THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Alireza Ansari

,

Mahdi Nili-Ahmadabadi

,

Mohammad Reze Tavakoli

,

Ali Minaeian

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF A VERTICAL CHANNEL ON THE NATURAL CONVECTION OF A HORIZONTAL CYLINDER

ABSTRACT
In this study, the natural convective flow and heat transfer from a hot horizontal cylinder surrounded by two vertical plates with a negligible thickness was experimentally investigated. These plates act as a channel so that the natural convective flow of the hot cylinder passes through this channel. The flow field was visualized using particle image velocimetry technique to investigate the effect of changing, the width of the channel, and the height of the water free surface on the flow behavior. In each case, by changing the mentioned geometric parameters, flow velocity at the top of the cylinder, temperature of the cylinder surface, volume flow rate of the channel, the structure and location of vortices, and flow pat-tern inside the channel were studied. The results show that the flow is appropriately formed around the cylinder and inside the channel when both the free sur-face height above the channel and the channel width are twice the cylinder diameter. Also, the cylinder Nusselt number is increased for the channel with a width ratio of 2, relative to the case without channel around the cylinder.
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2019-06-30
PAPER REVISED: 1970-01-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2020-02-24
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2020-03-08
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI190630091A
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2021, VOLUME 25, ISSUE Issue 3, PAGES [1935 - 1948]
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Experimental study of the effects of a vertical channel on the natural convection of a horizontal cylinder

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