ISSN Online: 2377-424X
International Heat Transfer Conference 4
AN ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE MELTING OF BULK SOLIDS ON AN INCLINED PLANE HEATED SURFACE
Abstract
Results for heat transfer rate, mass flow rate, and fluid driving force and pressure gradient are presented in terms of the normalized steady-state velocity of the solid phase, the temperature differences between the heated
wall and the liquid-solid interface, and between the interface and the solid environment. Heat-balance integral techniques are employed in the analysis with polynomial functions used to approximate the temperature and
velocity distributions in the fluid. Data are presented for a gravity-feed melter using water and ice as the physical media. These data correspond to flow Reynolds numbers of 0.5 − 2. 0, based on the fluid layer thickness.