Natural convection around a horizontal heated cylinder: The effects of vertical confinement

The effect of vertical confinement on the natural convection flow and heat transfer around a horizontal heated cylinder is investigated. The flow characteristics and the time-resolved heat transfer have been measured respectively above and around the cylinder. It is shown that the primary effect of the vertical confinement is an increase in heat flux on the upper part of the cylinder for given separation distances between the cylinder and the fluid boundary. This increase is shown to be related to the large-scale oscillation of the thermal plume. The relationship between the flow pattern and the heat transfer characteristics at the cylinder surface is studied and the origin of the oscillation discussed.     

Convective plumes in porous media: the effect of asymmetrically placed boundaries

A boundary layer analysis is performed for free convective plume induced by a uniform line source which is placed at the intersection of two semi-infinite planes. Particular emphasis is placed on how the presence of the planes, which are not placed symmetrically with respect to the vertical affects the direction of the plume. To this end, a two-term boundary layer expansion together and a one-term approximation of the flow in the outer regions either side of the plume are performed using the method of matched asymptotic expansions. A closed-form solution is deduced which determines the orientation of the plume in terms of the inclinations of the bounding planes. We find that asymmetrically placed planes result in a vertical plume, but that the plume is aligned differently otherwise.     

Vertical mixed convection flow about a horizontal line source of heating or cooling

The vertical mixed convection flow of a uniform stream, about a horizontal line source generating favourable buoyancy effects, may be characterized by an evolution between a weak and strong plume. This appraisal of the developing flow field provides the basis for an efficient formulation of the problem. Comprehensive solutions within this framework are obtained for a wide range of Prandtl numbers. In contrast the vertical mixed convection flow about a horizontal line source resulting in adverse buoyancy forces may be expected ultimately to display stagnation. Numerical solutions of the boundary layer equations governing this adverse case reveal that the anticipated stagnation is accompanied by a singular behaviour characterized by unbounded growth of the shear layer.     

NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF DYNAMIC AND THERMAL EXIT CONDITIONS ON AXISYMMETRIC LAMINAR BUOYANT JET

We propose in our article numerical solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations governing the buoyant round laminar jet. The purpose of this work is to study the influence of the exit conditions at the nozzle exit on the dynamic and thermal parameters of the vertical jet flow. Two emission cases have been considered: Velocity and temperature are uniform or parabolic. The numerical code developed uses a finite difference scheme. The numerical results have been compared with those given by Martynenko, who considered in his analysis only two integration constraints: the momentum at the nozzle exit and the conservation of the energy transported by the jet flow. The obtained results are in good agreement with those proposed in the literature in the plume zone, in which the emission conditions are ignored, and the jet flow is governed mainly by the buoyancy forces. We propose in this paper a correlation to predict the axial virtual origin Xp of the plume zone. Experiments were conducted to validate the numerical model using a nonintrusive method, namely, laser doppler velocimetry.     

Mixed free convection and mass transfer flow along a vertical needle

The combined free convection and mass transfer flow in a plume over a vertical needle is studied. This mixed type of flow is produced from a point heat-mass source at the tip of the needle. A numerical solution of the similarity equations of the problem under consideration is obtained. The velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are shown for different values of the dimensionless parameters entering into the problem under consideration. The flow field is greatly influenced by the dimensionless parameters α (heat-source strength) and β (mass-source strength).     

突扩燃烧室内回流区长度研究

讨论了热过程对圆管突扩回流流动的影响,数值计算的结果表明：圆管突扩流动中,加热使流动方向上的逆压梯度降低,从而使回流区长度减小,在此基础上,用均匀热源的方法来模拟热态的燃烧过程,对层流、湍流状况下分别拟合出回流区长度与燃烧温度的近似关系,以便能通过冷态的数据预测热态回流区长度     

方形旋风分离器内气固两相流湍流特性的研究

应用三维颗粒动态分析仪（3D－PDA）对方形下排气旋风分离器内气固两相流场进行了实验研究，并对流场、脉动速度、颗粒浓度、湍动能、湍流强度等的分布做了讨论。方形旋风分离器的流动具有Rankine涡 的特点，即中心部分为强制涡区，边壁附近是准自由涡区。边角处因颗粒与壁面间的相互碰撞引起的准层流运动，并使得颗粒湍流脉动强烈，湍流动能和局部湍流强度在边角附近取得较大值，表明此时两相流耗了气流的能量较多，是造成分离器压力损失的主要区域之一。边角有利于颗粒分离。研究结果为结构优化提供了基础数据，并为今后的数值模拟研究提供了实验对比。     

