Natural convection in symmetrically heated vertical parallel plates with discrete heat sources
- Seconda Univ. degli studi di Napoli, Aversa (Italy). Dipt. di Ingegneria Aerospaziale
- Univ. degli studi Federico II, Napoli (Italy)
Laminar air natural convection in a symmetrically heated vertical channel with uniform flush-mounted discrete heat sources has been experimentally investigated. The effects of heated strips location and of their number are pointed out in terms of the maximum wall temperatures. A flow visualization in the entrance region of the channel was carried out and air temperatures and velocities in two cross sections have been measured. Dimensionless local heat transfer coefficients have been evaluated and monomial correlations among relevant parameters have bee derived in the local Rayleigh number range 10--10{sup 6}. Channel Nusselt number has been correlated in a polynomial form in terms of channel Rayleigh number.
- OSTI ID:
- 445537
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961105--; ISBN 0-7918-1520-X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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