Numerical simulation of the effects of plate separation and inclination on heat transfer in buoyancy driven open channels

Transition of free convection flow inside an inclined parallel walled channel: Effects of inclination angle and width of the channel

“…[1997] and Baskaya et al [1999]. Onur et al [1997] explained that the fluid largely remains motionless due to frictional forces retarding the development of natural convection when the plate spacing is relative small.…”

Turbulent natural convection between inclined isothermal plates

“…The recent contributions to the literature have been made by Azevedo and Sparrow [9], Hajjai and Warek [10], Straatman et al [11], Onur and Aktas [12], Baskaya et al [13] and Bianco et al [14]. Azevedo and Sparrow [9] carried out experiments on an inclined isothermal channel using water as the working fluid.…”

Dimensionless Correlations for Natural Convection Heat Transfer from a Pair of Vertical Staggered Plates Suspended in Free Air

“…The first documented work dealing with this subject was executed experimentally by Elenbaas [1], who, by using a pair of square plates suspended face to face in free air, obtained the optimal plate spacing for the dissipation of the maximum amount of heat. Investigations aimed at determining the optimal plate spacing for vertical parallel plate channels subjected to uniform wall temperature and uniform heat flux conditions were subsequently conducted theoretically by Bodoia and Osterle [2], Levy [3], Anand et al [4] and Bar-Cohen and Rohsenow [5], as well as both experimentally and theoretically by Onur et al [6,7] and Baskaya et al [8] for channels consisting of a heated plate and an unheated plate insulated at the rear.…”