A two-dimensional study on natural convection and heat transfer in the enclosure with heat transfer and radiation coupled in natural convection

Numerical investigation using SIMPLE algorithm with QUICK scheme for natural convection and heat transfer in the enclosure bounded by a solid wall and with heat transfer and radiation coupled in natural convection has been conducted.The various parameters are:Rayleigh number(from 103 to 105),dimensionless conductivity of bounding wall(from 0 to 100),dimensionless wall thickness(from 0 to 0.6) and radiation emissivity of all surfaces(from 0 to 1).The results suggest that flow and heat transfer are influenced by radiation.Radiation is a dominant action on flow and heat transfer.With increase of the thermal conductivity of wall,flow and heat transfer turn stronger.The temperature distribution changes obviously.When the thermal conductivity of wall is over a certain critical number,the increasing trend of flow and heat transfer may disappear.With increase of enclosure wall thickness,flow and heat transfer turn slighter.When the enclosure wall thickness is over a certain critical number,the flow and heat transfer will turn slow.