Numerical and Analytical Study of Reversed Flow and Heat Transfer in a Heated Vertical Duct

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Yang ◽  
D. Z. Jeng ◽  
K. A. Yih ◽  
C. Gau ◽  
Win Aung
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Penetration Depth ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Reversed Flow ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Spacing Ratio ◽  
Numerical Process ◽  
Vertical Duct

Both analytical and numerical calculations are performed to study the buoyancy effect on the reversed flow structure and heat transfer processes in a finite vertical duct with a height to spacing ratio of 12. One of the walls is heated uniformly and the opposite wall is adiabatic. Uniform air flow is assumed to enter the duct. In the ranges of the buoyancy parameter of interest here for both assisted and opposed convection, a reversed flow, which can be observed to initiate in the downstream close to the exit, propagates upstream as Gr/Re2 increases. The increase in the Reynolds number has the effect of pushing the reversed flow downstream. Simple analytical models are developed to predict the penetration depth of the reversed flow for both assisted and opposed convection. The models can accurately predict the penetration depth when the transport process inside the channel is dominated by natural convection. Local and average Nusselt numbers at different buoyancy parameters are presented. Comparison with the experimental data published previously was also made and discussed. Good agreement confirms many of the numerical predictions despite simplifications of the numerical process made, such as two-dimensional and laminar flow assumptions.

Analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Through a Spirally Fluted Tube Using a Porous Substrate Approach

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijayaragham Srinivasan ◽  
Kambiz Vafai ◽  
Richard N. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Data ◽  
Porous Substrate ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Friction Factors ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Good Agreement

An innovative approach was opted for modeling the flow and heat transfer through spirally fluted tubes. The model divided the flow domain into two regions. The flutes were modeled as a porous substrate with direction-dependent permeabilities. This enabled modeling the swirl component in the fluted tube. The properties of the porous substrate such as its thickness, porosity, and ratio of the direction-dependent permeabilities were obtained from the geometry of the fluted tube. Experimental data on laminar Nusselt numbers and friction factors for different types of fluted tubes representing a broad range of flute geometry were available. Experimental data from a few of the tubes tested were used to propose a relationship between the permeability of the porous substrate and the flute parameters, particularly the flute spacing. The governing equations were discretized using the Finite Element Method. The model was verified and applied to the other tubes in the test matrix. Very good agreement was found between the numerical predictions and the experimental data.

scholarly journals Numerical and experimental study of abnormal enhancement of separated turbulent flow and heat transfer in inclined oval-trench dimples on the plate and on the narrow channel wall

2021 ◽  
Vol 2039 (1) ◽  
pp. 012009
Author(s):  
S A Isaev ◽  
S V Guvernyuk ◽  
N I Mikheev ◽  
I A Popov ◽  
D V Nikushchenko
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Channel Wall ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Narrow Channel ◽  
State University ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions

Abstract The numerically found abnormal enhancement of separated flow and heat transfer in inclined oval-trench dimples (OTDs) on the plate and on the wall of the narrow channel was experimentally confirmed at the stands of the Research Institute of Mechanics (Lomonosov Moscow State University), the Kazan Scientific Center RAS, and the Kazan State Research Technical University – the Kazan Aviation Institute. The measured static pressure drops in a single OTD at Re = 6.7 × 104 and 16.7 × 104, the velocity profiles of accelerating laminar (Re = = 1000) and turbulent (Re = 4300) flows in the narrow channel with two rows of 26 OTDs, the estimate of Nusselt numbers on the channel wall with single-row OTDs are in good agreement with the numerical predictions within the RANS approach.

A Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Flow Structure in Channels With Miniature V Rib-Dimple Hybrid Structure on One Wall

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Yu Rao ◽  
Yanlin Li
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Mixing

This paper presents a numerical study on turbulent flow and heat transfer in the channels with a novel hybrid cooling structure with miniature V-shaped ribs and dimples on one wall. The heat transfer characteristics, pressure loss and turbulent flow structures in the channels with the rib-dimples with three different rib heights of 0.6 mm, 1.0 mm and 1.5 mm are obtained for the Reynolds numbers ranging from 18,700 to 60,000 by numerical simulations, which are also compared with counterpart of a pure dimpled and pure V ribbed channel. The results show that the overall Nusselt numbers of the V rib-dimple channel with the rib height of 1.5 mm is up to 70% higher than that of the channels with pure dimples. The numerical simulations show that the arrangement of the miniature V rib upstream each dimple induces complex secondary flow near the wall and generates downwashing vortices, which intensifies the flow mixing and turbulent kinetic energy in the dimple, resulting in significant improvement in heat transfer enhancement and uniformness.

