Numerical Analysis on the Heat Transfer Characteristics of the Radiator in a Heating Room

Abstract:

Natural convective heat transfer is the most important means to supply heat load for resident building to keep necessary indoor air temperature in winter. To determine the surface convective heat transfer coefficient (CHTC) of a radiator is of primary importance to evaluate the heat flow within building interiors, and thereby to affect the thermal comfort and the overall energy consumption of a building. In this paper, a turbulent k-ε model is used to numerically analyze the heat transfer characteristics of a radiator used in a heating room in Lanzhou region of China. The results indicate that the averaged Nu number of radiator surface increases with increasing outer wall thermal conductivity, decreasing outdoor temperature and decreasing radiator surface area, respectively. And the outer wall thermal conductivity has weak influence on the local Nu number of radiator surface.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 501-504)
• Pages: 2307-2310
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.501-504.2307
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Ye Wang*
• Keywords: Heating, Natural Convection, Numerical Simulation, Turbulent Model

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