HEAT TRANSFER PREDICTIONS IN CROSS FLOW OVER CYLINDERS BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL PLATES

Abstract

Abstract Numerically calculated heat transfer data are presented for laminar incompressible flow over a row of in-line cylinders between two parallel plates. The cylinder and plate temperatures are assumed to be constant but not necessarily the same. The spacing between cylinders changes the flow in the separated zone and subsequently affects the heat transfer. The heat transfer data for different aspect ratios and Reynolds numbers are reduced to form a single formula for ease of interpolation. The method of calculating overall heat transfer from multiple cylinder-plate modules is studied, and working relations are obtained