Numerical modeling of fluid dynamics and heat transfer of glass flow in a short channel

• Autor(a) principal: Ovando Chacon,G. E.
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Ovando Chacon,S. L., Prince Avelino,J. C.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322010000400018
• topic: Numerical simulations; Fluid Dynamics; Heat transfer; Glass; Finite element

A numerical investigation of laminar flow in a two-dimensional, Cartesian flow that exits from a short channel with a backward-facing step is carried out in this work for the Reynolds number range of 0.00054 < Re < 54. We studied the steady state fluid dynamics, phase change and heat transfer of the flow. We analyzed the flow behavior occurring for different outflow velocities and three different configuration of the step. The incompressible working fluid was glass. The temperature, streamline, phase change and pressure fields are obtained and analyzed as a function of position. In order to obtain a better understanding of the step angle influence on the fluid dynamics, we obtained the heat transfer flux rates and the axial velocity profiles.