Suvash C. Saha1,*, Ali M. Sefidan2, Atta Sojoudi3
Energy Engineering, Vol.117, No.1, pp. 1-17, 2020, DOI:10.32604/EE.2020.010418
- 28 February 2020
Abstract Free convection inside an attic enclosure in which sinusoidal heat flux applied on the inclined walls and a constant temperature applied on the base wall has been investigated numerically to demonstrate the primary flow characteristics and heat transfer within the attic enclosure over daily routine cycles. To solve the governing equations, the finite volume technique has been utilized. After performing the grid independency and time step size tests, the roles of Rayleigh number (Ra) and the attic aspect ratio (AR) on the unsteady flow structure and heat transfer phenomenon are explained for a constant Prandtl More >