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Model of transient stratified flow into a chilled-water storage tank.

Author(s) : HOMAN K. O., SOO S. L.

Type of article: Article

Summary

This paper presents numerical solutions for the flowfield transients with a single jet of cold liquid entering horizontally at the bottom of a tall tank initially filled with hotter liquid which is removed at the top of the tank. Early in the filling process, the inflow of the higher density liquid produces a gravity current which propagates across the tank floor. When turned by the wall opposite the jet, the gravity current generates a range of internal wave phenomena which are apparent in oscillations of the thermocline. The region below the thermocline is initially filled with a complex pattern of recirculaiton cells, which evolves to a pattern dominated by the jet vortex as the thermocline moves away from the inlet.

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  • Original title: Model of transient stratified flow into a chilled-water storage tank.
  • Record ID : 1998-3167
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 40 - n. 18
  • Publication date: 1997/11

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