Laminar Natural Convection in a Discretely Heated Cavity: II—Comparisons of Experimental and Theoretical Results

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 910-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Heindel ◽  
F. P. Incropera ◽  
S. Ramadhyani
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Number Flow ◽  
Experimental Geometry

Three-dimensional numerical predictions and experimental data have been obtained for natural convection from a 3 × 3 array of discrete heat sources flush-mounted on one vertical wall of a rectangular cavity and cooled by the opposing wall. Predictions performed in a companion paper (Heindel et al., 1995a) revealed that three-dimensional edge effects are significant and that, with increasing Rayleigh number, flow and heat transfer become more uniform across each heater face. The three-dimensional predictions are in excellent agreement with the data of this study, whereas a two-dimensional model of the experimental geometry underpredicts average heat transfer by as much as 20 percent. Experimental row-averaged Nusselt numbers are well correlated with a Rayleigh number exponent of 0.25 for RaLz ≲ 1.2 × 108.

Effects of Guide Vanes on the Tip Heat Transfer Enhancement of a Turbine Blade

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gongnan Xie ◽  
Bengt Sunde´n
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Guide Vanes ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Blade Tip

Gas turbine blade tips encounter large heat load as they are exposed to the high temperature gas. A common way to cool the blade and its tip is to design serpentine passages with 180-deg turns under the blade tip-cap inside the turbine blade. Improved internal convective cooling is therefore required to increase the blade tip life time. This paper presents numerical predictions of turbulent fluid flow and heat transfer through two-pass channels with and without guide vanes placed in the turn regions using RANS turbulence modeling. The effects of adding guide vanes on the tip-wall heat transfer enhancement and the channel pressure loss were analyzed. The guide vanes have a height identical to that of the channel. The inlet Reynolds numbers are ranging from 100,000 to 600,000. The detailed three-dimensional fluid flow and heat transfer over the tip-walls are presented. The overall performances of several two-pass channels are also evaluated and compared. It is found that the tip heat transfer coefficients of the channels with guide vanes are 10∼60% higher than that of a channel without guide vanes, while the pressure loss might be reduced when the guide vanes are properly designed and located, otherwise the pressure loss is expected to be increased severely. It is suggested that the usage of proper guide vanes is a suitable way to augment the blade tip heat transfer and improve the flow structure, but is not the most effective way compared to the augmentation by surface modifications imposed on the tip-wall directly.

scholarly journals Nusselt number evaluation for combined radiative and convective heat transfer in flow of gaseous products from combustion

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1093-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soraya Trabelsi ◽  
Wissem Lakhal ◽  
Ezeddine Sediki ◽  
Mahmoud Moussa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Combustion Products ◽  
Radiative Properties ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Gaseous Products ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Coupled Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Properties

Combined convection and radiation in simultaneously developing laminar flow and heat transfer is numerically considered with a discrete-direction method. Coupled heat transfer in absorbing emitting but not scattering gases is presented in some cases of practical situations such as combustion of natural gas, propane and heavy fuel. Numerical calculations are performed to evaluate the thermal radiation effects on heat transfer through combustion products flowing inside circular ducts. The radiative properties of the flowing gases are modeled by using the absorption distribution function (ADF) model. The fluid is a mixture of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and nitrogen. The flow and energy balance equations are solved simultaneously with temperature dependent fluid properties. The bulk mean temperature variations and Nusselt numbers are shown for a uniform inlet temperature. Total, radiative and convective mean Nusselt numbers and their axial evolution for different gas mixtures produced by combustion with oxygen are explored.

scholarly journals Effect of Rayleigh Number on Internal Eccentricity in a Heated Horizontal Elliptical Cylinder to its Coaxial Square Enclosure

