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Effects of insulated and isothermal baffles on pseudosteady-state natural convection inside spherical containers / Yuping Duan in Journal of heat transfer, Vol. 132 N° 6 (Juin 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of heat transfer > Vol. 132 N° 6 (Juin 2010) . - pp. [062502-1/10] Titre : Effects of insulated and isothermal baffles on pseudosteady-state natural convection inside spherical containers Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Yuping Duan, Auteur ; S. F. Hosseinizadeh, Auteur ; J. M. Khodadadi, Auteur Article en page(s) : pp. [062502-1/10] Note générale : Physique Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Boundary  layer  turbulence  Finite  volume  methods  Flow  simulation  Fluid  oscillations  Iterative  methods  Natural  convection  Stratified  flow  Vortices Index. décimale : 536 Chaleur. Thermodynamique Résumé : The effects of insulated and isothermal thin baffles on pseudosteady-state natural convection within spherical containers were studied computationally. The computations are based on an iterative, finite-volume numerical procedure using primitive dependent variables. Natural convection effect is modeled via the Boussinesq approximation. Parametric studies were performed for a Prandtl number of 0.7. For Rayleigh numbers of 104, 105, 106, and 107, baffles with three lengths positioned at five different locations were investigated (120 cases). The fluid that is heated adjacent to the sphere rises replacing the colder fluid, which sinks downward through the stratified stable thermal layer. For high Ra number cases, the hot fluid at the bottom of the sphere is also observed to rise along the symmetry axis and encounter the sinking colder fluid, thus causing oscillations in the temperature and flow fields. Due to flow obstruction (blockage or confinement) effect of baffles and also because of the extra heating afforded by the isothermal baffle, multi-cell recirculating vortices are observed. This additional heat is directly linked to creation of another recirculating vortex next to the baffle. In effect, hot fluid is directed into the center of the sphere disrupting thermal stratified layers. For the majority of the baffles investigated, the Nusselt numbers were generally lower than the reference cases with no baffle. The extent of heat transfer modification depends on Ra, length, and location of the extended surface. With an insulated baffle, the lowest amount of absorbed heat corresponds to a baffle positioned horizontally. Placing a baffle near the top of the sphere for high Ra number cases can lead to heat transfer enhancement that is linked to disturbance of the thermal boundary layer. With isothermal baffles, heat transfer enhancement is achieved for a baffle placed near the bottom of the sphere due to interaction of the counterclockwise rotating vortex and the stratified layer. For some high Ra cases, strong fluctuations of the flow and thermal fields indicating departure from the pseudosteady-state were observed. DEWEY : 536 ISSN : 0022-1481 En ligne : http://asmedl.aip.org/vsearch/servlet/VerityServlet?KEY=JHTRAO&ONLINE=YES&smode= [...] [article] Effects of insulated and isothermal baffles on pseudosteady-state natural convection inside spherical containers [texte imprimé] / Yuping Duan, Auteur ; S. F. Hosseinizadeh, Auteur ; J. M. Khodadadi, Auteur . - pp. [062502-1/10]. Physique Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of heat transfer > Vol. 132 N° 6 (Juin 2010) . - pp. [062502-1/10] Mots-clés : Boundary  layer  turbulence  Finite  volume  methods  Flow  simulation  Fluid  oscillations  Iterative  methods  Natural  convection  Stratified  flow  Vortices Index. décimale : 536 Chaleur. Thermodynamique Résumé : The effects of insulated and isothermal thin baffles on pseudosteady-state natural convection within spherical containers were studied computationally. The computations are based on an iterative, finite-volume numerical procedure using primitive dependent variables. Natural convection effect is modeled via the Boussinesq approximation. Parametric studies were performed for a Prandtl number of 0.7. For Rayleigh numbers of 104, 105, 106, and 107, baffles with three lengths positioned at five different locations were investigated (120 cases). The fluid that is heated adjacent to the sphere rises replacing the colder fluid, which sinks downward through the stratified stable thermal layer. For high Ra number cases, the hot fluid at the bottom of the sphere is also observed to rise along the symmetry axis and encounter the sinking colder fluid, thus causing oscillations in the temperature and flow fields. Due to flow obstruction (blockage or confinement) effect of baffles and also because of the extra heating afforded by the isothermal baffle, multi-cell recirculating vortices are observed. This additional heat is directly linked to creation of another recirculating vortex next to the baffle. In effect, hot fluid is directed into the center of the sphere disrupting thermal stratified layers. For the majority of the baffles investigated, the Nusselt numbers were generally lower than the reference cases with no baffle. The extent of heat transfer modification depends on Ra, length, and location of the extended surface. With an insulated baffle, the lowest amount of absorbed heat corresponds to a baffle positioned horizontally. Placing a baffle near the top of the sphere for high Ra number cases can lead to heat transfer enhancement that is linked to disturbance of the thermal boundary layer. With isothermal baffles, heat transfer enhancement is achieved for a baffle placed near the bottom of the sphere due to interaction of the counterclockwise rotating vortex and the stratified layer. For some high Ra cases, strong fluctuations of the flow and thermal fields indicating departure from the pseudosteady-state were observed. DEWEY : 536 ISSN : 0022-1481 En ligne : http://asmedl.aip.org/vsearch/servlet/VerityServlet?KEY=JHTRAO&ONLINE=YES&smode= [...]