A review on natural convection in enclosures for engineering applications. The particular case of the parallelogrammic diode cavity

A numerical study of two-dimensional laminar natural convection in shallow open cavities

http://www.geocities.ws/eblgn/ebhakanhmt05.pdf

Natural convection heat transfer in partially open inclined square cavities

Convection heat loss from cavity receiver in parabolic dish solar thermal power system: A review

Effect of a magnetic field on natural convection in an open cavity subjugated to water/alumina nanofluid using Lattice Boltzmann method

A numerical study of natural convection in a two-dimensional square open cavity under laminar steady-state conditions has been performed. The square cavity has one heated vertical wall facing a vertical opening and two insulated horizontal walls. Results are obtained for Rayleigh numbers ranging from 103 to 109 at unit Prandtl number with constant properties and the Boussinesq approximation. Heat transfer results approach those for an isothermal vertical flat plate at high Rayleigh numbers. Streamline and isotherm plots illustrate the effect of the open boundary on the basic flow patterns. A recirculation zone is found at high Rayleigh numbers above the bottom wall due to incoming flow turning around the corner. Thermally stratified flow below the top wall exits to form a wall plume.

Y. L. Chan

Papers

a Numerical Study of Two-Dimensional Natural Convection in Square Open Cavities