Heat Transfer Performance of Internal Cooling Channel With Single-Row Jet Impingement Array by Varying Flow Rates

Author(s):  
Sin Chien Siw ◽  
Nicholas Miller ◽  
Maryanne Alvin ◽  
Minking Chyu

The current detailed experimental study focuses on the optimization of heat transfer performance through jet impingement by varying the coolant flow rate to each individual jet. The test section consists of an array of jets, each jet individually fed and metered separately, that expel coolant into the channel and exit through one end. The diameter D, height-to-diameter H/D, and jet spacing-to-diameter S/D are all held constant at 9.53 mm, 2, and 4, respectively. Upon defining the optimum flow rate for each jet, varying diameter jet plates are designed and tested using a similar test setup with the addition of a plenum. Two test cases are conducted by varying the jet diameter within 10% compared to the benchmark jet diameter, 9.53 mm. The Reynolds number, which is based on hydraulic diameter of the channel and total mass flow rate entering the channel, ranges from approximately 52,000 up to 78,000. The transient liquid crystal technique is employed in this study to determine the local and average heat transfer coefficient distributions on the target plate. Commercially available computational fluid dynamics software, ansys cfx, is used to qualitatively correlate the experimental results and to fully understand the flow field distributions within the channel. The results revealed that varying the jet flow rates, total flow varied by approximately ±5% from that of the baseline case, the heat transfer enhancement on the target surface is enhanced up to approximately 35%. However, when transitioning to the varying diameter jet plate, this significant enhancement is suppressed due to the nature of flow distribution from the plenum, combined with the complicated crossflow effects.

Author(s):  
Liang-Han Chien ◽  
S.-Y. Pei ◽  
T.-Y. Wu

This study investigates the convective heat transfer performance of two fluids (water and FC-72) in a one side heated rectangular channel of 20mm in width and 2mm in height. The heated side has either a smooth surface or a pin-finned surface. The inlet fluid temperature was maintained at 30°C. The total length of the test channel was 113 mm, with a heated length of 25mm. The flow rate varied between 80 and 960 ml/min, and the heat flux was between 18 and 98 W/cm2. Single phase convection was the dominant heat transfer mechanism in the present water tests, and the performance was mainly controlled by flow rate. Contrarily, the heat flux was the major factor for the heat transfer performance in FC-72 as a result of the dominant boiling effect. At a fixed flow rate, the pin-finned surface yielded up to 30% higher heat transfer coefficient and greater critical heat flux than those of a smooth surface. The convective heat transfer coefficient of FC-72 was greater than water at low flow rates (80∼160 ml/min) and heat fluxes between 18 and 35 W/cm2. However, the heat transfer performance of water was superior to FC-72 at high flow rates.


Author(s):  
Nicholas Miller ◽  
Sin Chien Siw ◽  
Minking K. Chyu ◽  
Mary Anne Alvin

The current detailed experimental study focuses on the optimization of heat transfer performance through jet impingement by varying the coolant flow rate to each individual jet. The test section consists of an array of five jets, which is individually fed and metered separately, and expels air through one exit. The jet diameter D, channel height to jet diameter H/D, and jet spacing to diameter S/D, are all held constant at 9.53 mm (0.375 in), 2 and 4 respectively. The Reynolds number, which is based on jet diameter and bulk mean velocity at each jet, ranges from 50,000 to 80,000. A transient liquid crystal technique is employed in this study to determine the local and overall-average heat transfer coefficient distribution on the target plate. Commercially available CFD software, ANSYS CFX, is used to qualitatively correlate the experimental results and to provide detailed insights of the flow field created by the array of jets. The results revealed higher heat transfer coefficients in the impingement area, while decreasing in the radial direction. The upstream region exhibited high heat transfer performance, which is ultimately driven by the jet impingement from the first jet to the third jet. Heat transfer performance decreases at the downstream region with the development of cross-flow. By varying the jet flow rates at approximately ±2%, local heat transfer at the downstream region is elevated and the total heat transfer enhancement on the target surface is enhanced up to 35% compared to the baseline case.


2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasi Mou ◽  
Yong Jiun Lee ◽  
Poh Seng Lee ◽  
Pawan K. Singh ◽  
Saif A. Khan

In order to scrutinize the coolant mass distribution and its effect to the heat transfer in oblique fin microchannel array, extensive numerical studies are performed on planar oblique fin configuration. Full-domain simulations using common-flow down (CFD) approach are employed to provide better insights into the flow distribution, flow stability, and heat transfer performance at a global level. The flow field and temperature profile analysis shows that nonuniform coolant distribution and coolant migration occur in the oblique fin microchannel, and the heat transfer performance for both edges of the heat sink is affected due to changing secondary flow rate. However, the flow migration does not affect the local coolant velocity and temperature profiles significantly in the middle region (0.2 < Z′ < 0.8). Meanwhile, it is also found that Reynolds number affects the coolant migration, the stability of the fluid flow, and heat transfer performance significantly. Higher Reynolds number increases the percentage of secondary flow rate and, hence, enhances the heat transfer for fin surfaces in secondary channels.


Author(s):  
Liang-Han Chien ◽  
S.-Y. Pei ◽  
T.-Y. Wu

This study investigates the influence of the heat flux and mass velocity on convective heat transfer performance of FC-72 in a rectangular channel of 20mm in width and 2 mm in height. The heated side has either a smooth surface or a pin-finned surface. The inlet fluid temperature is maintained at 30°C. The total length of the test channel is 113 mm, with a heated length of 25mm. The flow rate varies between 80 and 960 ml/min, and the heat flux sets between 18 and 50 W/cm2. The experimental results show that the controlling variable is heat flux instead of flow rate because of the boiling activities in FC-72. At a fixed flow rate, the pin-finned surface yields up to 20% higher heat transfer coefficient and greater critical heat flux than those of a smooth surface.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1 Part A) ◽  
pp. 279-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuxia Qiu ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Liping Geng ◽  
Arun Mujumdar ◽  
Zhouting Jiang ◽  
...  

Air jet impingement is one of the effective cooling techniques employed in micro-electronic industry. To enhance the heat transfer performance, a cooling system with air jet impingement on a finned heat sink is evaluated via the computational fluid dynamics method. A two-dimensional confined slot air impinging on a finned flat plate is modeled. The numerical model is validated by comparison of the computed Nusselt number distribution on the impingement target with published experimental results. The flow characteristics and heat transfer performance of jet impingement on both of smooth and finned heat sinks are compared. It is observed that jet impingement over finned target plate improves the cooling performance significantly. A dimensionless heat transfer enhancement factor is introduced to quantify the effect of jet flow Reynolds number on the finned surface. The effect of rectangular fin dimensions on impingement heat transfer rate is discussed in order to optimize the cooling system. Also, the computed flow and thermal fields of the air impingement system are examined to explore the physical mechanisms for heat transfer enhancement.


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