Experimental study of convection in a model Czochralski crucible using liquid crystal thermography |
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Authors: | J Banerjee R Bharadwaj K Muralidhar |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India; |
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Abstract: | Steady state temperature distribution in a model Czochralski crucible has been mapped by liquid crystal thermography (LCT).
The crucible is a water-filled glass beaker. Water is used as the test fluid because of ease of experimentation, as well as
the availability of correct thermo-physical properties. In addition, the Prandtl number of water matches those of molten oxides.
A copper cylinder whose diameter is smaller than that of the beaker is placed centrally at the water surface. Convection patterns
are set up by applying constant temperature difference between the crucible wall and the cylinder surface, in the temperature
range of the liquid crystals. The cylinder is given a fixed rotation, thus creating mixed convection conditions in the test
fluid. The LCT images recorded in the present study clearly reveal convective rolls, and the interaction of buoyancy-driven
convection in the crucible with cylinder rotation. The resulting temperature distributions match numerical simulation quite
well. The pure buoyancy and pure rotation experiments result in axisymmetric temperature fields, while in mixed convection,
the field is unsteady and three dimensional. |
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