1Laboratory Numerical and Experimental Modeling of Mechanical phenomena, Mechanical Engineering Department, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Mostaganem, Algeria
2Mechanical Engineering Department, Saad Dahlab University, Blida, Algeria.
American Journal of Energy Research.
2014,
Vol. 2 No. 2, 24-29
DOI: 10.12691/ajer-2-2-1
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Belkacem OULD SAID, Noureddine RETIEL, El Hadi BOUGUERRA. Numerical Simulation of Natural Convection in a Vertical Conical Cylinder Partially Annular Space.
American Journal of Energy Research. 2014; 2(2):24-29. doi: 10.12691/ajer-2-2-1.
Correspondence to: Noureddine RETIEL, Laboratory Numerical and Experimental Modeling of Mechanical phenomena, Mechanical Engineering Department, Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Mostaganem, Algeria. Email:
retieln@yahoo.frAbstract
The present paper is dedicated to the numerical simulation of thermal convection in a two dimensional vertical conical cylinder partially annular space. The governing equations of mass, momentum and energy are solved using the CFD FLUENT code. The results of streamlines and the isotherms of the fluid are discussed for different annuli with various boundary conditions and Rayleigh numbers. Emphasis was put on the height of the inner vertical cylinder influence on the flow and the temperature distribution. More, the effects on the heat transfer are analyzed for different values of the fluid’s physical parameters in the annulus geometry. The heat transfer on the hot wall of the annulus is also computed in order to make comparisons the cylinder annulus for boundary conditions and several Rayleigh numbers. The obtained results in terms of Nusselt number has been found between the present previsions and available data from the published literature data.
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