Heat transfer from a circular cylinder to mixtures of water and ethylene glycol

S. Sanitjai, Richard J Goldstein

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Abstract

Local heat transfer by forced convection from a circular cylinder in crossflow is investigated for Reynolds number from 2 × 103 to 9 × 104 and Prandtl number from 7 to 176. The working fluids are water and mixtures of ethylene glycol and water. The cylinder is uniformly heated by passing a direct electric current through a thin surface heater. The influence of Reynolds number and Prandtl number on the distributions of local Nusselt number around a circular cylinder in crossflow is described.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4785-4794
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume47
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2004

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Support from the Engineering Research Program of the Office of Basic Energy Science at the US Department of Energy and from the King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in the form of a fellowship for S. Sanitjai is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • Circular cylinder
  • Ethylene glycol
  • Local heat transfer
  • Prandtl number
  • Reynolds number
  • Water

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