CFD Analysis of Solar Heater Water Pipe with Different Inclination

The present work is aimed at studying the effect of different system parameters on the heat transfer and buoyancy induced flow inside circular tubes using CFD. They include tube length, tube diameter, tube inclination and heat supplied. Constant heat flux boundary condition is created on the tube surface. The heat transfer coefficient and the induced flow rate both were found increasing with increase in the heat supplied and the angle of inclination with the horizontal. The flow rate of water is found to be independent of the tube length if the tube length is more than 1m.The Experimental results is to be Compare with the CFD results. Boundary condition, Geometry is created in GAMBIT and Solver; Boundary conditions are provided to the pipe in fluent software.