Local Heat Transfer Dependency on Thermal Boundary Condition in Ribbed Cooling Channel Geometries

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beni Cukurel ◽  
Tony Arts
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Thermal Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Extraction ◽  
Condition Dependence ◽  
Thermal Conductivity Ratio ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Cooling Channel

The present study is geared toward quantifying the effects of imposed thermal boundary condition in cooling channel applications. In this regard, tests are conducted in a generic passage, with evenly distributed rib type perturbators at 90 deg, with a 30% passage blockage ratio and pitch-to-height ratio of 10. Uniform heat-flux is imposed on the external side of the slab which provides Biot number and solid-to-fluid thermal conductivity ratio around 1 and 600, respectively. Through infrared thermometry measurements over the wetted surface and via an energy balance within the solid, conjugate heat transfer coefficients are calculated over a single rib-pitch. The local heat extraction is demonstrated to be a strong function of the conduction effects, observed more dominantly in the rib vicinity. Moreover, the aero-thermal effects are investigated by comparing the findings with analogous aerodynamic literature, enabling heat transfer distributions to be associated with distinct flow structures. Furthermore, the results are contrasted with the iso-heat-flux wetted boundary condition test case. Neglecting the thermal boundary condition dependence, and thus the true thermal history of the boundary layer, is demonstrated to produce large errors in heat transfer predictions.

scholarly journals Darcy-Brinkman free convection about a wedge and a cone subjected to a mixed thermal boundary condition

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ramanaiah ◽  
V. Kumaran
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Transformation Group ◽  
Darcy Number ◽  
Thermal Boundary Condition ◽  
High Porosity

The Darcy-Brinkman free convection near a wedge and a cone in a porous medium with high porosity has been considered. The surfaces are subjected to a mixed thermal boundary condition characterized by a parameterm;m=0,1,∞correspond to the cases of prescribed temperature, prescribed heat flux and prescribed heat transfer coefficient respectively. It is shown that the solutions for differentmare dependent and a transformation group has been found, through which one can get solution for anymprovided solution for a particular value ofmis known. The effects of Darcy number on skin friction and rate of heat transfer are analyzed.

An Investigation of Local Heat Transfer during Grinding Process—Effects of Porosity of Grinding Wheel

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Saito ◽  
N. Nishiwaki ◽  
Y. Ito
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Thermal Boundary Condition ◽  
Grinding Wheel ◽  
Grinding Process ◽  
Workpiece Surface

The thermal boundary condition around the workpiece surface is one of important factors to analyze the thermal deformation of a workpiece, which is in close relation to the machining, accuracy of grinding. The heat dissipation from the workpiece surface which is influenced by the flow pattern, may govern this thermal boundary condition. In consequence, it is necessary to clarify the convection heat transfer coefficient and the flow pattern of air and/or grinding fluid around surroundings of a rotating grinding wheel and of a workpiece. Here experiments were carried out in a surface grinding process to measure the flow velocity, wall pressure and local heat transfer by changing the porosity of the grinding wheel. The air blowing out from the grinding wheel which is effected by the porosity may be considered to have large influences on the local heat transfer coefficient, which is found to be neither symmetric nor uniform over the workpiece surface.

Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer in Rectangular Microchannels Under H2 Boundary Condition During Developing and Fully Developed Laminar Flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Dharaiya ◽  
S. G. Kandlikar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Aspect Ratios

