Heat Transfer and Flow in a Short,Vertical,Internally Heated Annulus with a Rotating Outer Boundary

Abstract

Experimental determinations were made of the steady-state heat fluxes and velocity profiles in water between two vertical concentric cylinders, the heated inner cylinder being stationary while the outer cylinder was rotated in ambient temperature air. Secondary flows, due to end effects, existed in the annulus at all rotational speeds and profoundly influenced the rate of heat transfer across the annulus. When the circulation of the secondary flows opposed those due to natural convection, the mean Nusselt number decreased almost to unity.