Energy equation of swirling flow in a cylindrical container
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
11-1-2019
Abstract
The energy equation which includes the substantial derivative of pressure and the viscous dissipation terms was solved numerically to verify whether it can correctly calculate the energy conversion from kinetic to thermal energy in an irreversible process. The fluid temperature was obtained for a swirling flow in a cylindrical container with a constant initial angular velocity. The fluid in the container came to a halt after a short time because of the viscosity. The kinetic energy of the fluid was converted into thermal energy which resulted in an increase of the fluid temperature. The governing equations were discretized using the control volume based power-law scheme of Patankar and the discretized equations were solved by using a line-by-line method. The results showed that the kinetic energy at its initial state was converted into thermal energy with a conversion rate of 99.4%.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume
108
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Yusof, Siti Nurul Akmal, Yutaka Asako, Mohammad Faghri, Lit Ken Tan, Nor Azwadi Bin Che Sidik, and Wan Mohd Arif Bin Aziz Japar. "Energy equation of swirling flow in a cylindrical container." International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 108, (2019). doi: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2019.104288.