An Attempt to Uncouple the Effect of Coriolis and Buoyancy Forces Experimentally on Heat Transfer in Smooth Circular Tubes That Rotate in the Orthogonal Mode

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 858-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. Morris ◽  
R. Salemi

This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation of the combined effect of Coriolis and buoyancy forces enforced convection in a circular tube that rotates about an axis orthogonal to its centerline. The experiment has been deliberately designed to minimize the effect of circumferential conduction in the tube walls by using material of relatively low thermal conductivity. A new correlating parameter for uncoupling the effect of Coriolis forces from centripetal buoyancy is proposed for the trailing and leading edges of the tube. It is demonstrated that enhanced heat transfer on the trailing edge occurs as a result of rotation. On the leading edge significant reductions in heat transfer compared to the zero rotation case can occur, but with possible recovery at high rotational speeds.

Author(s):  
W. D. Morris ◽  
R. Salemi

This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation of the combined effect of Coriolis and buoyancy forces on forced convection in a circular tube which rotates about an axis orthogonal to its centre line. The experiment has been deliberately designed to minimise the effect of circumferential conduction in the tube walls by using material of relatively low thermal conductivity. A new correlating parameter for uncoupling the effect of Coriolis forces from centripetal buoyancy is proposed for the trailing and leading edges of the tube. It is demonstrated that enhanced heat transfer on the trailing edge occurs as a result of rotation. On the leading edge significant reductions in heat transfer compared to the zero rotation case can occur but with possible recovery at high rotational speeds.


1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Garimella ◽  
D. E. Richards ◽  
R. N. Christensen

Forced convection heat transfer in coiled annular ducts was investigated experimentally. Average heat transfer coefficients were obtained for both laminar and transition flows. Two coiling diameters and two annulus radius ratios were used in the study. The data were correlated with Dean number and Reynolds number separately and compared with the available studies of coiled circular tubes and straight annular ducts. It was found that coiling augments the heat transfer coefficients above the values for a straight annulus especially in the laminar region. However, the augmentation is less than would be expected for a coiled circular tube. The augmentation decreases as the flow enters the transition region.


Author(s):  
Cody Dowd ◽  
Danesh Tafti

The focus of this research is to predict the flow and heat transfer in a rotating two-pass duct geometry with staggered ribs using Large-Eddy Simulations (LES). The geometry consists of a U-Bend with 17 ribs in each pass. The ribs are staggered with an e/Dh = 0.1 and P/e = 10. LES is performed at a Reynolds number of 100,000, a rotation number of 0.2 and buoyancy parameters (Bo) of 0.5 and 1.0. The effects of Coriolis forces and centrifugal buoyancy are isolated and studied individually. In all cases it is found that increasing Bo from 0.5 to 1.0 at Ro = 0.2 has little impact on heat transfer. It is found that in the first pass, the heat transfer is quite receptive to Coriolis forces which augment and attenuate heat transfer at the trailing and leading walls, respectively. Centrifugal buoyancy, on the other hand has a bigger effect in augmenting heat transfer at the trailing wall than in attenuating heat transfer at the leading wall. On contrary, it aids heat transfer in the second half of the first pass at the leading wall by energizing the flow near the wall. The heat transfer in the second pass is dominated by the highly turbulent flow exiting the bend. Coriolis forces have no impact on the augmentation of heat transfer on the leading wall till the second half of the passage whereas it attenuates heat transfer at the trailing wall as soon as the flow exits the bend. Contrary to phenomenological arguments, inclusion of centrifugal buoyancy augments heat transfer over Coriolis forces alone on both the leading and trailing walls of the second pass.


2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1613-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaiwat Jumpholkul ◽  
Lazarus Godson Asirvatham ◽  
Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç ◽  
Omid Mahian ◽  
Ho Seon Ahn ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar Patil ◽  
J. S. Saini ◽  
Krishna Kumar

The present study examines the augmentation in heat transfer and friction in a flow through solar air heater duct with discretized broken V-rib roughness. The experimental outcomes pertaining to Reynolds number from 3000 to 17,000, relative gap position (s′/s) from 0.2 to 0.8, relative staggered rib position (p′/p) from 0.2 to 0.8 have been presented and discussed. Discretized broken V-rib roughness brought out considerable enhancement in heat transfer rates over V-rib roughness and smooth duct. Effective efficiency of discretized broken V-rib roughened solar air heater is estimated and geometrical parameters of roughness are optimized with regard to temperature rise parameter and insolation.


1963 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Anderson ◽  
E. F. Stresino

An experimental investigation was made to determine the heat-transfer distribution obtained when a flame impinges on flat and cylindrical surfaces. The combustion systems studied were oxygen-hydrogen, oxygen-propane, oxygen-acetylene, and air-methane with combustion stream velocities varying from 1 ft/sec to 4600 ft/sec. Data taken with cylindrical heat-transfer surfaces are consistent with available heat-transfer correlation for low temperature gases provided the effect of chemical reaction on the thermal conductivity for flame temperatures above 3500 deg R is taken into consideration. Data taken with flat heat-transfer surfaces can be correlated quite well in a generalized curve partially based on theoretical reasoning.


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