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A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF A BELOW-WINDOW CONVECTIVE HEATER ON THE HEAT TRANSFER RATE FROM A COLD RECESSED WINDOW
Patrick H. Oosthuizen*
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6 Canada
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2011, 2(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v2.1.3004
Abstract
The convective heat transfer to a window below which is mounted a natural convective heater has been numerically studied. The flow has been
assumed to be three-dimensional and steady and to involve regions of laminar and turbulent flow. Fluid properties have been assumed constant
except for the density change with temperature which leads to the buoyancy forces. The solution has been obtained using a commercial cfd code.
Results have been obtained for a Prandtl number of 0.7. The effects of changes in the flow variables on the window Nusselt number and on the flow
and temperature distributions have been examined.
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APA Style
Oosthuizen, P.H. (2011). A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF A BELOW-WINDOW CONVECTIVE HEATER ON THE HEAT TRANSFER RATE FROM A COLD RECESSED WINDOW. Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v2.1.3004
Vancouver Style
Oosthuizen PH. A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF A BELOW-WINDOW CONVECTIVE HEATER ON THE HEAT TRANSFER RATE FROM A COLD RECESSED WINDOW. Front Heat Mass Transf. 2011;2(1):1-8 https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v2.1.3004
IEEE Style
P.H. Oosthuizen, "A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF A BELOW-WINDOW CONVECTIVE HEATER ON THE HEAT TRANSFER RATE FROM A COLD RECESSED WINDOW," Front. Heat Mass Transf., vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-8. 2011. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v2.1.3004