Simulação numérica da convecção natural no interior de um refrigerador doméstico
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2011-04-15
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Kinoshita, Denise [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Neste trabalho realizou-se um estudo numérico do escoamento em gabinetes de refrigeradores domésticos operando em regime de convecção natural, usando-se o Método de Volumes Finitos. No procedmento numérico, o problema do acoplamento pressão-velocidade foi resolvido pelo algoritmo SIMPLE - Semi Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations para malha desencontrada. O esquema Power-Law foi utilizado como função de interpolação para os termos convectivo-difusivos e o TDMA-Tri Diagonal Matrix Algorithm foi usado para resolver os sistemas de equações algébricas. O gabinete do refrigerador foi modelado como uma cavidade tridimensional vazia sem prateleiras e o evaporador foi modelado como uma placa plana vertical com temperatura uniforme prescrita. O código numérico foi verificado parcialmente para problemas clássicos de convecção natural encontrados na literatura. Resultados experimentais preliminares para um refrigerador doméstico comercial de 350 l também foram levantados para a validação do código numérico. Após a validação do código numérico, as influências do posicionamento e temperatura do evaporador nos campos de temperatura e velocidade foram analisadas para três configurações do gabinete: gabinete sem gaveta de verdura, gabinete com gaveta de verdura e gabinete com gaveta de verdura com aberturas laterais. O modelo de gabinete com gaveta de verdura com aberturas laterais mostrou-se o mais adequado para estudar o problema. Nove posições do evaporador foram avaliadas, mostrando que o posicionamento na direção horizontal praticamente não influencia o campo de temperatura e velocidade do escoamento, enquanto que o posicionamento na direção vertical tem uma influencia significativa. Os campos de velocidade e temperatura e a carga térmica do evaporador...
A numerical study of the flow inside cabinets of domestic refrigerators working on natural convection regime is performed in this work using the Finite Volume Method as numerical procedure for solving the governing equations. The pressure-velocity coupling was solved using the algorithm SIMPLE–Semi Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations applied to a staggered mesh. The Power-Law scheme was used as interpolation function for the convective-diffusive terms, and the algorithm TDMA-Tri Diagonal Matrix Algorithm was used to solve the systems of algebraic equations. The model was applied to static refrigerator working in steady state with constant and uniform evaporator temperature. The cabinet was considered as an empty three-dimensional cavity without shelves and the evaporator was modeled as a vertical flat plate with prescribed uniform temperature. The numerical code was partially verified for classical natural convection problems usually found in the literature. Preliminary experimental results for a 350 l commercial domestic refrigerator were also obtained for validating the numerical code. After validating the numerical code, the influence of the positioning and temperature of the evaporator on the temperature and velocity fields were analyzed for three cabinet configurations: cabinet without vegetable drawer, cabinet with vegetable drawer, and cabinet with vegetable drawer presenting lateral openings. The model including the vegetable drawer with lateral openings showed to be the best model to study the problem. Nine evaporator positions were evaluated, showing that the positioning in the horizontal direction practically does not affect the temperature and velocity fields of the flow, while the vertical positioning has a significant effect on the results. The temperature and velocity... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
A numerical study of the flow inside cabinets of domestic refrigerators working on natural convection regime is performed in this work using the Finite Volume Method as numerical procedure for solving the governing equations. The pressure-velocity coupling was solved using the algorithm SIMPLE–Semi Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations applied to a staggered mesh. The Power-Law scheme was used as interpolation function for the convective-diffusive terms, and the algorithm TDMA-Tri Diagonal Matrix Algorithm was used to solve the systems of algebraic equations. The model was applied to static refrigerator working in steady state with constant and uniform evaporator temperature. The cabinet was considered as an empty three-dimensional cavity without shelves and the evaporator was modeled as a vertical flat plate with prescribed uniform temperature. The numerical code was partially verified for classical natural convection problems usually found in the literature. Preliminary experimental results for a 350 l commercial domestic refrigerator were also obtained for validating the numerical code. After validating the numerical code, the influence of the positioning and temperature of the evaporator on the temperature and velocity fields were analyzed for three cabinet configurations: cabinet without vegetable drawer, cabinet with vegetable drawer, and cabinet with vegetable drawer presenting lateral openings. The model including the vegetable drawer with lateral openings showed to be the best model to study the problem. Nine evaporator positions were evaluated, showing that the positioning in the horizontal direction practically does not affect the temperature and velocity fields of the flow, while the vertical positioning has a significant effect on the results. The temperature and velocity... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Refrigerador doméstico - Convecção natural, Calor – Convecção natural, Evaporadores, Domestic refrigerator - Natural convection, Evaporators
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KINOSHITA, Denise. Simulação numérica da convecção natural no interior de um refrigerador doméstico. 2011. 151 f. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira, 2011.