Effect of grooved pin-fins in a rectangular channel on heat transfer augmentation and friction factor using Taguchi method

Author(s):  
M. Eren ◽  
S. Caliskan
Author(s):  
Lei Luo ◽  
Han Yan ◽  
Wei Du ◽  
Songtao Wang ◽  
Changhai Li ◽  
...  

Abstract In this study, numerical simulations are conducted to investigate the effects of pin fin and dimple shape on the flow structure and heat transfer characteristics in a rectangular channel. The studied shapes for dimple and pin fin are circular, spanwise-elliptical, and streamwise-elliptical, respectively. The flow structure, friction factor, and heat transfer performance are obtained and analyzed with Reynolds number ranging from 10,000 to 50,000. Channel with circular pin fin and dimple is chosen as the Baseline. Channels with spanwise-elliptical pin fins have the best heat transfer augmentation, while also accompanied with the largest friction factor. Spanwise-elliptical pin fin generates the strongest horseshoe vortex which is responsible for the best heat transfer augmentation. Besides, channels with streamwise-elliptical pin fins show the worst heat transfer augmentation and the smallest friction factors. Dimple plays an important role in improving the heat transfer. Spanwise-elliptical dimple yields the best heat transfer augmentation which is attributed to the strongest counter-rotating vortex, while streamwise-elliptical dimple shows the worst heat transfer enhancement.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 771-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashif Perwez ◽  
Shreyak Shende ◽  
Rakesh Kumar

An experimental and numerical investigation is performed to study the effect of dimple and protrusion geometry on the heat transfer enhancement and the friction factor of surfaces with dimples and protrusions subjected to turbulent flow. The parameters used to compare the spherical dimples and protrusions are Nusselt Number, friction factor, and flow pattern. These parameters are obtained for a Reynolds number of 10500-60900. The spherical dimple results showed the greater heat transfer, which is about 6.97% higher and pressure loss which is 5.07% lower than the spherical protrusion. The realistic heat transfer augmentation capabilities of channels with dimples and protrusions can be studied from the experimental results. The comparison is made with respect to the smooth rectangular channel under the same flow and thermal boundary conditions. The numerical analysis is performed which shows the different vortex flow structures of the spherical dimples and protrusions channel.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Ligrani

To provide an overview of the current state of the art of heat transfer augmentation schemes employed for internal cooling of turbine blades and components, results from an extensive literature review are presented with data from internal cooling channels, both with and without rotation. According to this survey, a very small number of existing investigations consider the use of combination devices for internal passage heat transfer augmentation. Examples are rib turbulators, pin fins, and dimples together, a combination of pin fins and dimples, and rib turbulators and pin fins in combination. The results of such studies are compared with data obtained prior to 2003 without rotation influences. Those data are comprised of heat transfer augmentation results for internal cooling channels, with rib turbulators, pin fins, dimpled surfaces, surfaces with protrusions, swirl chambers, or surface roughness. This comparison reveals that all of the new data, obtained since 2003, collect within the distribution of globally averaged data obtained from investigations conducted prior to 2003 (without rotation influences). The same conclusion in regard to data distributions is also reached in regard to globally averaged thermal performance parameters as they vary with friction factor ratio. These comparisons, made on the basis of such judgment criteria, lead to the conclusion that improvements in our ability to provide better spatially-averaged thermal protection have been minimal since 2003. When rotation is present, existing investigations provide little evidence of overall increases or decreases in overall thermal performance characteristics with rotation, at any value of rotation number, buoyancy parameter, density ratio, or Reynolds number. Comparisons between existing rotating channel experimental data and the results obtained prior to 2003, without rotation influences, also show that rotation has little effect on overall spatially-averaged thermal performance as a function of friction factor.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 977
Author(s):  
Jin Xu ◽  
Ke Zhang ◽  
Jingtian Duan ◽  
Jiang Lei ◽  
Junmei Wu

This paper is focused on the heat transfer augment ability and friction factor of different cross-section pin fins. An experimental study is conducted in a wide rectangular channel. The steady-state thermochromic liquid crystals (TLC) method is applied to measure the tested surface temperature. Nine sets of pin fins are employed in the experiment. The nominal diameter of all pin fins is the same value. Nine sets of pin fins have three roundness shapes (Circle, Ellipse and Oblong), three streamline shapes (Dropform, NACA and Lancet) and three quadrangle shapes (Diamond, Diamond-s and Square), respectively. The arrangement parameters of all nine shapes are kept the same. As they have the same nominal diameter and arrangement, the channel blockage ratio is the same for each pin fin set. Reynolds numbers range from 10,000 to 60,000. The pressure losses of pin fin arrays are measured to obtain friction factor. Meanwhile, the overall thermal performances of all nine sets are also considered and compared. The results show heat transfer enhancement abilities of quadrangle shape pin fins are relatively higher than the roundness and streamline shapes. Diamond-s pin fins present the largest averaged Nusselt number and overall thermal performance on the endwall for all the nine pin fins under different Re. Concerning overall thermal performance, the traditional Circle pin fin is the second best. The pressure loss of streamline shape pin fins is the lowest in these three shape types. Moreover, the characteristic of local heat transfer distribution varies substantially for different pin shapes at low Re.


