This study characterizes and optimizes natural convection heat transfer of two Newtonian Al2O3 and Ti O2/water nano fluids in a cylindrical enclosure. Nusselt number(Nu) of nano fluids in relation to Rayleigh number(R...This study characterizes and optimizes natural convection heat transfer of two Newtonian Al2O3 and Ti O2/water nano fluids in a cylindrical enclosure. Nusselt number(Nu) of nano fluids in relation to Rayleigh number(Ra) for different concentrations of nano fluids is investigated at different con figurations and orientations of the enclosure.Results show that adding nanoparticles to water has a negligible or even adverse in fluence upon natural convection heat transfer of water: only a slight increase in natural convection heat transfer of Al2O3/water is observed,while natural convection heat transfer for TiO2/water nano fluid is inferior to that for the base fluid. Results also reveal that at low Ra, the likelihood of enhancement in natural convection heat transfer is more than at high Ra: at low Ra, inclination angle, aspect ratio of the enclosure and nanoparticle concentration in fluence natural convection heat transfer more pronouncedly than that in high Ra.展开更多
Numerical computations are performed for the natural convection in circular enclosures with inner polygonal cylinders.The polygon surface and the outer envelope are at constant but different temperatures,A body-fitted...Numerical computations are performed for the natural convection in circular enclosures with inner polygonal cylinders.The polygon surface and the outer envelope are at constant but different temperatures,A body-fitted coordinate system is used,The coordinate system is generated via simple algebraic equations.The transformed governing equations are discretized on a control volume basis with power-law finite difference scheme.The SIMPLE-like algorithm is used to deal with the linkage between pressure and velocities.The numerical results are compared with the experimental data available in the literature,and the agreement between the numerical and experimental results are very good.展开更多
文摘This study characterizes and optimizes natural convection heat transfer of two Newtonian Al2O3 and Ti O2/water nano fluids in a cylindrical enclosure. Nusselt number(Nu) of nano fluids in relation to Rayleigh number(Ra) for different concentrations of nano fluids is investigated at different con figurations and orientations of the enclosure.Results show that adding nanoparticles to water has a negligible or even adverse in fluence upon natural convection heat transfer of water: only a slight increase in natural convection heat transfer of Al2O3/water is observed,while natural convection heat transfer for TiO2/water nano fluid is inferior to that for the base fluid. Results also reveal that at low Ra, the likelihood of enhancement in natural convection heat transfer is more than at high Ra: at low Ra, inclination angle, aspect ratio of the enclosure and nanoparticle concentration in fluence natural convection heat transfer more pronouncedly than that in high Ra.
文摘Numerical computations are performed for the natural convection in circular enclosures with inner polygonal cylinders.The polygon surface and the outer envelope are at constant but different temperatures,A body-fitted coordinate system is used,The coordinate system is generated via simple algebraic equations.The transformed governing equations are discretized on a control volume basis with power-law finite difference scheme.The SIMPLE-like algorithm is used to deal with the linkage between pressure and velocities.The numerical results are compared with the experimental data available in the literature,and the agreement between the numerical and experimental results are very good.
