Lei, Chengwang, and Patterson, John C. (2007) Flow response to periodic forcing in a reservoir with water depth beyond the penetration depth of the solar radiation. In: Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference. From: 8th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 26-29 July 2005, Perth, WA, Australia.

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Abstract

The present investigation is concerned with the transient response of the flow in a reservoir to the diurnal heating and cooling due to heat transfer through the water surface. In this study, the maximum water depth in the reservoir is assumed to be five times the penetration depth of the solar radiation. The numerical results reveal that, in the present case, the flow response to the radiative heating is very weak compared with the response to the surface cooling. There is also a clear time lag in the flow response to the switches of the thermal forcing. The lag time depends on the Grashof number.

Item ID:	3057
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISBN:	1-56700-235-8
Keywords:	natural convection; mixing; reservoir; solar radiation; periodic forcing; numerical simulation
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2009 04:06
FoR Codes:	09 ENGINEERING > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091504 Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics @ 60% 09 ENGINEERING > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091505 Heat and Mass Transfer Operations @ 30% 09 ENGINEERING > 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering > 091508 Turbulent Flows @ 10%
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