Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Guo, Z.Y.
• Tao, W.Q.
• Shah, R.K.

Titel

The field synergy (coordination) principle and its applications in enhancing single phase convective heat transfer

Ist Teil von

• International journal of heat and mass transfer, 2005-04, Vol.48 (9), p.1797-1807

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this paper the concept of field synergy (coordination) principle is briefly introduced first, and then its numerical verification is presented. A dimensionless number, field synergy number Fc, is defined as an indication of the synergy degree between velocity and temperature field for the entire flow and heat transfer domain. It is found that for the ideal case, this number should equal one, and for most of the engineering heat transfer cases, its value is far from being equal to one, showing a large room for the heat transfer enhancement study. Then the applications of the principle are discussed, with focusing being paid on the application for developing new type of enhanced techniques. Three examples are provided to demonstrate the importance and feasibility of the field synergy principle.