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CFD Calculation of Internal Natural Convection in the Annulus between Horizontal Concentric Cylinders.

DE2004808039

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Francis, N. D.; Itamura, M. T.; Webb, S. W.; James, D. L.
Page Count	50
Abstract	The objective of this heat transfer and fluid flow study is to assess the ability of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code to reproduce the experimental results, numerical simulation results, and heat transfer correlation equations developed in the literature for natural convection heat transfer within the annulus of horizontal concentric cylinders. In the literature, a variety of heat transfer expressions have been developed to compute average equivalent thermal conductivities. However, the expressions have been primarily developed for very small inner and outer cylinder radii and gap-widths. In this comparative study, interest is primarily focused on large gap widths (on the order of half meter or greater) and large radius ratios. From the steady-state CFD analysis it is found that the concentric cylinder models for the larger geometries compare favorably to the results of the Kuehn and Goldstein correlations in the Rayleigh number range of about 10(sup 5) to 10(sup 8) (a range that encompasses the laminar to turbulent transition). For Rayleigh numbers greater than 10(sup 8), both numerical simulations and experimental data (from the literature) are consistent and result in slightly lower equivalent thermal conductivities than those obtained from the Kuehn and Goldstein correlations.
Keywords	Computational fluid dynamics Natural convection Annular space Heat transfer Computerized simulation Equations Thermal conductivity
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509

CFD Calculation of Internal Natural Convection in the Annulus between Horizontal Concentric Cylinders.

CFD Calculation of Internal Natural Convection in the Annulus between Horizontal Concentric Cylinders.
DE2004808039

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Francis, N. D.; Itamura, M. T.; Webb, S. W.; James, D. L.
Page Count	50
Abstract	The objective of this heat transfer and fluid flow study is to assess the ability of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code to reproduce the experimental results, numerical simulation results, and heat transfer correlation equations developed in the literature for natural convection heat transfer within the annulus of horizontal concentric cylinders. In the literature, a variety of heat transfer expressions have been developed to compute average equivalent thermal conductivities. However, the expressions have been primarily developed for very small inner and outer cylinder radii and gap-widths. In this comparative study, interest is primarily focused on large gap widths (on the order of half meter or greater) and large radius ratios. From the steady-state CFD analysis it is found that the concentric cylinder models for the larger geometries compare favorably to the results of the Kuehn and Goldstein correlations in the Rayleigh number range of about 10(sup 5) to 10(sup 8) (a range that encompasses the laminar to turbulent transition). For Rayleigh numbers greater than 10(sup 8), both numerical simulations and experimental data (from the literature) are consistent and result in slightly lower equivalent thermal conductivities than those obtained from the Kuehn and Goldstein correlations.
Keywords	Computational fluid dynamics Natural convection Annular space Heat transfer Computerized simulation Equations Thermal conductivity
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509