Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Flow Passage With Long Pin Fins and Improving Heat Transfer Coefficient by Adding Turbulence Promoters on a Endwall

Author(s):  
K. Takeishi ◽  
T. Nakae ◽  
K. Watanabe ◽  
M. Hirayama

Pin fins are normally used for cooling the trailing edge region of a turbine, where their aspect ratio (height H/diameter D) is characteristically low. In small turbine vanes and blades, however, pin fins may also be located in the middle region of the airfoil. In this case, the aspect ratio can be quite large, usually obtaining values greater than 4. Heat transfer tests, which are conducted under atmospheric conditions for the cooling design of turbine vanes and blades, may overestimate the heat transfer coefficient of the pin-finned flow channel for such long pin fins. The fin efficiency of a long pin fin is almost unity in a low heat transfer situation as it would be encountered under atmospheric conditions, but can be considerably lower under high heat transfer conditions and for pin fins made of low thermal conductivity material. A series of tests with corresponding heat transfer models has been conducted in order to clarify the heat transfer characteristics of the long pin-finned flow channel. It is assumed that heat transfer coefficients can be predicted by the linear combination of two heat transfer equations, which were separately developed for the pin fin surface and for tubes in crossflow. To confirm the suggested combined equations, experiments have been carried out, in which the aspect ratio and the thermal conductivity of the pin were the test parameters. To maintain a high heat transfer coefficient for a long pin fin under high-pressure conditions, the heat transfer was augmented by adding a turbulence promoter on the pin-finned endwall surface. A corresponding equation that describes this situation has been developed. The predicted and measured values showed good agreement. In this paper, a comprehensive study on the heat transfer of a long pin-fin array will be presented.

Author(s):  
Akhilesh P. Rallabandi ◽  
Yao-Hsien Liu ◽  
Je-Chin Han

The heat transfer characteristics of a rotating pin-fin roughened wedge shaped channel have been studied. The model incorporates ejection through slots machined on the narrower end of the wedge, simulating a rotor blade trailing edge. The copperplate regional average method is used to determine the heat transfer coefficient; pressure taps have been used to estimate the flow discharged through each slot. Tests have been conducted at high rotation (≈ 1 ) and buoyancy (≈ 2) numbers, in a pressurized rotating rig. Reynolds Numbers investigated range from 10,000 to 40,000 and rotational speeds range from 0–400rpm. Pin-fins studied are made of copper as well as non-conducting garolite. Results show high heat transfer coefficients in the proximity of the slot. A significant enhancement in heat transfer due to the pin-fins, compared with a smooth channel is observed. Even the non-conducting pin-fins, indicative of heat transfer on the end-wall show a significant enhancement in the heat transfer coefficient. Results also show a strong rotation effect, increasing significantly the heat transfer coefficient on the trailing surface — and reducing the heat transfer on the leading surface.


Author(s):  
Ankit Kalani ◽  
Satish G. Kandlikar

Flow boiling in microchannels offers many advantages such as high heat transfer coefficient, higher surface area to volume ratio, low coolant inventory, uniform temperature control and compact design. The application of these flow boiling systems has been severely limited due to early critical heat flux (CHF) and flow instability. Recently, a number of studies have focused on variable flow cross-sectional area to augment the thermal performance of microchannels. In a previous work, the open microchannel with manifold (OMM) configuration was experimentally investigated to provide high heat transfer coefficient coupled with high CHF and low pressure drop. In the current work, high speed images of plain surface using tapered manifold are obtained to gain an insight into the nucleating bubble behavior. The mechanism of bubble nucleation, growth and departure are described through high speed images. Formation of dry spots for both tapered and uniform manifold geometry is also discussed.


