Experimental natural convection on vertical surfaces for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications

M Fossa, C Ménézo, E Leonardi - Experimental thermal and fluid science, 2008 - Elsevier
An experimental study on natural convection in an open channel is carried out in order to
investigate the effect of the geometrical configuration of heat sources on the heat transfer …

Turbulent natural convection heat transfer in an asymmetrically heated, vertical parallel-plate channel

AG Fedorov, R Viskanta - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 1997 - Elsevier
An analysis has been developed to predict induced flow and heat transfer in an
asymmetrically heated, vertical parallel-plate channel. The problem considered is related to …

Benchmark solutions for natural convection flows in vertical channels submitted to different open boundary conditions

G Desrayaud, E Chénier, A Joulin, A Bastide… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Comparison exercises have been carried out by different research teams to study
the sensitivity of the natural convection occurring in a vertical asymmetrically heated channel …

Numerical analysis of partially heated vertical parallel plates in natural convective cooling

A Campo, O Manca, B Morrone - Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
This paper addresses the significance of adding insulated extensions to a parallel-plate
channel in which the plates receive a uniform heat flux and a natural convection airflow is …

Heat transfer and mass flow correlations for ventilated facades

C Suárez, P Joubert, JL Molina, FJ Sánchez - Energy and Buildings, 2011 - Elsevier
Natural convection heat transfer and mass flow phenomena in ventilated facades are
numerically investigated in this work. The study focuses on the determination of accurate …

Prediction of Nusselt number and flow rate of buoyancy driven flow between vertical parallel plates

CO Olsson - J. Heat Transfer, 2004 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Literature on buoyancy driven flow in vertical channels have been reviewed in order to
investigate formulas for Nusselt number and flow rate, which can be used in fast calculations …

Experimental research on heat transfer of natural convection in vertical rectangular channels with large aspect ratio

Q Lu, S Qiu, G Su, W Tian, Z Ye - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2010 - Elsevier
This work presents the experimental research on the steady laminar natural convection heat
transfer of air in three vertical thin rectangular channels with different gap clearance. The …

Numerical investigation of passive cooling in open vertical channels

GE Lau, GH Yeoh, V Timchenko, JA Reizes - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations have been carried out in order to investigate natural convection flow
and heat transfer in vertical channels which are relevant to passive cooling of building …

Natural convection air-cooling of a substrate-mounted protruding heat source in a stack of parallel boards

G Desrayaud, A Fichera, G Lauriat - International Journal of Heat and Fluid …, 2007 - Elsevier
The problem numerically investigated is that of steady, two-dimensional laminar natural
convection in a system of parallel vertical channels with a single protruding heat module …

Natural convection in a periodically finned vertical channel

A Daloglu, T Ayhan - International communications in heat and mass …, 1999 - Elsevier
This paper presents the experimental results of natural convection in a rectangular cross-
sectional vertical channel. Along the channel fins connected to both plates are placed …