Cooling of a vertical shrouded fin array by natural convection: A numerical study

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3248140· OSTI ID:6064646

Karki, K C; Patankar, S V ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis (United States)

An analysis is made of the laminar natural convection in a vertical shrouded fin array, in which the flow is induced from the surroundings by the chimney effect. This involves the calculation of developing flow in a duct. The results are obtained numerically for representative values of the parameters describing the system geometry and ducts of different lengths. The axial development of various flow quantities, such as the Nusselt number and the bulk temperature, has been presented. In addition, the overall flow and heat transfer characteristics have been discussed.

• OSTI ID: 6064646
• Journal Information: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States) Vol. 109:3; ISSN 0022-1481; ISSN JHTRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420400* -- Engineering-- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
CHIMNEYS
CONVECTION
COOLING
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FINS
HEAT TRANSFER
HEATING
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICS
NATURAL CONVECTION
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
SPACE HEATING