The Effect of Aspect Ratio on Natural Convection in a Cavity with Discrete Heaters and a Vertical Heat Sink

SIMPLE method is used to study the influence of aspect ratio on the natural convection in an enclosure with five discrete heat sources on a vertical wall and an isothermal heat sink on another vertical wall. The range of aspect ratio is from 3. 0 to 12. 22. At high aspect ratio, multiple secondary flow cells can be found,which enhance heat transfer strongly and cause the highest heat transfer coefficient based on cooling area Nuc. With the decrease of aspect ratio,secondary flow cells become weaker gradually and finally reach the lowest Nuc at H/W = 7. 35. If H/W continues to decrease,natural convection is gradually developed,and heat transfer is improved. At H/W = 3. 67,Nuc becomes stable. Then the decrease of aspect ratio will not affect heat transfer. Besides, A heat transfer correlation including the influence of aspect ratio is .also provided.     

Heat Transfer Characteristics of the Melting Process of the Metal Foam/Paraffin Compound Material

In order to enhance the heat transfer in the phase change heat storage device, a rectangular cavity filled with metal foam / paraffin wax is made. The melting heat storage experiment of foam metal / wax composite phase change material was carried out in the transverse wall temperature conditions. The temperature change curve is drawn according to different heating temperatures. Both the effects of natural convection in rectangular cavity on temperature distribution and the impact of heat transfer temperature difference on the thermal storage time are analyzed. The results show that the melting process of the paraffin in the body cavity is reinforced by the high thermal conductivity of copper foam. The remaining solid paraffin is accelerated to melt by the natural convection of the liquid paraffin formed near the heating surface; and the greater the heat transfer temperature difference is, the greater the natural convection is and the shorter the time for heat storage is.     

HATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER JN AN ENCLOSURE WITH A LOCAL INTERNAL HEAT SOURCE

Numerical analysis is made for the unsteady and steady, two-dimensional laminar natural convection in an enclosure caused simultaneously by the external heating and a local internal heat source. The velocities and temperature profiles are given, the average and local Nusselt numbers for the hot and cold surfaces obtained, and the equivalent relative intensity of the internal heat source, the critical equivalent relative intensity of the internal heat source and the transient control regime defined. The results show that there exist five flow patterns with changing the external or internal Rayleigh number, and the heat transfer performance for each flow pattern region is different.     

Numerical Computation of 3-D Laminar Boundary Layer Equations of Natural Convection Heat Transfer

Coordinate transformation and Box method already succeed in solving boundary layer equations of compelling convection heat transfer,but the solution of natural convection heat transfer has not been informed.For examining the compute accuracy of solving natural convection heat transfer by using this method,this paper numerically computes 3 D laminar boundary layer equations of natural convection heat transfer of stand strip by using this method,the computational results agree with the experimental data from the published paper.The results shows that using this method to solve the equations is feasible.     

Numerical Simulation of Laminar Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Narrow Rrectangular Channels

Using N-S function, and transforming the gravity item to temperature and differential pressure related items, the authors simulate the mixed convection heat transfer in vertical narrow rectangular channels. The results reveal that intense chimney effect exists in cross-section of the whole field and nearby the wall of the channel, When flow is laminar, the velocity of main flow will be decreased, disturbing nearby the heating wall is strengthened, and the convection heat transfer of vertical narrow rectangular channel is enhanced. It also can destroy the uniformity of the heat transfer coefficient distribution. Considering the reliability of equipment, this kind of convection pattern only can be used in low heat flux. The buoyancy-influencing model putted forward can predict mixed convection heat transfer, and also can be used to simulate the turbulent mixed-convection heat transfer problem.     

Thermodynamic Analysis of River Water Fouling on Constant Wall Temperature Tube of Small Diameter

In order to improve utilization of cold and heat source from river, turbulence theory and entropy generation theory were adopted to analyze the effect of fouling on convective heat transfer performance in small diameter tube of constant wall temperature.It is found that the entropy generation caused by conduction of fouling plays a more important role in total entropy generation of heat transfer process through a duct than that in cveast rate of caused by temperature difference.The entropy generation caused by viscous flow is more than the entropy generation caused by temperature difference in flow with bigger Reynolds and small radius.The increase rate of entropy generation monotonically increase with Reynolds and the generation process of fouling resistance.Thereafter, the effect of fouling resistance on the heat transfer performance of water source heat pump heat exchanger should be paid more attention, when river water are used as the cold and heat source of heat pump.     

