Accession Number:

ADA011080

Title:

Heat and Mass Transfer in Layered Natural Convection.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Mancini,Thomas R.
• Loehrke,Richard I.
• Haberstroh,Robert D.

Report Date:

1975-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

In a double-diffusive system for example, heat and salt diffusing upward through water a layered structure may form. This structure consists of horizontal convecting layers separated by non-convecting interfaces. The transport of heat and salt through a two-layer system can be calculated on the basis of a simple, mechanistic model described in this paper. The model predicts behavior which is consistent with results of a series of thermohaline convection experiments. The extension of these results to systems with greater numbers of layers is discussed.

Descriptors:

• *MASS TRANSFER
• *CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER)
• *HYDRODYNAMICS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• SOLUTIONS(MIXTURES)
• LAYERS
• WATER
• DIFFUSION
• SODIUM CHLORIDE
• HEAT
• CIRCULATION
• GRADIENTS

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE