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Naher March 30, 2011 00:58

average interior temperature less than the operating temperature
 
Dear All,
I am simulating an enclosure with one wall-constant heat flux, another wall-mixed boundary condition. I am considering s2s model and boussinesq approximation. And I have two pressure inlet and one pressure outlet. But I am getting the average interior temperature less than the operating temperature. How does it possible? Can anybody please help me?

xrs333 March 30, 2011 03:38

That is not impossible.
Temperature is determined by heat balance of the system and constitutive equation, not the operating temperature, which is only used in Boussinesq model.

Naher March 30, 2011 21:26

Dear xrs333
Thank you very much for your comment … In my case heat is added to the system, so ambient temperature, which is defined as operating temperature must be the minimum temperature..isn’t it?

xrs333 March 31, 2011 07:57

Ambient temperature is not necessarily defined as operating temperature.
Check for these of your model, please:
partial enclosure temperature
ExternalBlackBodyTemperatureMethod

Naher March 31, 2011 23:14

Thanks for your reply. I already checked the external black body temperature and partial enclosure temperature (although, I do not have any non-participating wall in the model). I have defined these temperatures as 300 K. However, the result for the average interior temperature is less than 300 K.


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