Production of hot air with quasi uniform temperature using concentrated solar radiation

The design of a hot air solar generator for different uses has been simulated while investigating the flow induced by a hot disc placed at the entrance of the open ended vertical cylinder. Ambient air (Pr = 0.7) enters the bottom of the cylinder with constant velocity and temperature, and flows up through the cylinder as a result of natural convection. The cylindrical wall is heated by thermal radiation emitted by the disc. The pressure drop due to acceleration of the flow to the cylinder-inlet causes the appearance of thermosyphon effect around the thermal plume. At the top part of the cylinder, the flow exploration shows the full development of the turbulence and the uniformity of thermal and hydrodynamic fields. The study of the thermal spectral density indicates that the turbulent structures seem to be sufficiently small not to be sensitive to viscosity, but large enough to be sensitive to Archimedes effects.     

Velocity measurements in the free convection flow above a heated horizontal cylinder

The fluid dynamics of the free convection water flow above a heated horizontal cylinder were investigated using particle image velocimetry. Velocity measurements were obtained in three orthogonal planes, with each plane acquired independently in time. The experiment was performed for a Rayleigh number of 1.33 × 10⁶ and for water heights above the cylinder surface of H/D = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12. The top water surface was open to room air, and the height of the free surface introduced different effects of vertical confinement. For all water heights studied, the plume above the cylinder and its interaction with the free surface were observed. For water heights of H/D = 4 and 6, the appearance of a swaying motion was captured in the plane perpendicular to the cylinder axis, and a meandering motion was detected in the other two orthogonal planes. A vortex was observed to form alongside of the plume and rise to the free surface, where it detached from the plume structure and moved along the free surface. Vortex dynamics and the physical characteristics of the swaying and meandering motions appeared to be interdependent, providing a possible relation between vortex formation, swaying, and meandering. Comparisons with previous analytical and experimental results highlight the complicated three-dimensional flow structure that governs heat transfer from the cylinder.     

Novel Approach to Estimate the Optimum Zone Fuel Mass Flow Rates for a Walking Beam Type Reheating Furnace

Three-dimensional numerical simulation is performed to predict the heat transfer performance in a walking-beam reheating furnace. The furnace uses a mixture of coke oven gas as a heat source to reheat the slabs. The fuel is injected into the furnace at four zones: preheating zone, first heating zone, second heating zone, and soaking zone. This numerical model considers turbulent reactive flow coupled with radiative heat transfer in the furnace; meanwhile, the conductive heat transfer dominates the energy balance inside the slabs. An initial iterative method is proposed to estimate the fuel mass flow rate at each zone of the reheating furnace, while the required heating curve of the slabs is specified. In addition, a simplified two-dimensional numerical model is performed to estimate the fuel mass flow rate for the consideration of computational time consummation. The results of the two-dimensional numerical simulations are compared with those of three-dimensional numerical simulation and the in situ data. Furthermore, velocity and temperature distributions are examined for two cases under different heating curves of the slabs.     

Thermal performance of a naturally ventilated cavity wall

Cavity walls are often proposed in the building envelope design as a solution for improving the thermal comfort of the occupants and reducing the adverse condensation effects on the building fabric. Although the behaviour of a non‐ventilated cavity wall is well‐known, more studies are required when cavity ventilation is allowed. In order to consistently predict the thermal behaviour of a naturally ventilated cavity wall, a convective model based on the integral equations of motion and enthalpy was developed and applied in the present study. The model is presented as a combination of two limiting cases of a steady laminar flow into the channel gap: fully developed flow and boundary layer flow. Conduction effects across the system are also included through a proper limiting case and then combined with the convective model. In addition a numerical CFD model was developed that provides solution for free convective flow configurations between two parallel conducting vertical walls. For comparison purposes, some test cases were simulated with the two models and a general good agreement was found between results. Finally, the integral model was applied to assess the thermal performance of a ventilated cavity wall for winter and summer conditions. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Turbulent transport of passive scalar behind line sources in an unstably stratified open channel flow

This study employs a direct numerical simulation (DNS) technique to study the flow, turbulence structure, and passive scalar plume transport behind line sources in an unstably stratified open channel flow. The scalar transport behaviors for five emission heights (z_s = 0, 0.25H, 0.5H, 0.75H, and H, where H is the channel height) at a Reynolds number of 3000, a Prandtl number and a Schmidt number of 0.72, and a Richardson number of −0.2 are investigated. The vertically meandering mean plume heights and dispersion coefficients calculated by the current DNS model agree well with laboratory results and field measurements in literature. It is found that the plume meandering is due to the movement of the positive and negative vertical turbulent scalar fluxes above and below the mean plume heights, respectively. These findings help explaining the plume meandering mechanism in the unstably stratified atmospheric boundary layer.     

