Abstract
Numerical simulations of isothermal and heated turbulent upflow of a liquid in a vertical concentric annular channel with its inner wall heated were carried out. Near-wall two-equation turbulence models were used to close the Reynolds-averaged momentum and thermal energy equations. In addition, a near-wall explicit turbulent heat flux model was incorporated. The results reported include mean and turbulence quantities. Comparison with our measurements reported in Part I of this two-part paper is presented. The Reynolds number at the channel inlet ranged from 22 800 to 46 400, and the range of Gr/ Re 2 at the measurement plane was 0.009–0.078. Buoyancy effects which influenced the velocity and thermal fields were observed in the simulation results as they were in the measurements.
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