Journal article
Optimal Molar Gas Composition of Selected Gas Mixtures With Helium that Maximize Turbulent Free Convection Along Vertical Plates
Journal of fluids engineering, Vol.128(1), pp.199-201
01/01/2006
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/108054
Abstract
With the goal of intensifying turbulent free convection from heated vertical plates to cold gases, five binary gas mixtures are examined in this technical note. Helium (He) is chosen as the principal gas while xenon (Xe), nitrogen (N2), oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4) are the companion gases. From thermal physics, the thermophysical properties affecting turbulent free convection of binary gas mixtures are the viscosity μmix, the thermal conductivity λmix, the density ρmix, and the heat capacity at constant pressure Cp,mix. Invoking the similarity variable transformation, the system of two nonlinear differential equations is solved numerically by the shooting method and a fourth-order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg algorithm. From the numerical temperature fields, the allied mean convection coefficients h¯mix∕B changing with the molar gas composition w in the w domain [0, 1] are plotted in congruous diagrams for the five binary gas mixtures under study.
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- Title
- Optimal Molar Gas Composition of Selected Gas Mixtures With Helium that Maximize Turbulent Free Convection Along Vertical Plates
- Creators
- Antonio Campo - Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405Salah Chikh - Départment de Génie Mécanique, USTHB, B.P. 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzoaur 16111, AlgeriaShyam S Sablani - Department of Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod PC 123, Muscat, Oman
- Publication Details
- Journal of fluids engineering, Vol.128(1), pp.199-201
- Academic Unit
- Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- ASME
- Identifiers
- 99900547005801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article