Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jan 1995
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Thesis (PH.D.)--OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, 1995.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06, Section: B, page: 341
Computer Science
Heat Transfer
Scientific paper
The problem of laminar natural convection in vertical tubes with one end open to a large reservoir, designated open thermosyphons, is numerically and experimentally examined to predict flow behavior and the heat transfer rates. In the numerical study, a semi-implicit, time-marching, finite -volume solution procedure was adopted to solve the three governing equations--mass, momentum, and energy--sequentially. Experimental work involved the use of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer to examine the temperature field for a modified rectangular open thermosyphon through the interpretation of fringe patterns. These experimental fringe patterns were used for the qualitative comparison with those obtained from the numerical analyses. Nusselt numbers were determined from the interferometer results and compared with numerical results. Heat transfer rates through the tube wall were found to be strong functions of the tube radius, and approached an asymptotic limit as the tube radius was increased. Both experimental and numerical results exhibited an oscillatory nature for large height-to-width (aspect ratio) open cavities. comparisons between experimental and numerically-generated fringe patterns indicated good agreement. Based on experimental results, a correlation between Nusselt number, Nu, and Rayleigh number, Ra_{rm w}, for different aspect ratios, L/W, was determined to be Nu = 0.036cdotrm Ra_sp{w }{2/5}cdot(L/W)^{-1/5} .
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