Numerical and experimental investigation of melting of ice involving natural convection

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Ramazan Kahraman

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Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaSearch for more papers by this author

Ramazan Kahraman,

Corresponding Author

Ramazan Kahraman

[email protected]

Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaSearch for more papers by this author

First published: 07 January 2002

https://doi.org/10.1002/er.788

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Two-dimensional transient melting of ice in a rectangular enclosure was numerically and experimentally investigated. Natural convection in the liquid phase due to the temperature dependency of water density was considered in the numerical model. The implicit finite difference method with fixed staggered grid approach was utilized. The SIMPLER algorithm was followed for the solution of pressure and velocity fields in the liquid phase. The prediction of the model was found to be satisfactory through preliminary experimentation. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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