Measurement of Surface Heat Transfer Due to Particle Impact

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 1028-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Sun ◽  
M. M. Chen

Heat transfer coefficients for a surface continuously impacted by a stream of falling particles in air and in helium were measured as functions of particle flux and particle velocity. The purpose was to provide well-controlled data to clarify the mechanisms of heat transfer in particle suspension flows. The particles were spherical glass beads with mean diameters of 0.5, 1.13, and 2.6 mm. The distribution of the particle impact flux on the surface was determined by deconvolution from the measurement of the total solid masses collected at both sides of a movable splitter plate. The particle velocity was calculated from a simple, well-established model. The experimental results showed that in air, the heat transfer coefficient increases approximately linearly with particle impact flux. At high impact fluxes, the heat transfer coefficient decreases with particle impact velocity, and at low impact fluxes, it increases with particle impact velocity. Furthermore, the heat transfer coefficient decreases drastically with the particle size. In helium gas, it was found that at low particle impact fluxes, the difference between the coefficients in helium and in air is small, whereas at high fluxes, the difference becomes large. A length scale, V/n˙dp2, was used to correlate the data. At low particle Reynolds numbers, gas-mediated heat conduction was identified as the dominant particle/surface heat transfer mechanism, whereas at high particle Reynolds numbers, induced gas convection was the dominant mechanism.

2012 ◽  
Vol 188 ◽  
pp. 264-269
Author(s):  
Li Xin Qu ◽  
Yi Hong Zhou ◽  
Yao Ying Huang ◽  
Guo Qing Tang ◽  
Shao Wu Zhou

Most of the cracks on concrete dam are external ones, while external heat preservation is an important measure to prevent cracking. In order to obtain the actual thermal parameters, according to thermal conduction theory and the temperature distribution conditions of optical fiber on concrete surface, the surface temperature distribution of concrete pouring deck was real-time monitored by setting optical fiber in different depths; then the surface heat flux of mass concrete was calculated, thereby the equivalent surface heat transfer coefficient, which varied as time goes, was inversed. It is indicated that the inversion process is relatively simple and reliable, and the heat transfer coefficient obtained can well reflect the real performance of the insulation materials. Meanwhile, it is also indicated that the heat transfer coefficient of equivalent surface varies as time goes, which can contribute to back analysis calculation and actual engineering practice.


Author(s):  
M. E. Taslim ◽  
A. Rahman ◽  
S. D. Spring

Liquid crystals are used in this experimental investigation to measure the heat transfer coefficient in a spanwise rotating channel with two opposite rib-roughened walls. The ribs (also called turbulence promoters or turbulators) are configured in a staggered arrangement with an angle of attack to the mainstream flow, α, of 90° for all cases. Results are presented for three values of turbulator blockage ratio, e/Dh (0.1333, 0.25, 0.333) and for a range of Reynolds numbers from 15,000 to 50,000 while the test section is rotated at different speeds to give Rotational Reynolds numbers between 450 and 1800. The Rossby number range is 10 to 100 (Rotation number of 0.1 to 0.01). The effect of turbulator blockage ratios on heat transfer enhancement is also investigated. Comparisons are made between the results of geometrically identical stationary and rotating passages of otherwise similar operating conditions. The results indicate that a significant enhancement in heat transfer is achieved in both the stationary and rotating cases, when the surfaces are roughened with turbulators. For the rotating case, a maximum increase over that of the stationary case of about 45% in the heat transfer coefficient is seen for a blockage ratio of 0.133 on the trailing surface in the direction of rotation and the minimum is a decrease of about 6% for a blockage ratio of 0.333 on the leading surface, for the range of rotation numbers tested. The technique of using liquid crystals to determine heat transfer coefficients in this investigation proved to be an effective and accurate method especially for nonstationary test sections.


2013 ◽  
Vol 444-445 ◽  
pp. 1290-1294
Author(s):  
Li Jun Hou ◽  
He Ming Cheng ◽  
Jian Yun Li ◽  
Bao Dong Shao ◽  
Jie Hou

In order to simulate the thermal stresses, thermal strains and residual stresses of steel during quenching by numerical means, it is necessary to obtain an accurate boundary condition of temperature field. The explicit finite difference method, nonlinear estimate method and the experimental relation between temperature and time during water and nitrogen-spray water quenching have been used to solve the inverse problem of heat conduction. The relations between surface heat-transfer coefficient in water and nitrogen-spray water quenching and surface temperature of cylinder have been given. In numerical calculation, the thermal physical properties of material were treated as the function of temperature. The results show that the relations between surface heat-transfer coefficient and surface temperature are non-linear during water and nitrogen-spray water quenching, the heat-transfer coefficient is bigger when water quenching than when nitrogen-spray water before 580°C, the heat-transfer coefficient is smaller when water quenching than when nitrogen-spray water after 400°C. The results of calculation coincided with the results of experiment. This method can effectively determine the surface heat-transfer coefficient during water and nitrogen-spray water quenching.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 893-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sahnoun ◽  
R. L. Webb

