Pedram Pournaderi, Sepehr Rasekh,
Volume 2, Issue 1 (2-2017)
Abstract
In this paper, effect of a horizontalisothermal wall on the natural convection heat transfer from a horizontal cylinder is numerically studied.For this purpose, effect of wall when it is located above the cylinder at various Rayleigh numbers and wall vertical positions are studiedand compared with the situation that wall is adiabatic. Fluent software is used to simulate the problem.Comparison of simulation results with available numerical results,confirms the accuracy of simulation. Simulation results show that in low wall distance from the cylinder,the isothermal wall causes an increase in meanNusselt number. By increasing this distance, mean Nusselt number decreases until reaching a minimum value. By more increase of this distance mean Nusselt number increases. Also, it is considered that in the case of isothermal wall Nusseltnumber is higher rather than adiabatic wall.
Morteza Deilami, Pedram Pournaderi,
Volume 4, Issue 1 (9-2023)
Abstract
Heat transfer has an effective role in industrial and engineering applications. In this study, the effect of Al2O3 nanoparticles on laminar forced convection heat transfer flow in a tube is studied. Governing Equations are discretized using the finite difference method on a staggered grid. Nanofluid flow is simulated using single-phase and mixture models. Simulation results show that the average Nusselt Number increases with an increase in the Reynolds Number. Also, by increasing the volume fraction, the average Nusselt number and consequently the heat transfer rate increases. The results of the mixture model are in better agreement with experimental results than the single-phase model.
