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Effect of Lewis Number on Double-diffusive Natural Convection in a Triangular Cavity
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 78 - Number 2 |
| Year of Publication: 2013 |
| Authors: Kazi Anowar Hussain, Md. Arifur Rahman Mazumder, Rifat Jahan, Sharmin Akter |
10.5120/13461-0530
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Kazi Anowar Hussain, Md. Arifur Rahman Mazumder, Rifat Jahan, Sharmin Akter . Effect of Lewis Number on Double-diffusive Natural Convection in a Triangular Cavity. International Journal of Computer Applications. 78, 2 ( September 2013), 17-21. DOI=10.5120/13461-0530
Abstract
This paper concerned with the numerical study of thermal and mass diffusive natural convection flow inside a triangular shape solar collector using finite element method for the governing equations expressing the velocity pressure formulation along with the energy and concentration balance equations. In the solution procedure, the isothermal and iso-concentration boundary conditions are assumed at the absorber and covers of collector. Local and mean heat and mass transfer rates for the thermal Rayleigh number and Lewis number are presented. Streamlines, isotherms and iso-concentration are also presented for the aforesaid parameters. The result found in this study fully agreed with the previous published work. But this result will be profitable for the design of the collector.
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