Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer over Staggered ꞌ+ꞌ Shaped Obstacles

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Unite of Research on Materials and Renewable Energies, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Abou Bekr Belkaid University, BP 119-13000-Tlemcen, Algeria

2 Faculty of Engineering, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha, Kuwait

3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Abou Bekr Belkaid University BP 230-13000-Tlemcen, Algeria

Abstract

The inclusion of complex obstacles within solar channels is the aim of this article. Two obstacles of the form ꞌ+ꞌ interlaced within a two-dimensional and rectangular channel are the subject of our study. The fluid is Newtonian, turbulent, incompressible and has constant properties. The Reynolds number varies from 12,000 to 32,000 with a constant temperature along the upper surface of the channel. The thermal and dynamic analysis of the channel's internal structure has been carefully processed. Different fields of speed and heat, with various profiles of frictions and heat exchange coefficients, have been included in this research. Future work will involve more complex geometries and using nanofluids to assess the optimum conditions for heat transfer enhancements.

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