Analyse spectrale du champ dynamique d'un panache turbulent rencontrant un milieu fortement stratifie

The investigation concerns the experimental simulation of the behaviour of a turbulent plume penetrating a stratified medium. The simulation is isothermal and uses an helium-air mixed jet evolving in a cavity reproducing the stratified area. The results concern the evolution of the spectrum and the characteristic scales of the turbulent structures as the flow crosses the interface.     

Numerical analysis of two-phase flow in condensers and evaporators with special emphasis on single-phase/two-phase transition zones

A numerical study of the thermal and fluid-dynamic behaviour of the two-phase flow in ducts under condensation or evaporation phenomena is presented. The numerical simulation has been developed by means of the finite volume technique based on a one-dimensional and transient integration of the conservative equations (continuity, momentum and energy). The discretized governing equations are solved using the Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure-Linked Equations (SIMPLE) which allows back flow phenomena. Special emphasis is performed on the treatment of the transition zones between the single-phase and two-phase flow. The empirical inputs of single-phase and two-phase flow, including sub-cooled boiling and dry-out, have been adapted by means of adequate splines in the transition zones where the heat transfer correlations available in the literature are not suitable. Different numerical aspects have been evaluated with the aim of verifying the quality of the numerical solution. The mathematical model has been validated by comparison with experimental data obtained from literature considering condensation and evaporation processes. This comparison shown the improvements in the numerical solution not only in the transition zone but also in all condenser and evaporator ducts, when the special treatment for transitions is used. Illustrative results on double-pipe heat exchanger are also presented.     

On the thermal field of a wall plume (The response to artificial disturbances)

Experimental investigations were carried out on the characteristics of the thermal field of a wall plume ascending from a horizontal line heat source embedded on the low part of a vertical wall surface. For the stability analysis of the present wall plume field, a vibrating copper wire was set horizontally near the line heat source in the field and the wall plume field was disturbed by the vibrating wire. Some two-dimensional sinusoidal thermal disturbances were introduced into the wall plume field and the growth or diminution of the amplitude of temperature fluctuations by the artificial disturbance were measured in the wall plume field with a thermal probe. The response characteristics of the wall plume field to the disturbance frequency were also examined. As a result, it was ascertained that the frequency response of a wall plume field could be predicted by linear stability analysis. © 1999 Scripta Technica, Heat Trans Asian Res, 28(7): 559–572, 1999     

Time dependent heat transfer in Hele-Shaw slots

Time dependent heat transfer in high Prandtl number free convection is studied in a Hele-Shaw slot with low heat conductivity side walls. Temperature fields are visualized by holographic interferometry. The time dependent Nusselt number is evaluated at the centreline of the slot from a time series of interferograms. The time dependent thermal boundary layer thickness δ reflects the oscillatory behaviour of the flow as well as the plume release process from the thermal boundary layers. The heat transfer analysis shows that unstable horizontal thermal boundary layers are the cause of time dependent high Prandtl number convection in Hele-Shaw slots.     

A theoretical model to predict plume rise in shaft generated by growing compartment fire

A theoretical model for predicting the one-dimensional transient buoyant plume rise in a vertical shaft is developed, with convective heat transfer from hot up-rising flow to the side walls considered. The rising plume is induced by a t-square growing fire in a compartment adjacent to the vertical shaft. The initial plume characteristics at the bottom of shaft nearing the compartment are described using a virtual point source model. The afterward rising of the plume is then solved by considering the conservation law of the mass and energy. Experiments and corresponding CFD simulations are carried out in a 1/8 scale vertical shaft to validate the theoretical model. The measured values are compared with the model proposed in this paper and that of Tanaka. Results show that the Tanaka model somewhat overestimates the up-rising speed of the buoyant flow, while the predictions by the model proposed here agree well with the CFD simulation and measured values.     

