TY - GEN
T1 - Use of an air curtain to reduce heat loss from an inclined open-ended cavity
AU - McIntosh, A.
AU - Hughes, G.
AU - Pye, J.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The use of an air curtain directed across the aperture of an inclined open-ended cavity is examined as a method to reduce convective losses from a heated cavity. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted in two-dimensions for a range of air curtain velocities and axial cavity orientations. The greatest relative reduction in convective losses with an air curtain resulted when the cavity aperture plane was vertical (i.e. horizontal cavity axis). For cavities whose axis was inclined to the horizontal, convective losses could still be lowered with an air curtain, but reduced jet velocities were required for optimum performance.
AB - The use of an air curtain directed across the aperture of an inclined open-ended cavity is examined as a method to reduce convective losses from a heated cavity. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted in two-dimensions for a range of air curtain velocities and axial cavity orientations. The greatest relative reduction in convective losses with an air curtain resulted when the cavity aperture plane was vertical (i.e. horizontal cavity axis). For cavities whose axis was inclined to the horizontal, convective losses could still be lowered with an air curtain, but reduced jet velocities were required for optimum performance.
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M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2014
BT - Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2014
PB - Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society
T2 - 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2014
Y2 - 8 December 2014 through 11 December 2014
ER -