Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects

Experiments have been performed to investigate the radiation effects on mixed convection heat transfer for thermally developing airflow in vertical ducts with two differentially heated isothermal walls and two adiabatic walls. The investigation covers the Reynolds number of Re = 800 to Re = 2900,...

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Main Authors: Rajamohan, Ganesan, Narayanaswamy, Ramesh, Perumal, Kumar
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 2011
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Online Access:http://waset.org/publications/6360/study-on-mixed-convection-heat-transfer-in-vertical-ducts-with-radiation-effects
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28422
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author Rajamohan, Ganesan
Narayanaswamy, Ramesh
Perumal, Kumar
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description Experiments have been performed to investigate the radiation effects on mixed convection heat transfer for thermally developing airflow in vertical ducts with two differentially heated isothermal walls and two adiabatic walls. The investigation covers the Reynolds number of Re = 800 to Re = 2900, heat flux varied from 256 W/m2 to 863 W/m2, hot wall temperature ranges from 27°C to 100 °C, aspect ratios 1 & 0.5 and the emissivity of internal walls are 0.05 and 0.85. In the present study, combined flow visualization was conducted to observe the flow patterns. The effect of surface temperature along the walls was studied to investigate the local Nusselt number variation within the duct. The result shows that flow condition and radiation significantly affect the total Nusselt number and tends to reduce the buoyancy condition.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-284222017-03-08T13:13:18Z Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects Rajamohan, Ganesan Narayanaswamy, Ramesh Perumal, Kumar Thermally developing and Radiation effects Vertical duct Mixed convection Experiments have been performed to investigate the radiation effects on mixed convection heat transfer for thermally developing airflow in vertical ducts with two differentially heated isothermal walls and two adiabatic walls. The investigation covers the Reynolds number of Re = 800 to Re = 2900, heat flux varied from 256 W/m2 to 863 W/m2, hot wall temperature ranges from 27°C to 100 °C, aspect ratios 1 & 0.5 and the emissivity of internal walls are 0.05 and 0.85. In the present study, combined flow visualization was conducted to observe the flow patterns. The effect of surface temperature along the walls was studied to investigate the local Nusselt number variation within the duct. The result shows that flow condition and radiation significantly affect the total Nusselt number and tends to reduce the buoyancy condition. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28422 http://waset.org/publications/6360/study-on-mixed-convection-heat-transfer-in-vertical-ducts-with-radiation-effects World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology restricted
spellingShingle Thermally developing and Radiation effects
Vertical duct
Mixed convection
Rajamohan, Ganesan
Narayanaswamy, Ramesh
Perumal, Kumar
Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects
title Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects
title_full Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects
title_fullStr Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects
title_full_unstemmed Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects
title_short Study on Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Ducts with Radiation Effects
title_sort study on mixed convection heat transfer in vertical ducts with radiation effects
topic Thermally developing and Radiation effects
Vertical duct
Mixed convection
url http://waset.org/publications/6360/study-on-mixed-convection-heat-transfer-in-vertical-ducts-with-radiation-effects
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28422