Forced Convection Heat Transfer from a Pair of Circular Cylinders Confined in Ventilated Enclosure

Abstract:

This paper deals with a numerical simulation of laminar forced convection heat transfer from a pair of identical circular cylinders placed at the center of square cavity in the line array, the cavity is ventilated with single inlet and outlet ports, the inlet port is located at the middle of left vertical wall and the outlet port is located at the middle of right vertical wall. The work represents the effects of the distance between cylinders and Reynolds number on fluid flow and heat transfer rate. The governing equations of continuity, momentum and energy are solved by using finite-volume method. The obtained results are represented and discussed for following conditions: Reynolds number Re = 1 to 40, Prandtl number Pr = 7.01 and the gap distance S = 0.3L to 0.7L, where L is the cavity length. The main results are potted under the streamline and isotherm contours, the total drag coefficient and average Nusselt number of each cylinder is plotted versus studied parameters. It is found that the increase in the gap space distance between cylinders increases the heat transfer rate.

• Periodical: Diffusion Foundations (Volume 26)
• Pages: 104-111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DF.26.104
• Online since: March 2020
• Authors: Mustapha Helmaoui*, Houssem Laidoudi, Azzedine Belbachir, Adel Ayad, Abedallah Ghaniam
• Keywords: Circular Cylinder, Drag Force, Forced Convection, Heat Transfer, Nusselt Number

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