TY  - EJOU
AU  - Mahrouche, O.  
AU  - Najam, M.  
AU  - Alami, M. El  
AU  - Faraji, M.  

TI  - Mixed Convection Investigation in an Opened Partitioned Heated Cavity
T2  - Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing

PY  - 2013
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
SN  - 1555-2578

AB  - Mixed convection in a rectangular partitioned cavity equipped with two heated partitions at a constant temperature, T<sub><i>C</i></sub>, is investigated numerically. The right vertical wall is featured by two openings (C<sub>1</sub> and C<sub>2</sub>) for admission of cooled air along the horizontal direction, while the lower wall has a single outlet opening (C<sub>3</sub>) along the vertical axis. The left vertical wall is assumed to be isothermal at temperature T<sub><i>C</i></sub>, while the other walls are cooled to a temperature T<sub><i>F</i></sub> < T<sub><i>C</i></sub>. The results show that the flow and heat transfer depend significantly on Reynolds number, Re, and block height, B. Correlation laws for the dimensionless heat evacuated trough the opening, Q<sub><i>f</i></sub>, as a function of, Re, and, B, are expressly derived.
KW  - mixed convection
KW  -  rectangular partitioned cavity
KW  -  heat transfer
KW  -  numerical study
KW  -  horizontal jet

DO  - 10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.235