Author(s):  
Michael E. Lyall ◽  
Alan A. Thrift ◽  
Atul Kohli ◽  
Karen A. Thole

The performance of many engineering devices from power electronics to gas turbines is limited by thermal management. Heat transfer augmentation in internal flows is commonly achieved through the use of pin fins, which increase both surface area and turbulence. The present research is focused on internal cooling of turbine airfoils using a single row of circular pin fins that is oriented perpendicular to the flow. Low aspect ratio pin fins were studied whereby the channel height to pin diameter was unity. A number of spanwise spacings were investigated for a Reynolds number range between 5000 to 30,000. Both pressure drop and spatially-resolved heat transfer measurements were taken. The heat transfer measurements were made on the endwall of the pin fin array using infrared thermography and on the pin surface using discrete thermocouples. The results show that the heat transfer augmentation relative to open channel flow is the highest for smallest spanwise spacings and lowest Reynolds numbers. The results also indicate that the pin fin heat transfer is higher than the endwall heat transfer.


Author(s):  
Sam Ghazi-Hesami ◽  
Dylan Wise ◽  
Keith Taylor ◽  
Peter Ireland ◽  
Étienne Robert

Abstract Turbulators are a promising avenue to enhance heat transfer in a wide variety of applications. An experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop of a broken V (chevron) turbulator is presented at Reynolds numbers ranging from approximately 300,000 to 900,000 in a rectangular channel with an aspect ratio (width/height) of 1.29. The rib height is 3% of the channel hydraulic diameter while the rib spacing to rib height ratio is fixed at 10. Heat transfer measurements are performed on the flat surface between ribs using transient liquid crystal thermography. The experimental results reveal a significant increase of the heat transfer and friction factor of the ribbed surface compared to a smooth channel. Both parameters increase with Reynolds number, with a heat transfer enhancement ratio of up to 2.15 (relative to a smooth channel) and a friction factor ratio of up to 6.32 over the investigated Reynolds number range. Complementary CFD RANS (Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes) simulations are performed with the κ-ω SST turbulence model in ANSYS Fluent® 17.1, and the numerical estimates are compared against the experimental data. The results reveal that the discrepancy between the experimentally measured area averaged Nusselt number and the numerical estimates increases from approximately 3% to 13% with increasing Reynolds number from 339,000 to 917,000. The numerical estimates indicate turbulators enhance heat transfer by interrupting the boundary layer as well as increasing near surface turbulent kinetic energy and mixing.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf A. Uskaner

Abstract This paper presents an aproach for the prediction of heat transfer augmentation in decaying swirling flow in a pipe by making an analogy between the increase in friction factor due to swirl and increase in heat transfer due to swirl. The proposed method can be used to predict heat transfer for decaying swirling flow in smooth and rough pipes which can be applied to different swirl generators based on the known inlet swirl conditions. An experimental study is performed regarding the swirling flow of air in smooth and rough pipes. The experimental study covered only the fluid dynamics of swirling flow. No heat transfer experiments were done. It is determined experimentally that in swirling flows degree of swirl decays continuously along the smooth and rough pipes and the total loss factor is the sum of friction factor for non-swirling flow and the swirl loss factor. Swirl loss factor is found to be a function of the degree of swirl and pipe relative roughness. Using the relations obtained experimentally for the variation of swirl strength and loss factor along the pipe, an equation is proposed to be used for the prediction of heat transfer in turbulent decaying swirling flows.


Author(s):  
Kathryn L. Kirsch ◽  
Jason K. Ostanek ◽  
Karen A. Thole ◽  
Eleanor Kaufman

Arrays of variably-spaced pin fins are used as a conventional means to conduct and convect heat from internal turbine surfaces. The most common pin shape for this purpose is a circular cylinder. Literature has shown that beyond the first few rows of pin fins, the heat transfer augmentation in the array levels off and slightly decreases. This paper provides experimental results from two studies seeking to understand the effects of gaps in pin spacing (row removals) and alternative pin geometries placed in these gaps. The alternative pin geometries included large cylindrical pins and oblong pins with different aspect ratios. Results from the row removal study at high Reynolds number showed that when rows four through eight were removed, the flow returned to a fully-developed channel flow in the gap between pin rows. When larger alternative geometries replaced the fourth row, heat transfer increased further downstream into the array.


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