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 due to the combined effects of material property heterogeneity and body forces...
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conventional non-fan oven, which relies only on natural convection to circulate the hot air. Fan-assisted convection ovens are commonly used for baking as well...
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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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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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correlations are Dittus-Boelter correlation (turbulent forced convection), Churchill & Chu (natural convection). Compared with single-phase heat transfer, heat...
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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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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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machine. Cooling methods modelled include natural convection (Totally enclosed non ventilated - TENV), forced convection (Totally enclosed fan cooled - TEFC)...
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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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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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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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volume of mixed sewage and surface runoff flowing in a combined sewer during peak runoff events caused by snowmelt or convective precipitation. As cities...
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Adrian Bejan (category CS1 maint: date and year)
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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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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Plume (fluid dynamics) (section Flow and detection)
vary in space. Plumes Steam plumes from industrial sources Large natural convection plume A nuclear explosion can generate a mushroom-shaped thermal plume...
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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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per unit time, and h is the heat transfer coefficient. Within heat transfer, two principal types of convection can occur: Forced convection can occur in...
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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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relative to conductive and convective heating methods Non-contact, thereby not disturbing the product as conductive or convective heating methods do Thus...
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