Numerical study of mixed convection inside a three-dimensional ventilated cavity in the presence of an isothermal heating block

Numerical study of mixed convection inside a three-dimensional ventilated cavity in the presence of an isothermal heating block

Hicham DoghmiBtissam Abourida Lahoucin Belarche Mohamed Sannad Meriem Ouzaouit  

National School of Applied Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, laboratory of mechanics, energy and environment(LMPEE) B.P 1136 Agadir, 80000, Morocco

Corresponding Author Email: 
hicham.gte@gmail.com
Page: 
447-456
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18280/ijht.360209
Received: 
4 October 2017
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Accepted: 
20 April 2018
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OPEN ACCESS

Abstract: 

A numerical investigation has been carried out to analyze the mixed convection heat transfer in isothermal heating source within three-dimensional ventilated cavity with different inlet-outlet locations by using finite volume method. The results are presented in terms of flow structures, temperature distribution, and average Nusselt number for various combinations of thermal controlling parameters, namely, Reynolds number (50 ≤ Re ≤ 100) and Richardson number (0 ≤ Ri ≤ 10). The obtained results show that the flow intensity and the heat transfer rate can be significantly improved by an optimal choice of the mentioned parameters for different inlet-outlet locations.

Keywords: 

mixed convection, ventilated cavity, heated block, three-dimensional, numerical study

1. Introduction
2. Physical Problem and Governing Equations
3. Code and Grid Size Validation
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusion
Nomenclature
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