Blas Zamora Parra; Antonio Sánchez Kaiser · 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.04.010 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.04.010
Applied Thermal Engineering
Optimum wall-to-wall spacing in solar chimney shaped channels in natural convection by numerical investigation Blas Zamora Parra; Antonio Sanchez Kaiser Numerical simulation of laminar and turbulent natural convection in solar-chimney-shaped channels, using a low-Reynolds k–ω model across a wide Rayleigh range, several wall spacings and various heating conditions. For symmetric isothermal heating, a correlation is proposed for the spacing that best transfers heat; an abrupt flow-pattern change means the spacing maximising induced mass flow differs from this thermal optimum.
Numerical / CFD
Solar chimney power plant
2008
Applied Thermal Engineering
no
2008-04-24 12:00:00 00003945
optimum wall-to-wall spacing in solar chimney shaped channels in natural convection by numerical investigation
2008
Applied Thermal Engineering
Blas Zamora Parra; Antonio Sánchez Kaiser
10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.04.010
Summary
Numerical simulation of laminar and turbulent natural convection in solar-chimney-shaped channels, using a low-Reynolds k–ω model across a wide Rayleigh range, several wall spacings and various heating conditions. For symmetric isothermal heating, a correlation is proposed for the spacing that best transfers heat; an abrupt flow-pattern change means the spacing maximising induced mass flow differs from this thermal optimum.
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