Investigation of compressible laminar natural-convection for a staggered and symmetric arrangement of discrete heat sources in an open-ended vertical channel

Deboprasad Talukdar, Chung Gang Li, Makoto Tsubokura

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Abstract

This article presents a numerical investigation of the heat transfer behavior between a symmetric and staggered arrangement of three discrete heat sources in an open-ended vertical channel under non-uniform heating and non-Boussinesq conditions over a range of modified Rayleigh number (Formula presented.) to (Formula presented.) The staggered arrangement shows an improvement (Formula presented.) and a decrease ((Formula presented.)) of Nusselt number on the left and right wall respectively but overall cooling enhancement over the symmetric arrangement, with linearly increasing heat flux condition showing maximum enhancement. Correlations of the heat transfer and flow rate with modified Rayleigh number for the staggered arrangement are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-138
Number of pages24
JournalNumerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications
Volume76
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Aug 3

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Numerical Analysis
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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