A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates

This paper presents the numerical study of the two-dimensional forced convection heat transfer across three in-line flat tubes confined in a channel the flow under incompressible, steady-state conditions. This system is solved in the body fitted coordinates (BFC) using the finite volume method (FVM)...

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Main Authors: Tahseen, Tahseen Ahmad, M., Ishak, M. M., Rahman
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Language:English
Published: Faculty Mechanical Engineering, UMP 2012
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description This paper presents the numerical study of the two-dimensional forced convection heat transfer across three in-line flat tubes confined in a channel the flow under incompressible, steady-state conditions. This system is solved in the body fitted coordinates (BFC) using the finite volume method (FVM). The constant temperature is imposed on the surface of the tubes as the thermal boundary conditions. The range of the longitudinal pitch-to-diameter ratio SL/Ds is considered of 2.0-4.0 and Reynolds numbers varies within the range of 25-300, and Prandtl number is taken as 0.7. The temperature contours, local Nusselt number distributions at the tube surface and mean Nusselt number were analyzed. The strength of the heat transfer between the surface of the tubes and the air flow increases with increasing Reynolds number and increasing pitch-to-diameter the ratio.
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spelling ump-35642018-01-30T03:20:43Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3564/ A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates Tahseen, Tahseen Ahmad M., Ishak M. M., Rahman TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This paper presents the numerical study of the two-dimensional forced convection heat transfer across three in-line flat tubes confined in a channel the flow under incompressible, steady-state conditions. This system is solved in the body fitted coordinates (BFC) using the finite volume method (FVM). The constant temperature is imposed on the surface of the tubes as the thermal boundary conditions. The range of the longitudinal pitch-to-diameter ratio SL/Ds is considered of 2.0-4.0 and Reynolds numbers varies within the range of 25-300, and Prandtl number is taken as 0.7. The temperature contours, local Nusselt number distributions at the tube surface and mean Nusselt number were analyzed. The strength of the heat transfer between the surface of the tubes and the air flow increases with increasing Reynolds number and increasing pitch-to-diameter the ratio. Faculty Mechanical Engineering, UMP 2012-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3564/1/Tahseen%2C_JMES.pdf Tahseen, Tahseen Ahmad and M., Ishak and M. M., Rahman (2012) A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences (JMES), 3. pp. 271-280. ISSN 2231-8380 (online). (Published) http://jmes.ump.edu.my/images/Volume%203/3%20Tahseen%20et%20al.pdf
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Tahseen, Tahseen Ahmad
M., Ishak
M. M., Rahman
A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates
title A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates
title_full A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates
title_fullStr A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates
title_full_unstemmed A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates
title_short A Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Over a Series of Flat Tubes Between Parallel Plates
title_sort numerical study of forced convection heat transfer over a series of flat tubes between parallel plates
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3564/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3564/1/Tahseen%2C_JMES.pdf