Winter-regime surface heat loss from heated streams
Abstract
Evaluation of the rate of surface heat exchange between the water and air has become significant because of the need to determine the thermal response of streams to heat inputs. The different mechanisms of heat exchange that contribute to the total heat exchange are discussed, and the various empirical formulas to compute each of the components are presented and discussed. The suitability of each empirical formula was examined. The methods to linearize the total heat exchange rate are reviewed, and a new linearized relation is proposed. General equations, suitable for winter-regime conditions, are presented to compute the coefficients of the linearized heat loss model.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974STIN...7531411P
- Keywords:
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- Heat Transfer;
- Streams;
- Thermal Pollution;
- Cloud Cover;
- Computer Programs;
- Mathematical Models;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Regression Analysis;
- Solar Radiation;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer