TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION, HEAT FLUX, AND THERMAL SYPHON

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION, HEAT FLUX, AND THERMAL SYPHON
Temperature Distribution

The scalar concept, temperature distribution, is represented by color: read as hot, blue as cold, mixed red and blue as intermediate.

Heat Flux

As a vector concept, heat flux, is represented by geometric shapes, arrows and traingles: large objects as high flux, small objects as low flux, etc. High flux indicates high heat movement and vica versa.

Thermal Syphon

A thermal syphon is an engineering device that will pump heat from a solar heated fluid surface to a storage area. Usually, the fluid is water and convective forces provide the means of pumping the heat. In a cooling situation, the reverse is true, i.e. the system does not lose heat. The graphics demonstrate the physics of the cooling down phase. The solution is obtained from solving the Navier-Stokes equations from which 600 frames are obtained, some of which are illustrated here.

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