Natural convection or free convection is caused by fluid motion due to density differences. In most practical
cases, the free convection may be neglected when there is a fluid flow i.e. forced convection.
A dimensional analysis of the heat transfer by free convection results in:
Nu=f(Pr,Gr)
where,
Nu= Nusselt number
Pr= Prandtl number
Gr= Grashof number