简介:Heattransferintheevacuatedcollectortubeisathree-dimensionallaminarnaturalconvectionproblemdrivenbybuoyancy.Becauseofitscomplexity,noeffectivetheoreticalmodelisavailabledespiteoflimitedexperimentalworkwhichisconfinedtooneaspect.Thepresentworkaimstodepicttheconvectiveheattransferinsideatwo-endedinclinedtubewithEast-Westsymmetricheatinputusingnumericalmethods,Basedonreasonableassumptions,governingequationsoftheinsidefluidareestablished.Thecorrespondingdiscretizatedequationsaresolvedbyemplogyingnumericalmetholds.Thecalculatedresultsaredisplayedforvelocityandtemperatureprofilesondifferentcross-sectionalplasnes.whichpresenttheflowpatterncharacterizedbyupflowanddownflowalongtheaxialdirectionandadherentflowalongtheperipheraldirection,andtheheattransferrpocessfromthewalltothecenter,Furthermore,thetransientNusseltnumberandaveragetemperaturelevelareshownanddiscussed.Finally,theparametriceffectsofthetuberadiusandtheheatinputontheflowandheattransferarealsogiven.