Study of fluid flow characteristics at microscale is gaining importance with shrinking device sizes. Better understanding of fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels will have important implications in electronic chip cooling, heat exchangers, MEMS, and microfluidic devices. Due to short lengths employed in microchannels, entrance header effects can be significant and need to be investigated. In this work, three dimensional model of microchannels, with aspect ratios (α = a/b) ranging from 0.1 to 10, are numerically simulated using CFD software tool fluent. Heat transfer effects in the entrance region of microchannel are presented by plotting average Nusselt number as a function of nondimensional axial length x*. The numerical simulations with both circumferential and axial uniform heat flux (H2) boundary conditions are validated for existing data set for four wall heat flux case. Large numerical data sets are generated in this work for rectangular cross-sectional microchannels with heating on three walls, two opposing walls, one wall, and two adjacent walls under H2 boundary condition. This information can provide better understanding and insight into the transport processes in the microchannels. Although the results are seen as relevant in microscale applications, they are applicable to any sized channels. Based on the numerical results obtained for the whole range, generalized correlations for Nusselt numbers as a function of channel aspect ratio are presented for all the cases. The predicted correlations for Nusselt numbers can be very useful resource for the design and optimization of microchannel heat sinks and other microfluidic devices.

Ray-Thermal Sequential Coupled Heat Transfer ANALYSIS of Porous Media Receiver for Solar Dish Collector

2013 ◽  
Vol 442 ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Qiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Flux Distribution ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Flux Distribution ◽  
Uniform Heat ◽  
Distribution Boundary

For the sake of reflecting the concentrated heat flux distribution boundary condition as genuine as possible during simulation, the sequential coupled optical-thermal heat transfer analysis is introduced for porous media receiver. During the sequential coupled numerical analysis, the non-uniform heat flux distribution on the fluid entrance surface of porous media receiver is obtained by Monte-Carlo ray tracing method. Finite element method (FEM) is adopted to solve energy equation using the calculated heat flux distribution as the third boundary condition. The dimensionless temperature distribution comparisons between uniform and non-uniform heat flux distribution boundary conditions, various porosities, and different solar dish concentrator tracking errors are investigated in this research.

The Effect of the Thermal Boundary Condition on Transient Method Heat Transfer Measurements on a Flat Plate With a Laminar Boundary Layer

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 831-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Butler ◽  
J. W. Baughn
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Thermal Boundary Condition ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Transient Method ◽  
Uniform Temperature ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Numerical Predictions

The heat transfer coefficient distribution on a flat plate with a laminar boundary layer is investigated for the case of a transient thermal boundary condition (such as that produced with the transient measurement method). The conjugate problem of boundary layer convection with simultaneous wall conduction is solved numerically, and the predicted transient local heat transfer coefficients at several locations are determined. The numerical solutions for the surface temperature are used to determine the Nusselt number that would be measured in a transient method experiment for a range of (nondimensionalized) surface measurement temperatures (liquid crystal temperatures when they are used as the surface sensor). These predicted transient method results are compared to the well-known results for uniform temperature and uniform heat flux thermal boundary conditions. Measurements are made and compared to the numerical predictions using a shroud (transient) experimental technique for a range of nondimensional surface temperatures. The numerical predictions and measurements compare well and both demonstrate the strong effect of the (nondimensional) surface temperature on transient method measurements. Transient method measurements will give heat transfer coefficients that range from as low as that of the uniform temperature case to higher than that of the uniform heat flux case (a 36 percent difference). These results demonstrate the importance of the temperatures used with the transient method.

Three Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Gas Heat Transfer in Rectangular Microchannels

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Yan ◽  
Qiuwang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Flux Boundary Condition ◽  
Uniform Heat ◽  
Heat Flux Boundary Condition

Rectangular microchannel is the typical component of the micro heat exchangers and micro heat sinks. Three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations are solved for gas flow and heat transfer in microchannels under uniform heat flux boundary condition. The numerical methodology is based on the control volume SIMPLE scheme. It is found that the heat removal characteristic for compressible flow is better than the incompressible flow and it is not suitable to use conventionally defined Nu to measure the heat transfer characteristic for compressible heat transfer. The effect of the aspect ratio (width to height) on the cross-sectional averaged wall temperature and the Nu is negligible under the uniform heat flux boundary condition. However, the local uniformity of the wall temperature is significantly influenced by the aspect ratio. The square cross-section exhibits the best local uniformity of the wall temperature.

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