Unsteady Laminar Convection in Cylindrical Domains

Thermal storage devices are widely used thermal solar systems. Their optimization and design is a key aspect for increasing the overall efficiency of the installations. In this sense, Computational Fluid Dynamics have been consolidated as a tool for providing researchers and engineers with a method to test virtually their prototypes with a reduction in time, personnel and resources. This work is focused in the numerical simulation of the unsteady natural convection phenomena applied to the study of stratified storage tanks.