Influence of the Geometry on the Natural Convection Heat Transfer inside a Vertical Cylinder

• Journal title : Journal of Energy Engineering
• Volume 24, Issue 1,  2015, pp.97-103
• Publisher : The Korea Society for Energy Engineering
• DOI : 10.5855/ENERGY.2015.24.1.097
Title & Authors
Influence of the Geometry on the Natural Convection Heat Transfer inside a Vertical Cylinder
Ohk, Seung-Min; Chung, Bum-Jin;

Abstract
Natural convection heat transfer rates in vertical pipes were measured varying the diameter, length, and roughness of vertical cylinder. To achieve high Rayleigh number with relatively small test rig, mass transfer experiments instead of heat transfer were performed based on the analogy. Prandtl number was 2,014. The length of vertical cylinder was 0.1m, 0.3m, and 0.5m, which correspond to GrL $\small{4.2{\times}10^7}$, $\small{1.1{\times}10^9}$, and $\small{5.5{\times}10^9}$. To each length of vertical cylinder, the heat transfer rates were measured varying the iameter 0.005m, 0.01m, and 0.03m. The heat transfer rate for a short length pipe(0.1m) agreed with the prediction from Le Fevre correlation developed for a vertical plate for all diameter. The heat transfer rate decreases as the diameter and the length of the pipe increases. The heat transfer rate inside of vertical cylinder is affected by roughness only for a laminar flow regime.
Keywords
Vertical cylinder;Natural convection;Roughness;Analogy;Electroplating system;
Language
Korean
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