The effect of plate spacing on free convection between heated parallel plates

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2911306· OSTI ID:7265173

Anand, N K; Kim, S H; Fletcher, L S ^[1]

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1. Texas A and M Univ., College Station (United States)

In the past, considerable attention has been given to free convection between heated vertical parallel plates. This problem is considerable interest to engineers because of its application to electronic equipment cooling and solar energy. Some attempts have been made to optimize the spacing between parallel plates in the past. Bodoia and Osterle analytically derived a criterion for an optimum plate spacing for which the heat dissipation is maximum. The objective of this paper is to predict the optimum plate spacing for single channels by using the governing equations for a continuous system model. No heat transfer coefficient known a priori will be used in these calculations, but will be calculated as part of the solution.

• OSTI ID: 7265173
• 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. 114:2; ISSN 0022-1481; ISSN JHTRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY TRANSFER
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MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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OPTIMIZATION
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