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
Abdelkrim Bouras ◽  
Djedid Taloub ◽  
Zied Driss
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Outer Cylinder ◽  
Boussinesq Approximation ◽  
Square Enclosure ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Commercial Code ◽  
Volume Method ◽  
Rayleigh Numbers

AbstractThis paper deals with numerical investigation of a natural convective flow in a horizontal annular space between a heated square inner cylinder and a cold elliptical outer cylinder with a Newtonian fluid. Uniform temperatures are imposed along walls of the enclosure. The governing equations of the problem were solved numerically by the commercial code Fluent, based on the finite volume method and the Boussinesq approximation. The effects of Geometry Ratio GR and Rayleigh numbers on fluid flow and heat transfer performance are investigated. The Rayleigh number is varied from 103 to 106. Throughout the study the relevant results are presented in terms of isotherms, and streamlines. From the results, we found that the increase in the Geometry Ratio B leads to an increase of the heat transfer coefficient. The heat transfer rate in the annulus is translated in terms of the average Nusselt numbers along the enclosure’s sides. Tecplot 7 program was used to plot the curves which cleared these relations and isotherms and streamlines which illustrate the behavior of air through the channel and its variation with other parameters. The results for the streamlines, isotherms, local and average Nusselt numbers average Nusselt numbers are compared with previous works and show good agreement.

Heat Transfer in a “Cover-Plate” Preswirl Rotating-Disk System

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pilbrow ◽  
H. Karabay ◽  
M. Wilson ◽  
J. M. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Rotating Disk ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Turbine Disk ◽  
Cover Plate ◽  
Blade Cooling ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Cooling Air ◽  
Plate System

In most gas turbines, blade-cooling air is supplied from stationary preswirl nozzles that swirl the air in the direction of rotation of the turbine disk. In the “cover-plate” system, the preswirl nozzles are located radially inward of the blade-cooling holes in the disk, and the swirling airflows radially outward in the cavity between the disk and a cover-plate attached to it. In this combined computational and experimental paper, an axisymmetric elliptic solver, incorporating the Launder–Sharma and the Morse low-Reynolds-number k–ε turbulence models, is used to compute the flow and heat transfer. The computed Nusselt numbers for the heated “turbine disk” are compared with measured values obtained from a rotating-disk rig. Comparisons are presented, for a wide range of coolant flow rates, for rotational Reynolds numbers in the range 0.5 X 106 to 1.5 X 106, and for 0.9 < βp < 3.1, where βp is the preswirl ratio (or ratio of the tangential component of velocity of the cooling air at inlet to the system to that of the disk). Agreement between the computed and measured Nusselt numbers is reasonably good, particularly at the larger Reynolds numbers. A simplified numerical simulation is also conducted to show the effect of the swirl ratio and the other flow parameters on the flow and heat transfer in the cover-plate system.

scholarly journals A Computational Visualization of Three Dimensional Flow: Finding Optimum Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics From Short Cross-Pin Arrays and Comparison With Two Dimensional Calculations

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Donahoo ◽  
C. Camci ◽  
A. K. Kulkarni ◽  
A. D. Belegundu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Circular Cross Section ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Spacing Ratio ◽  
Cooling Passage

There are many heat transfer augmentation methods that are employed in turbine blade design, such as impingement cooling, film cooling, serpentine passages, trip strips, vortex chambers, and pin fins. The use of crosspins in the trailing edge section of turbine blades is commonly a viable option due to their ability to promote turbulence as well as supply structural integrity and stiffness to the blade itself. Numerous crosspin shapes and arrangements are possible, but only certain configurations offer high heat transfer capability while maintaining taw total pressure loss. This study preseots results from 3-D numerical simulations of airflow through a turbine blade internal cooling passage. The simulations model viscous flow and heat transfer over full crosspins of circular cross-section with fixed height-to-diameter ratio of 0.5, fixed transverse-to-diameter spacing ratio of 1.5, and varying streamwise spacing. Preliminary analysis indicates that endwall effects dominate the flow and heat transfer at lower Reynolds numbers. The flow dynamics involved with the relative dose proximity of the endwalls for such short crosspins have a definite influeoce on crosspin efficiency for downstream rows.

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