A STUDY OF THE MECHANISM OF HEAT-TRANSFER DURING METAL HEATING WITH IMPINGING JET

The mechanism of heat transfer during sheet metals heating with impinging jet in a rapid heating furnace is studied with experiments and mathematical simulating methods. It is shown that the heat exchange between metals and impinging jet occurs mainly in the lower region of the hearth,most of which is carried out in the manner of convective heat transfer,and the convective portion of the total heat fluxing to metal is up to 80%. Furthermore,it is also found that the reverse heat flux from metals to the wall, which is a new heat transfer phenomenon, takes place in the late heating period, and the intenser the convective heat transfer in the furnace is, the earlier the reverse radiation occurs.     

Heat Conduction due to Moving Heat Sources in Semi infinite Body

Combined image method with heat source function method,heat conduction due to moving heat sources is analysed in semi infinite body and cylinder with heat exchanging on its surface.The distribution of temperature is obtained when the wall temperature is constant and the wall heat flux is zero.The result is useful for engineering calculation.     

The Effect of Aspect Ratio on Natural Convection in a Cavity with Discrete Heaters at the Bottom and a Top Heat Sink

Numerical study is performed to analyse the influence of aspect ratio on the nat-ural convection of high Pr fluid in a cavity with five discrete heaters at the bottom and an isothermalheat snk at the top,The range of aspect ratio is from 0.082 to 0.333, Raw is 107 and Pr is 90.Inthe half of the eavity five independent flow cells seperated by zero stream lines can be observed atsmall aspect ratio,which gradually merge into a single flow when aspect ratio increases and finallybeeome a big cell at A = 0.333.The average nusselt number based on the cooling arca,Nuc,showsthe highest value at A=0.082.With the incrcase of A,Nuc decreases and arrives the lowest valuewhile A=0.138,then increases and reaches an extreme value as A=0.164.After that Nuc fluctu-ates with the variation of increasing rate of flow velocity.     

Analysis for Heat Transfer in Micro-annular Channel with Unsymmetrically Heated Walls in Slip Flow Regime

A theoretical analysis is presented for heat transfer in micro-annular channel with an adiabatic wall and a heated wall with uniform wall temperature in slip flow regime. The energy equations with the boundary conditions of temperature jump are solved for the hydrodynamical and thermal fully developed laminar flow of the incompressible fluid in this microchannel. The influences of the Kn number, the ratio of inner diameter to outer diameter on the heat transfer characteristics are discussed respectively. The results show that the Nusselt number in microchannel decreases with the increasing of Kn number comparing with that in macrochannel.     

A NUMERICAL STUDY ON NATURAL CONVECTION IN A CLOSED CAVITY PARTIALLY FILLED WITH POROUS MEDIUM

The present paper decribes numerical analytical results of natural convection in a closed cavity partially filled with porous medium by means of Forchheimer-Brinkman model. The effects of heated rate,permeability,height of porous region,heat conduction coefficients and aspect ratio on flow and heat transfar in the cavity are systematically investigated. Velocity and temperature fields in the cavity are given and dependence of average Nu on time is obtained.     

COMBINED HEAT TRANSFER OF TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION AND SURFACE RADIATION IN AN OPEN CAVITY

A numerical study is carried out for the combined heat transfer of turbulent natural convection and surface radiation in an two-dimensional open square cavity with only one heated wall. The results show that the radiation significantly affects the velocity and temperature fields,and it can reduce the turbulent natural convection heat transfer as well as enhance it. For different Rayleigh number and temperature difference ratio,the overall heat transfer rates and the portion of radiation present different variation patterns.     

Numerical analysis of indoor natural convection heat transfer under different heat source location

The research object is indoor natural convection heat transfer under different heat source location,using FVM numerical method to dispersed solving for mass conservation equation and energy conservation equation.Researched distribution of streamline and isotherm and variation of Nu in powerhouse with Ra among 10 3~10 6 when different heat source location.The results of analysis indicate that when Ra=10 3, the isotherms expand outward centring on the heat source and present shapely arcuation.When increasing Ra,isotherm shape changes gradually,thin boundary layers appear on cold wall and hot wall.The streamlines are two symmetrically reverse vortexs.As increasing Ra, the vortexs change in size and move. As Ra=10 3,Nu reaches maximum in the case of D=0. the effect of heat source location on heat transfer quantity is obvious.The curve of Nu is steepest when D=0.5 and smoothest.There is a power relationship between Nu and Ra, the linear correlation fitting 90%.The conclusion provides a theory basis for the research of complex indoor heat transfer mechanism.     

