Transport in vertical mixed convection flows and natural convection flows in cold water

Computed similarity solutions are presented for thermally-driven natural convection flow adjacent to a vertical isothermal surface in cold pure or saline water. These calculations specifically explore the flow behavior at temperature conditions for which the buoyancy force reverses across the thermal transport region due to the presence of a density extremum within the region. Computed similarity solutions are given for the laminar natural convection flow adjacent to a vertical ice surface melting in saline water. The most recent transport property data and a very accurate equation of state for saline water are used to analyze the transport of momentum, salt and thermal energy in such flows. Interface motion effects are included and the interface conditions are determined from the transport. Time exposure photographs of the flow adjacent to a vertical ice surface melting in 10% saline water are presented for ambient water temperatures between 1 C and 15 C. A perturbation analysis is presented of mixed convection flow over a vertical semi infinite surface with uniform heat flux.