Abstract
A numerical solution is given to study the unsteady natural convection in enclosures with stratified medium. Three designs of the enclosure wall are investigated that encompass a wall without insulation on it, insulation placed over the exterior of the wall, and insulation placed over the interior. The enclosed medium is initially stratified in the middle region and the wall temperature is uniform at the high temperature level of the medium. Computation results indicate the superiority of placing the insulation inside to maintain the thermal stratification in the medium. Flow and temperature fields are given for a quantitative substantiation of this observation.
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