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Empirical correlation for performance evaluation of electric/corona wind on natural convection
Nasiri Vatan, S ; Sharif University of Technology
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- Type of Document: Article
- DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2013.12.004
- Abstract:
- The effect of the corona wind on the natural convection at a rectangular channel was investigated experimentally. The results indicate that the natural convection in the absence of electric/corona wind at obtuse angles outperforms than acute angles and keeps improving by increasing the angle. However, the efficiency of the electric/corona wind at acute angles is higher than obtuse angles. Generally, in the presence of electric/corona wind, heat transfer coefficient was increased. The effect of the electric/corona wind was decreased by raising heat flux. This mainly stems from the fact that the temperature gradient raises the thermal boundary layer and reduces the secondary flow power. Eventually, empirical correlation for the estimation of Nusselt number was achieved
- Keywords:
- Efficiency ; Electrohydrodynamic field ; Empirical correlation ; Corona winds ; Empirical correlations ; Rectangular channel ; Thermal boundary layer ; Electrohydrodynamics ; Heat flux ; Heat transfer ; Natural convection
- Source: Journal of Electrostatics ; Vol. 72, issue. 1 , February , 2014 , pp. 82-90 ; ISSN: 03043886
- URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304388613001630