THE EFFECT OF THE CONVECT1VE HEAT TRANSFER IN THE ENTRANCE REGION OF THE TUBE ON THE HEAT TRANSFER IN THE TRBE -MOUTH REGION OF THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT

The effect of the convective heat transfer in the entrance region of the tube on the temperature field and the maximum temperature of the tube material in the tube -mouth region of the high temperature heat exchange equipment is examined by numerical analysis. The computations on the basis of four different formulas for convection heat transfer coefficient are performed. The computed results indicate that the efect can not be ignored as for heat protection of the tube -mouth region and it is resapnable and secure that the mean convective heat transfer coefficient with taking account of the effect of the entrance region is used in the thermal design of the tube -mouth region.     

Experiments on Convective Heat Transfer for Various Media Flowing Turbulently in Tubes with Three Dimensional Internally Extended Surface

This paper presents the experimental results of convective heat transfer performance in 5 copper tubes with three dimensional internally extended surface, with flow of various test fluid in the Reynolds number range of 8,000 to 80,000. Water and mixture of ethylene glycol with water (the ethylene glycol weight content equals 55%) are chosen as test fluid. The effect of the physical properties for test fluid on heat transfer performance in the tubes with three dimensional internally extended surface is discussed. The heat transfer correlation is obtained by the experimental data.     

NUMERICAL STUDY OF FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN AN INCLINED RECTANGULAR FIN GROOVE

Flow and heat transfer are numerically studied in a rectangular fin groove when the fin base is heated with contsant temperature. Rayleigh number, inclination , aspect ratio, thick ness and conductivity of the fin are systematically changed to examine their effects. Five flow patterns are found, local and average characteristics are given, and the mechanism of heat transfer is discussed. The results can be used as a reference for fin designs.     

Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient Distribution Over the Single Rectangle Fin Surface

Rectangle fin is widely used in different kinds of heat exchangrs. Convection heat transfercoefficient distribution over the fin surface is one of the theorehcal problems in research on enhancement of heat transfer. In this paper, a tube with an attached rectangular fin is used for a model and thefin surface is divided into a network of nodes by the finite difference techinque. When the wind velocityis u= 4. 5 m/s. the temperature distribution of discretization is obtained by experimental measurement,then the convection heat transfer coefficient of all nodes are soved by using the methed of inverse heatconduction problem. Through checking with heat balance methed, the results show that the solution cancorrectly express the actual heat transfer situation.This result is useful to experimental research onenhancement of heat transfer for finned for heat exchangers.     

Coupled Conduction-convective Heat Transfer in the Louvered Fin Heat Exchanger

The heat transfer process in the louvered fin heat exchanger is analyzed,and the corresponding physical and mathematical models on the coupled conduction-convective heat transfer for the louver fin geometry are proposed.The control volume-based finite element method(CVFEM) is employed to solve numerically the problem.The computed(results) reveal the flow structure and heat transfer in the geometry in detail.Compared with the empirical correlation of heat transfer and friction coefficients previously proposed,the computed results show better consistency with the experimental results.     

NUMERICAL STUDY OF NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER IN A PARTIAL CAVITY

A numerical analysis is carried out for the unsteady and steady, two-dimensional, laminar natural convection heat transfer in a square partial cavity. The partial cavity consists of two horizontal adiabatic surfaces, a vertical hot surface and a cold surface with varied opening. The results are obtained for Ra = 10~3-10~6 and Y0 = 0.0-1.0. This study shows that the opening size has significant effect on the flow and heat transfer in partial cavity, and the. extent of its effect changes with different Rayleigh numbers.     

Numerical Study of FLow and Heat Transfer in Rectangular CHannel with Dimpled SUrface

This authors uses a physical model of the rectangular channel with dimpled surface to simulate the flow and heat transfer situation. On the basis of actual flow and heat transfer in the channel, it made the interrelated hypothesizes and built up the math model. They adopted the turbulent model, appliy the algorithm to resolve the pressure-velocity coupling and use the experimental data model to check up the feasibility of the model. By the study, the thesis shows the principle of the flow and heat transfer in narrow channel with a dimple surface and gets the factors and the conditions that affect the flow and heat transfer. The results show that the geometry structure and rank distributing of dimple affect the capability of heat transfer evidently. When Reynolds number is low, the capability of heat transfer becomes better as the number increases, and when Reynolds number is bigger than a critical point, there is a little influence.