This paper is concerned with prediction of the air-side heat transfer coefficient of the louver fin geometry used in automotive radiators. An analytical model was developed to predict the heat transfer coefficient and friction factor of the louver fin geometry. The model is based on boundary layer and channel flow equations, and accounts for the “flow efficiency” in the array, as previously reported by Webb and Trauger. The model has no empirical constants. The model allows independent specifications of all of the geometric parameters of the louver fin. This includes the number of louvers over the flow depth, the louver width and length, and the louver angle. The model was validated by predicting the heat transfer coefficient and friction factor of 32 louver arrays tested by Davenport, which spanned hydraulic diameter based Reynolds numbers of 300–2800. At the highest Reynolds number, all of the heat transfer coefficients were predicted within a maximum error of −14 / + 25 percent, and a mean error of ± 8 percent. The high Reynolds number friction factors were predicted with a maximum error −22 /+ 26 percent, with a mean error of ± 8 percent. The error ratios were slightly higher at the lowest Reynolds numbers.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fakheri ◽  
Abdelrahman H. A. Alnaeim

Abstract Forced convection heat transfer from helicoidal pipes is experimentally investigated over a wide range of operating conditions. Based on the experimental results, a characteristic length incorporating the tube diameter, the coil diameter, and the coil spacing, is proposed as the relevant scale for defining Nusselt and Reynolds numbers. Based on this characteristic length, Nusselt number for helicoidal pipes can be predicated from the correlations available for cylinders in the range of available experimental data. It is shown that the performance of the coils depends on the Reynolds number. At high Reynolds numbers, the heat transfer coefficient is essentially equal to that of the straight pipe and the coil pitch has little influence on the heat transfer rate. On the other hand, at low Reynolds numbers, the heat transfer coefficient is lower than that of a straight pipe and its value is a strong function of the coil spacing.


Author(s):  
Yasuo Koizumi ◽  
Atsushi Katsuta ◽  
Hiroyasu Ohtake

Heat transfer and flow behavior in a mini-tube bank was examined. The tube bank was simulated with wires of 1 mm diameter. The wires were arranged in the 5×5 in-line array and the 5×5 staggered array with the arranging pitch = 3. Experiments were performed in the range of the tube Reynolds number Re = 4 ∼ 3,500. Numerical analyses were also performed with the commercial CFD code of STAR-CD. The heat transfer coefficient of the tube of the first row was well expressed with the existing heat transfer correlations. In the case of the in-line array, unlike usual sized tube banks, the measured heat transfer coefficients of the tubes after the second row were lower than those of the first row and the difference between those increased as the Reynolds number was increased. At approximately Reynolds number ≃ 50, the difference turned to decrease; the heat transfer coefficients initiate to recover to the first row value. Then, the heat transfer coefficient in the rear row became larger at approximately Re ≃ 1,000 than that of the first row. In the case of the staggered array, the decrease in the heat transfer coefficient in the rear row was smaller than that in the case of the in-line array. The recovery of the heat transfer coefficient to the first row value started at a little bit lower Reynolds number and it exceeded the first row value at approximately Re ≃ 700. The flow visualization results and also the STAR-CD analytical results indicated that when the Reynolds number was low, the wake region of the preceding tube was stagnant. This flow stagnation caused the heat transfer deterioration in the front part of the rear tube, which resulted in the lower heat transfer coefficient of the rear tube than that of the first row. As the Reynolds number was increased, the flow state in the wake region changed from the stagnant condition to the more disturbed condition by periodical shedding of the Karman vortex. This change caused the recovery of the heat transfer in the front region of the rear tube, which resulted in the recovery of the heat transfer coefficient of the rear tube.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 707-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Mehendale ◽  
J. C. Han

