Hydrodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of a centrally heated cylindrical enclosure: CFD simulations and experimental measurements

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2024-2037

  Ganguli, Arijit A ^a   Pandit, Aniruddha B ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^c   Vijayan, Pallippattu K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cylindrical enclosure; Flow patterns; Heat transfer; HFA; PIV; Stratification; Turbulent natural convection

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; CFD SIMULATIONS; CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURE; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; ENERGY PROFILE; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FREE-SLIP; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HFA; HOT-FILM ANEMOMETRY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PIV; PIV MEASUREMENTS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TRANSIENT FLOW BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT NATURAL CONVECTION; TUBE DIAMETERS; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS; TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION;

ASPECT RATIO; ENCLOSURES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORECASTING; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; THERMOCOUPLES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 80052822124     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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