Perm State University

Natural Convection On The Cylindrical

Enclosure With Localized Heating From Below.

A.V. Evgrafova

Scientific advisers
P. G. Phrick
A. N. Sukhanovsky

Perm 2010
Importance of the work and its aims

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The goal of this work is investigation of transverse rolls in natural

convection flow over localized heat source in a cylindrical fluid layer.
Experimental set-up

2
R1
h 3

R1 = 52 mm ,R2 = 150 mm, h = 30 mm, the fluid is silicon oil

2R2 1-heater,
2-vessel,
4 3- fluid,
h, mm

5
4-divergent flow,
5-convergent flow
1
 Numeric simulation

In numeric simulation laminar natural convection has been studied in a

horizontal cylindrical enclosure with a free upper surface and heating source at the
bottom. For simulation Ansys Cfx is used.
Secondary structures. Experiment.

z, mm
Distribution of temperature over
vertical coordinate

1. r=10 mm,
1 2 3 2. r=30 mm,
ΔТ,0С
3. r=50 mm.

Gr =9.8*104
Т, 0С
Radial and time distribution of temperature. Experiment.

Т, 0С

Instantaneous temperature
distribution over radial
coordinate, z=1mm

Зависимость температуры от времени на 30 мм от центра(область квазистационара - эксперимент)

Gr =9.8*104
24.8
r, mm
Т, 0С
24.6

X: 268
Y: 24.38
24.4
X: 281
Temperature distribution over
Y: 24.38
time, z=1mm, r=30 mm
Т, град

24.2

24

23.8

23.6
t, s
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
 Спектр пульсация температуры (30 мм от центра-эксперимент)
0.18
Spectral analysis of temperature fluctuations
E,0.16
К2 *s X: 0.06885
Y: 0.1612
0.14

0.12 Experiment
0.1 r=30 mm
E,K2*с

0.08
ν=0.0688 Hz
0.06

0.04 X: 0.1377
Y: 0.02147
0.02

Спектр пульсаций температуры в области квазистационара(40 мм от центра-численный расчет)

ν, Hz Gr =9.8*104
0.7 0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5
частота, Гц
E,0.6К2 *s
X: 0.06641
Y: 0.5177

0.5

Numeric simulation
0.4
r=30 mm
E,K2*с

0.3
ν=0.0664 Hz
0.2

0.1

0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 ν,0.12
Hz 0.14
Secondary structures. Numeric simulation.

Z, mm
Instantaneous temperature field
in heated region

Gr =9.8*104
r, mm

Dynamics of secondary rolls

 Conclusion
• Secondary structures generationin the form of transverse rolls is
studied both numerically and experimentally in cylindrical fluid
layer with localized heating.
• Results obtained numerically and the experimental data
correlated well because the frequencies of rolls generation are
equal.
• Basing on the good correlation a lot of flow characteristics are
obtained, such as instantaneous temperature fields. Also the
origin and dynamics of the secondary structures were traced.
Thank you for your attention