Heat transfer in 3D water and ice basins
Studying heat transfer in 3D water or ice basins involves the solution of Navier Stokes or Stokes systems of PDE, coupled with a scalar equation for thermal energy transport. The method used in this paper is based on a Finite Volume technique where physical quantities and boundary conditions are app...
Published in: | Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer IX |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Other Authors: | , , |
Format: | Conference Object |
Language: | English |
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WIT Press
2006
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10281/11844 https://doi.org/10.2495/HT060141 |
Summary: | Studying heat transfer in 3D water or ice basins involves the solution of Navier Stokes or Stokes systems of PDE, coupled with a scalar equation for thermal energy transport. The method used in this paper is based on a Finite Volume technique where physical quantities and boundary conditions are approximated by means of high order formulae and the time advance is dealt with by a fractional step technique. This paper is mainly concerned with applications, but, with respect to a preceding version of the method, an evaluation of performance of techniques dealing with the turbulent viscosity in water basins is presented and a study of the temperature field in a glacier is included. The method is applied to a thermal discharge in a water basin of lower temperature and to a portion of the Priestley Glacier (Antarctica). The results are very accurate and coherent with the physical theory and with measured data. |
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