Forced convection from a horizontal ribbed rectangular base-plate penetrated by arrays of holes

C. W. Leung, T. L. Chan, S. D. Probert, H. J. Kang

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Abstract

A method was proposed to augment the forced convection to ambient air from a horizontal rectangular plate with its upper surface mounted with uniformly spaced and heated transverse rectangular ribs. The steady-state effects of varying the penetration ratio (β), diameter of the hole (d), ratio of channel's height to rib's common height (H/B), and Reynolds number (Rec), of the air-flow on the rate of forced convection from the rectangular plate, were investigated for both laminar and turbulent flows over the ribs. Heat transfer measurements were obtained for the ranges: 500≤Rec≤19,000; 4≤H/B≤10≤0.20.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)81-95
Number of pages15
JournalApplied Energy
Volume62
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1999

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