase while the discrete nanoparticles are dispersed through it. The dispersion of CuO nanoparticles in different flow conditions are studied in order to find the effective mechanisms of particles dispersion in the channel. The results show that in the fully developed turbulent convection flow, thermophoresis is more dominant than Brownian motion of nanoparticles and therefore the nanoparticles aggregation are more in the central areas of the channel. While in entrance region, where the boundary layer is not fully formed, the particles dispersion are more uniform. Also, an increase in the nanoparticles concentration will increase the turbulent velocity fluctuations in regions near the wall and this two-sided effect will cause improvement in turbulent flow thermal transmitance than the laminar flow.
A. R. Rahmati , E. Kashai,
Volume 40, Issue 2 (1-2022)
Abstract
A two-phase lattice Boltzmann model considering the interaction forces of nanofluid has been developed in this paper. It is applied to investigate the flow and natural convection heat transfer of Al2O3–H2O nanofluid in an enclosure containing internal heat generation. To understand the heat transfer enhancement mechanism of the nanofluid flow from the particle level, the lattice Boltzmann method is used because of its mesoscopic feature and numerical advantages. By using a two-component lattice Boltzmann model, the heat transfer enhancement of the nanofluid is analyzed through incorporating the different forces acting on the nanoparticles and the base fluid . The effects of interaction forces, nanoparticle volume fractions (0.0-0.05), and internal and external Rayleigh numbers (103-106) on the nanoparticle distributions and heat transfer characteristics are investigated. The average Nusselt number increases with the increase of nanoparticle volume fraction and Rayleigh number. We also compared and analyzed adding internal heat generation on the nanoparticles and the base fluid separately, and it was found that by considering heat generation on the base fluid, it mostly affects the temperature field, and by considering that on nanoparticles, it mostly affects the stream field.
M. Nemati, M. Sefid, M. S. Barghi Jahromi, R. Jahangiri,
Volume 40, Issue 2 (1-2022)
Abstract
In the present work, the effect of magnetic field, changes in the angle of inclination of the cavity and the shape of nanoparticles on the flow field and heat transfer of water-alumina with uniform heat generation/absorption is investigated by Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The curved wall and the diagonal walls of the cavity are at a constant temperature of hot and cold, respectively. Nanoparticle volume fraction of 0, 0.02 and 0.04, Hartmann number of 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60, heat generation/absorption coefficient of -5, 0 and +5 and inclination angle of 45, 135 and 225 degrees are studied. The high accuracy of the results compared to previous studies confirmed the correctness of the code written in Fortran language. The results shows that in all cases, increasing the Hartmann number leads to a decrease in the maximum value of the streamlines and the average Nusselt number, with the lowest effect at 225 degrees. Also increasing the strength of the magnetic field leads to an average decrease of 28, 23 and 7% of the average Nusselt number for angles of 45, 135 and 225 degrees, respectively. Increasing the heat generation/absorption coefficient is a determining factor in the effectiveness of the magnetic field and adding nanoparticles, and increasing it reduces the amount of heat transfer. On average, heat generation reduces the average Nusselt number by 71, 98, and 145 percent for the angles of 45, 135, and 225 degrees, respectively. In general, the lowest value of the average Nusselt number is related to the angle of 225 degrees, but the effect of adding nanoparticles in increasing the average Nusselt number is the highest at this angle. Generally, an increase in the percentage of nanoparticles leads to an average increase of 12% in the average Nusselt number. The effect of nanoparticle shape is more apparent with increasing their volume fraction. The highest amount of heat transfer is related to the cylindrical nanoparticles, in which the average Nusselt number is on average about 6% higher than the spherical state.
