The effect of flow field and turbulence on heat transfer characteristics of confined circular and elliptic impinging jets

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1332-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.F. Koseoglu ◽  
S. Baskaya
2021 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabhakar Subrahmanyam ◽  
B. K. Gnanavel

Abstract Detailed heat transfer distributions of multiple microscaled tapered jets orthogonally impinging on the surface of a high-power density silicon wall is presented. The tapered jets issued from two different impingement setup are studied—(a) single circular nozzle and (b) dual circular nozzles. Jets are issued from the inlet(s) at four different Reynolds numbers {Re = 8000, 12,000, 16,000, 20,000}. The spacing between the tapered nozzle jets and the bare die silicon wall (z/d) is adjusted to be 4, 8, 12, and 16 jet nozzle diameters away from impinging influence. The impact of varying the nozzle to the silicon wall (z/d) standoff spacing up to 16 nozzle jet diameters and its effects on flow fields on the surface of the silicon, specifically the entrainment pattern on the silicon surface, is presented. Heat transfer characteristics of impinging jets on the hot silicon wall is investigated by means of large eddy simulations (LES) at a Reynolds of 20,000 on each of the four z/d spacing and compared against its equivalent Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) cases. Highest heat transfer coefficients are obtained for the dual inlet system. A demarcation boundary region connecting all the microvortices between impinging jets is prominently visible at smaller z/d spacing—the region where the target silicon wall is within the sphere of influence of the potential core of the jet. This research focuses on the underlying physics of multiple tapered nozzles jet impingement issued from single and dual nozzles and its impact on turbulence, heat transfer distributions, entrainment, and other pertinent flow-field characteristics.


Author(s):  
Jing-Wei Zhou ◽  
Li-Ping Geng ◽  
Yu-Gang Wang ◽  
Fei-Fei Hong

An experimental investigation has been carried out to study the effect of unsteady periodically impinging jets on the flow field and heat transfer characteristics. The experiments are performed for steady jets and for typical periodical jets (i.e., sinusoidal and rectangular jets) at frequencies from 1.25 to 40Hz. The periodical jets are produced by a special mass flow rate controller. The investigation shows that the stagnation point heat transfer does not show any enhancement for the periodically impinging jets when the frequency is lower. Various signals of unsteady jets show distinguishing frequency dependences and the rectangular jet, which has a step change in signal function itself, is the most effective one for heat transfer improvement and the degree of enhancement is in the range 30–40% at frequency of 40 Hz. This increase is believed to be caused by higher oscillations and strong entrainments to the ambient fluid. The hotwire anemometry is used to measure the velocity at centerline of the nozzle and PIV is used to measure the phase-locked flow field of the periodically impinging jet. The flow field is also obtained by numerical simulation with CFD.


Author(s):  
Sridhar Murari ◽  
Sunnam Sathish ◽  
Ramakumar Bommisetty ◽  
Jong S. Liu

The knowledge of heat loads on the turbine is of great interest to turbine designers. Turbulence intensity and stator-rotor axial gap plays a key role in affecting the heat loads. Flow field and associated heat transfer characteristics in turbines are complex and unsteady. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has emerged as a powerful tool for analyzing these complex flow systems. Honeywell has been exploring the use of CFD tools for analysis of flow and heat transfer characteristics of various gas turbine components. The current study has two objectives. The first objective aims at development of CFD methodology by validation. The commercially available CFD code Fine/Turbo is used to validate the predicted results against the benchmark experimental data. Predicted results of pressure coefficient and Stanton number distributions are compared with available experimental data of Dring et al. [1]. The second objective is to investigate the influence of turbulence (0.5% and 10% Tu) and axial gaps (15% and 65% of axial chord) on flow and heat transfer characteristics. Simulations are carried out using both steady state and harmonic models. Turbulence intensity has shown a strong influence on turbine blade heat transfer near the stagnation region, transition and when the turbulent boundary layer is presented. Results show that a mixing plane is not able to capture the flow unsteady features for a small axial gap. Relatively close agreement is obtained with the harmonic model in these situations. Contours of pressure and temperature on the blade surface are presented to understand the behavior of the flow field across the interface.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Sheriff ◽  
D. A. Zumbrunnen

Recent investigations have revealed that pulsations in an incident jet flow can be an effective technique for modifying convective heat transfer characteristics. While these studies focused on single impinging jets, industrial applications of impinging jets usually involve arrays of jets. To explore the effects of flow pulsations on the heat transfer performance of jet arrays, an experimental investigation has been performed of instantaneous and time-averaged convective heat transfer to a square, in-line array of circular air jets within an unit cell of the array. Hot-film anemometry was used to document the jet flow field. Instantaneous and time-averaged convective heat transfer rates were measured using a heat flux microsensor. An ensemble averaging technique was used to separate the pulsating component of flow velocity and heat transfer from the turbulent components and thereby assess the effect of flow pulsation on turbulence intensity and heat transfer. For the ranges of parameters considered, results indicate convective heat transfer distributions become more uniform in response to pulsations but heat transfer is not enhanced. Improved uniformity can be a useful aspect in many jet applications.


2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris L. Jorgensen ◽  
Satish Ramadhyani ◽  
Raymond Viskanta

Three firing schemes for an industrial oxygen-fired glass melting furnace were examined to determine the thermal performance and relative merits of each scheme. A comprehensive computer model was used to investigate the effects of each scheme on the combustion and heat transfer in the furnace. The three-dimensional computer model, suitable for predicting and analyzing fluid flow, combustion and heat transfer has been used to simulate the combustion space of the furnace. The turbulent flow field is obtained by solving the Favre averaged Navier-Stokes equations and using the k-ε model to calculate the turbulent shear stresses and close the equation set. The combustion model consists of a single step, irreversible, infinitely fast reaction. A mixture fraction is used to track the mixing of fuel and oxidant and thus reaction progress in this mixing limited model. An assumed shape PDF method is utilized to account for turbulent fluctuations. Radiative heat transfer in the combustion gases and between surfaces is modeled using the discrete ordinates method coupled with the weighted-sum-of-gray-gases model. The model furnace for all three firing schemes was the same size and shape, was charged from the rear end wall and was pulled from the front wall. The three schemes investigated were: 1) non-interlaced side-wall fired, 2) interlaced side-wall fired, and 3) end fired. The results show that all three arrangements provide similar thermal performance and heat transfer characteristics. However, the flow field for the non-interlaced arrangement is very complex in the region where jets from opposing walls meet at the furnace center line. This type of jet interference can lead to unstable flow, particularly at the centerline of the furnace. Unstable flow conditions can affect the heat transfer characteristics of the furnace and make the furnace difficult to operate. Conversely, the interlaced and end-fired schemes do not exhibit the jet interference seen in the non-interlaced arrangement. While the results indicate that the thermal performance of all three arrangements were similar, the possibility of jet interference suggests that an interlaced or end-fired arrangement is preferable.


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