An experimental and numerical study of fluid flow and heat transfer in residential electric hot water tanks with sidewall inlets is presented in this paper. The semi-empirical model proposed here divides the tank into two distinct regions: a piston-type flow region, where the axial flow velocity is uniform, and a fully mixed uniform temperature region at the bottom of the tank near the cold water inlet. The piston-type region is treated numerically using a quasi-one-dimensional model, while the height of the fully mixed region is based on an experimentally derived correlation.
Product Details
- Published:
- 2005
- Number of Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 1 file , 3.5 MB
- Product Code(s):
- D-25643
