Heat Transfer From a Rotating Disk to Fluids for a Wide Range of Prandtl Numbers Using the Asymptotic Model

A simple method for calculating heat transfer from a rotating disk to fluids for a wide range of Prandtl numbers using asymptotic analysis is presented. Nusselt numbers for a heated rotating disk for different Prandtl numbers is expressed in terms of the asymptotic Nusselt numbers corresponding to a very small value of Prandtl numbers and Nusselt numbers corresponding to a very large value of Prandtl numbers. The proposed model uses a concave downward asymptotic correlation method to develop a robust compact model. Using the methods discussed by Churchill and Usagi (1972, “General Expression for the Correlation of Rates of Transfer and Other Phenomena ,” AIChE J., 18(6), pp. 1121–1128), the fitting parameter in the proposed model can be determined at Prandtl numbers corresponding to the intersection of the two asymptotes.

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