(2005) Conjugate Effects on Steady Laminar Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Eccentric Annuli. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 6 (4). pp. 235-250.
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Abstract
Combined conduction-free convection heat transfer in vertical eccentric annuli is numerically investigated using finite-difference technique. Numerical results are presented for a fluid of Prandtl number 0.7 in an annulus of radius ratio 0.5 and dimensionless eccentricity 0.5. The conjugation effect on the induced flow rate and the total heat absorbed in the annulus is presented for the case of one wall being isothermally heated while the other wall is kept at inlet fluid temperature. The conjugate effects are controlled by solid-fluid conductivity ratio, cylinder walls thickness and dimensionless channel height (i.e. Grashof number). Solid-fluid conductivity ratio is varied over a range that covers practical cases with commonly encountered inner and outer walls thickness. Values of conductivity ratio over which conjugate effect can be neglected have been obtained.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Mechanical |
| Department: | College of Engineering and Physics > Mechanical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | AHMAD JAMAL |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2008 08:04 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2019 13:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/id/eprint/477 |