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The International Society of Multiphysics, International Journal of Multiphysics, 4(5), p. 307-324, 2011

DOI: 10.1260/1750-9548.5.4.307

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Numerical modeling of turbulence mixed convection heat transfer in air filled enclosures by finite volume method

Journal article published in 2011 by Mohammad Reza Safaei ORCID, Marjan Goodarzi ORCID, Mohammadali Mohammadi
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Abstract

In the present study, first the turbulent natural convection and then laminar mixed convection of air flow was solved in a room and the calculated outcomes are compared with results of other scientists and after showing validation of calculations, aforementioned flow is solved as a turbulent mixed convection flow, using the valid turbulence models Standard k-ε, RNG k-ε and RSM.To solve governing differential equations for this flow, finite volume method was used. This method is a specific case of residual weighting method. The results show that at high Richardson Numbers, the flow is rather stationary at the center of the enclosure. Moreover, it is distinguished that when Richardson Number increases the maximum of local Nusselt decreases. Therefore, it can be said that less number of Richardson Number, more rate of heat transfer.