thermodynamics, combined forced convection and natural convection, or mixed convection, occurs when natural convection and forced convection mechanisms act...
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diffusion relative to advection. Convective heat transfer Combined forced and natural convection Forced Convection Heat Transfer Bahrami, M Simon Fraser...
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convection, which is typically referred to as Natural Convection in thermodynamic contexts in order to distinguish the two. Convection can be "forced"...
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Convection is single or multiphase fluid flow that occurs spontaneously through the combined effects of material property heterogeneity and body forces...
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environment. In an oven without a fan, natural convection circulates hot air unevenly, so that it will be cooler at the bottom and hotter at the top than in the...
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Heat transfer (section Convection)
concept of convection is also applied to "the process by which heat is communicated through water". Combined forced and natural convection Heat capacity...
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Heat transfer coefficient (category Convection)
the convective heat transfer coefficient in various cases including natural convection, forced convection for internal flow and forced convection for...
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Nusselt number (category Convection)
a fluid. Total heat transfer combines conduction and convection. Convection includes both advection (fluid motion) and diffusion (conduction). The conductive...
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Grashof number (redirect from Free convection number)
the study of situations involving natural convection and is analogous to the Reynolds number (Re). Free convection is caused by a change in density of...
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Radiator (heating) (section Radiation vs. convection)
feed, a pump, or natural convection. As it gives out heat, the hot water cools and sinks to the bottom of the radiator and is forced out of a pipe at...
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(appliances and building insulation), airtightness is the key in reducing heat transfer due to air leakage (forced or natural convection). Once airtightness...
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Thermal management (electronics) (redirect from Thermal management of electronic devices and systems)
companies such as Novel Concepts, Inc. and at www.heatsinkcalculator.com can accurately estimate forced and natural convection heat sink performance. For more...
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Cogeneration (redirect from Combined Heat and Power Generation)
Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time. Cogeneration...
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convection formed around the low-level circulation. By October 23, Trami intensified into a severe tropical storm as it moved west-northwestward and made...
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Lapse rate (section Convection and adiabatic expansion)
and upward heat transport via natural convection (which carries hot air and latent heat upward). Above the tropopause, convection does not occur and all...
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correlations are Dittus-Boelter correlation (turbulent forced convection), Churchill & Chu (natural convection). Compared with single-phase heat transfer, heat...
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A forced-air central heating system is one which uses air as its heat transfer medium. These systems rely on ductwork, vents, and plenums as means of...
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fields: for the pressure difference group, in heat transfer by forced convection, and for the dimensionless ratio of fluid friction irreversibility divided...
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Solar chimney (category Convection)
as a thermal chimney – is a way of improving the natural ventilation of buildings by using convection of air heated by passive solar energy. A simple description...
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by natural means such as radiation, conduction, and natural convection. As a consequence, the wall works by absorbing sunlight on its outer face and then...
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Thunderstorm (redirect from Convective storms)
through the process of convection (hence the term convective precipitation). This process creates a low-pressure zone within and beneath the forming thunderstorm...
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circulating, and prevents stagnation of the interior air. Methods for ventilating a building are divided into mechanical/forced and natural types. The three...
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Transformer (redirect from Oil natural, air forced)
coolant circulates by natural convection or fins. Some large transformers employ electric fans for forced-air cooling, pumps for forced-liquid cooling, or...
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machine. Cooling methods modelled include natural convection (Totally enclosed non ventilated - TENV), forced convection (Totally enclosed fan cooled - TEFC)...
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Boiler (category Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)
boilers provided this stream of air, or draught, through the natural action of convection in a chimney connected to the exhaust of the combustion chamber...
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Cloud physics (category Cloud and fog physics)
producing cumuliform and cumulonimbiform clouds in heavier and more active concentrations because of the combined frontal and convective lifting agents. As...
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Cloud (category Clouds, fog and precipitation)
generally non-convective except castellanus and floccus subtypes which show limited convection. They often form along a high altitude jetstream and at the very...
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Ganymede (moon) (section Orbit and rotation)
water than all of Earth's oceans combined. Ganymede's magnetic field is probably created by convection within its core, and influenced by tidal forces from...
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Passive cooling (redirect from Natural cooling)
heat from the building (natural cooling). Natural cooling utilizes on-site energy, available from the natural environment, combined with the architectural...
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Boiling (section Free convection)
including boiling, steaming, and poaching. The lowest heat flux seen in boiling is only sufficient to cause [natural convection], where the warmer fluid rises...
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