The influence of high mainstream turbulence on leading edge film effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient was studied. High mainstream turbulence was produced by a passive grid and a jet grid. Experiments were performed using a blunt body with a semicylinder leading edge with a flat afterbody. The mainstream Reynolds number based on leading edge diameter was about 100,000. Spanwise and streamwise distributions of film effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient in the leading edge and on the flat sidewall were obtained for three blowing ratios, through rows of holes located at ±15 and ±40 deg from stagnation. The holes in each row were spaced three hole diameters apart and were angled 30 and 90 deg to the surface in the spanwise and streamwise directions, respectively. The results indicate that the film effectiveness decreases with increasing blowing ratio, but the reverse is true for the heat transfer coefficient. The leading edge film effectiveness for low blowing ratio (B = 0.4) is significantly reduced by high mainstream turbulence (Tu = 9.67 and 12.9 percent). The mainstream turbulence effect is diminished in the leading edge for higher blowing ratios (B = 0.8 and 1.2) but still exists on the flat sidewall region. Also, the leading edge heat transfer coefficient for blowing ratio of 0.8 increases with increasing mainstream turbulence; but the effect for other blowing ratios [B = 0.4 and 1.2) is not as systematic as for B = 0.8. Surface heat load is significantly reduced with leading edge film cooling.


1954 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Marris

Employing a counter-flow figure-of-eight heat exchanger, direct measurements are made of the Nusselt modulus for radial heat transfer to air pressurized up to 20 atmospheres for Reynolds numbers up to 1.20 × 105. For each heat transfer determination a simultaneous friction factor measurement is made and it is found that the latter is independent of heat transfer.Results in reasonable agreement with the momentum transfer theory are obtained for Reynolds numbers less than 0.75 × 105, provided the ratio of the eddy diffusivities for heat and momentum is taken as unity. For such values of the Reynolds number, the same value of the heat transfer coefficient was obtained irrespective of whether the Reynolds number was obtained by having high pressure (density) and low velocity, or high velocity and low pressure. For higher values of the Reynolds number, however, the value of the heat transfer coefficient appeared to become dependent on the over-all heat transfer rate.


2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Seibert ◽  
Neal E. Blackwell ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti

This paper examines the augmentation of heat and mass transfer due to dual clearances on cylindrical pin fins, relative to a channel between parallel plates, in mini/microchannel reactors at low Reynolds numbers. In this work, diffusion limitations to heat and mass transfer in smooth-walled mini/microchannel reactors were minimized by the implementation of microcylinder pin fins with dual clearances that, (1) promote the production of instabilities in the wakes that enhance mixing and (2) reduce the viscosity dominated regions at pin-wall interfaces. A smooth catalyst coating is assumed on all exposed surfaces of the microchannel interior walls and pin fins. Due to the analogy of heat and mass transfer, augmentation of the Nusselt number is equivalent to the augmentation of the Sherwood number. Heat transfer augmentation is investigated in air (Pr = 0.705) at dual clearances ranging from 0 to 0.4 of the channel height and Reynolds numbers from 10 to 600. The pin fins and the clearance augmented the heat transfer coefficient by a factor of 4.0. The combination of the augmentation of the heat transfer coefficient and the increase in the surface area, by the clearances, results in an increase in the conductance over a plane channel, by a factor of 7.1. The results are extendable to overcoming laminar diffusion with laminar periodic wakes of fuel vapors such as methanol vapor in air where Scfuel ∼ Prair. For turbulent wakes impinging upon downstream pins, the results can be extended to fuel vapors with (Scfuel)turb ∼ (Prair)turb. A large eddy simulation (LES) approach was used in this study.


1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Taslim ◽  
A. Rahman ◽  
S. D. Spring

Liquid crystals are used in this experimental investigation to measure the heat transfer coefficient in a spanwise rotating channel with two opposite rib-roughened walls. The ribs (also called turbulence promoters or turbulators) are configured in a staggered arrangement with an angle of attack to the mainstream flow, α, of 90 deg for all cases. Results are presented for the three values of turbulator blockage ratio e/Dh (0.1333, 0.25, 0.333) and for a range of Reynolds numbers from 15,000 to 50,000 while the test section is rotated at different speeds to give rotational Reynolds numbers between 450 and 1800. The Rossby number range is 10 to 100 (rotation number of 0.1 to 0.01). The effect of turbulator blockage ratios on heat transfer enhancement is also investigated. Comparisons are made between the results of geometrically identical stationary and rotating passage of otherwise similar operating conditions. The results indicate that a significant enhancement in heat transfer is achieved in both the stationary and rotating cases, when the surfaces are roughened with turbulators. For the rotating case, a maximum increase over that of the stationary case of about 45 percent in the heat transfer coefficient is seen for a blockage ratio of 0.133 on the trailing surface in the direction of rotation and the minimum is a decrease of about 6 percent for a blockage ratio of 0.333 on the leading surface, for the range of rotation numbers tested. The technique of using liquid crystals to determine heat transfer coefficients in this investigation proved to be an effective and accurate method especially for nonstationary test sections.


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