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Numerical and experimental investigation of melting of ice involving natural convection
Author(s) -
Kahraman Ramazan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.788
Subject(s) - enclosure , natural convection , mechanics , thermodynamics , transient (computer programming) , finite difference method , materials science , convection , physics , engineering , computer science , telecommunications , operating system
Two‐dimensional transient melting of ice in a rectangular enclosure was numerically and experimentally investigated. Natural convection in the liquid phase due to the temperature dependency of water density was considered in the numerical model. The implicit finite difference method with fixed staggered grid approach was utilized. The SIMPLER algorithm was followed for the solution of pressure and velocity fields in the liquid phase. The prediction of the model was found to be satisfactory through preliminary experimentation. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.