Flow pattern and heat transfer in a tightly-spaced finned channel

• Main Authors: Chua, Leok Poh., Huang, Xiaoyang.
• Other Authors: Yue, Chee Yoon
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6890
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Experiments and numerical simulations have been carried out to investigate the buoyancy-induced flow patterns and heat transfer characteristics of airflow through a horizontal rectangular channel in which the floor and the two sidewalls are heated and the ceiling is cooled. The study is conducted at...