Heat transfer and flow behaviour of aqueous suspensions of TiO2 nanoparticles (nanofluids) flowing upward through a vertical pipe

Stable aqueous TiO₂ nanofluids with different particle (agglomerate) sizes and concentrations are formulated and measured for their static thermal conductivity and rheological behaviour. The nanofluids are then measured for their heat transfer and flow behaviour upon flowing upward through a vertical pipe in both the laminar and turbulent flow regimes. Addition of nanoparticles into the base liquid enhances the thermal conduction and the enhancement increases with increasing particle concentration and decreasing particle (agglomerate) size. Rheological measurements show that the shear viscosity of nanofluids decreases first with increasing shear rate (the shear thinning behaviour), and then approaches a constant at a shear rate greater than ∼100 s⁻¹. The constant viscosity increases with increasing particle (agglomerate) size and particle concentration. Given the flow Reynolds number and particle size, the convective heat transfer coefficient increases with nanoparticle concentration in both the laminar and turbulent flow regimes and the effect of particle concentration seems to be more considerable in the turbulent flow regime. Given the particle concentration and flow Reynolds number, the convective heat transfer coefficient does not seem to be sensitive to the average particle size under the conditions of this work. The results also show that the pressure drop of the nanofluid flows is very close to that of the base liquid flows for a given Reynolds number.     

基于FGM模型的同轴射流非预混火焰大涡模拟

采用直接数值模拟方法对二甲醚(Dimethyl Ether,DME)射流推举燃烧进行了研究（DNS）,分析了DME射流推举火焰结构、燃烧模式和推举稳定机理。数值模拟工况条件为：燃料由狭缝射出,初始温度500 K,射流速度138 m/s;伴流空气的初始温度1 000 K,流速3 m/s,压力为0506 6 MPa。研究表明：DME射流推举火焰与传统的边火焰有很大不同,在射流核心区内存在1条低温放热分支以及紧随其后的中温着火分支,并且推举稳定点位于贫燃侧;DME湍流射流推举火焰包含冷焰反应区(Cool Flame Zone,CFZ)、中温反应区(Intermediate Temperature Zone,ITZ)、富燃高温区(High Temperature Rich Burn Zone,HTR)以及贫燃高温区(High Temperature Lean Burn Zone,HTL)4种模式;在CFZ与ITZ区内湍流混合占主导,并且湍流混合会抑制低温放热;在HTR与HTL区内放热速率占主导地位,但是湍流会显著增强超贫燃区间内的高温放热速率;大部分热量在HTL和HTR区产生,而CFZ和ITZ区对总体产热的贡献微乎其微,但是所产生的中低温组分加快了高温着火过程;射流推举稳定性由贫燃侧的高温自着火反应机制所控制。     

二甲醚湍流射流推举火焰的燃烧机理研究

对长、宽、高为650 mm×400 mm×12 mm的半闭口狭窄矩形通道（海伦-肖装置）内的甲烷/空气层流预混火焰传播过程进行了实验研究,探究当量比φ在0.6~1.2范围内、火焰传播角度ω在垂直向下-90°至垂直向上90°区间对火焰前锋轮廓发展及非标准层流火焰速度的影响。结果表明：火焰在通道内的传播分为热膨胀、准稳态传播和端壁效应3个阶段,每个阶段具有各自不同的前锋轮廓特征。由于瑞利-泰勒不稳定性机制的作用,所有当量比工况下向上传播的火焰均在准稳态传播阶段中呈现出明显的锋面褶皱与胞状结构;对向下传播的火焰而言,其在贫燃工况（φ为0.6,0.8）下的胞状不稳定性得到了有效抑制,而在当量比φ=1.0及富燃工况（φ=1.2）下,该稳定性效应并不显著。火焰瞬时速度与标准层流速度的比值Ui/UL,在φ=0.6的极贫燃工况与其他当量比工况下展现出明显不同的发展特性,极贫燃工况火焰向上传播时（ω=90°）,Ui/UL随着传播过程的进行一直增大,直到火焰触碰壁面末端熄灭,整个过程Ui/UL与火焰传播方向呈正相关关系;而对于其他当量比工况,Ui/UL在传播过程中均先升高后下降,火焰触碰壁面末端熄灭前其值趋于稳定,其平均速度与标准层流速度的比值Ua/UL在水平传播（ω=0°）时达到最大值。