Pulsed Flow in a Vertical Channel with Discrete Heat Sources

8 Pages Posted: 18 Apr 2019 Last revised: 31 May 2019

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Abdelkader Korichi

University Yahia Fares of Medea

Nassim Laouche

University Yahia Fares of Medea

Date Written: April 21, 2019

Abstract

This work is a numerical simulation of pulsed flow in an adiabatic vertical parallel plate channel with four discrete heat sources on one wall of the channel and subjected to a sinusoidal profile velocity at the inlet. The finite volume method was used to solve governing equations using open source OpenFoam free code. The effects of certain topical parameters such as pulsation amplitude and frequency and Richardson number are studied. The results reveal the flow behaviour and temperature distribution are strongly affected by the pulsation of the velocity at the inlet and the rate of heat transfer during a pulsation cycle increases considerably by increasing the pulsation amplitude.

Keywords: Pulsed Flow, Amplitude, Frequency, Finite Volume Method, Open Foam

Suggested Citation

Korichi, Abdelkader and Laouche, Nassim, Pulsed Flow in a Vertical Channel with Discrete Heat Sources (April 21, 2019). 2nd National Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics & Technology 2018 (CFD & Tech 2018), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3372913 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3372913

Abdelkader Korichi (Contact Author)

University Yahia Fares of Medea ( email )

Medea
Algeria

Nassim Laouche

University Yahia Fares of Medea ( email )

Medea
Algeria

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