Author(s):  
Harry Garg ◽  
Vipender Singh Negi ◽  
Nidhi Garg ◽  
AK Lall

As part of the liquid cooling, most of the work has been done on fluid flow and heat transfer analysis for flow field. In the present work, the experimental and numerical studies of the microchannel the fluid flow and heat transfer analysis using nanoliquid coolant have been discussed. The practical aspects for increasing the high heat transfer coefficient from conventional studies and the different geometries and shapes of the microchannel are studied. The Aspect Ratio has significant effect on the microchannels and has been varied from AR 2, 4 and 8 to choose the optimum one. Three different fluids, i.e. de-ionized water, ethylene glycol, and a custom nanofluid are chosen for study. The proposed nanofluid almost interacts as another solid and has reduced thermal resistance, friction effect, and thus it almost vanishes high hot spots. Experimental analysis shows that the proposed nanofluid is excellent fluid for high rate heat removals. Moreover, the performance of the overall system is excellent in terms of high heat transfer coefficient, high thermal conductivity, and high capacity of the fluid. It has been reported that the heat transfer coefficient can be increased to 2.5 times of the water or any other fluid. It was also reported that the AR 4 rectangular-shaped channels are the optimum geometry in the Reynolds number ranging from 50 to 800 considering laminar flow. Examination and identification is based upon the practical result that includes fabrication constraints, commercial application, sealing of the system, ease of operation, and so on.


2012 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping He ◽  
Zhigang Sun ◽  
Baoting Guo ◽  
Haisheng Chen ◽  
Chunqing Tan

A numerical investigation of flow structure and heat transfer in the backface clearance of deeply scalloped radial turbines is conducted in this paper. It is found that the leakage flow is very strong in the upper radial region whereas in the lower radial region, the scraping flow dominates over the clearance and a recirculation zone is formed. Pressure distributions are given to explain the flow structure in the backface clearance, and it is found that due to the sharp reduction of radial velocity and Coriolis force, the pressure difference in the lower radial region is reduced drastically, which is the mechanism for the domination of the scraping flow and the corresponding recirculation zone. There are two high heat transfer coefficient zones on the backface surface. One is located in the upper radial region due to the reattachment of the leakage flow and the other is located in the lower radial region caused by the impingement of the scraping flow. Increase of the clearance height reduces the high heat transfer coefficient caused by the impingement of the scraping flow, although it increases the leakage loss. On the other hand, the high heat transfer coefficient in the upper radial region can be reduced remarkably by using the suction side squealer geometry.


Author(s):  
K. Takeishi ◽  
Y. Oda ◽  
Y. Miyake ◽  
Y. Motoda

Local endwall heat transfer characteristics and overall pressure loss of normal and inclined pin fins arrayed in rectangular ducts with flat and wavy endwalls have been investigated to improve the cooling efficiency of jet engine combustor liners. The detailed time-mean local Nusselt number profiles were measured using a naphthalene sublimation method based on the heat/mass transfer analogy. Four kinds of angled pin fins (−45, 0, and +45 degrees with a flat endwall, and −45 degrees with a wavy endwall) were tested and compared with each other. As a result, the average heat transfer coefficient on the flat endwall of normal pin fins was higher than that of the angled pin fins. The average heat transfer coefficient of −45-degree inclined pin fins with a wavy endwall is the same or a little higher than the heat transfer coefficient of those with a flat endwall; however, the pressure loss of the −45-degree inclined pin fins with a wavy endwall is less than the pressure loss of those with a flat endwall. Corresponding numerical simulations using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with the Mixed Time Scale (MTS) model have been also conducted at Red = 1000 for fully developed regions, and the results have shown good quantitative agreement with mass transfer experiments. It can be concluded that wavy endwalls can realize better heat transfer with less pressure loss as long as the aim consists in enhancing endwall heat transfer in inclined pin-fin channels.


Author(s):  
Fangpan Zhong ◽  
Chao Zhou ◽  
H. Ma ◽  
Q. Zhang

Understanding the heat transfer of winglet tips is crucial for their applications in high-pressure turbines. The current paper investigates the heat transfer performance of three different winglet-cavity tips in a transonic turbine cascade at a tip gap of 2.1% chord. A cavity tip is studied as the baseline case. The cascade operates at engine representative conditions of an exit Mach number of 1.2 and an exit Reynolds number of 1.7 × 106. Transient infrared thermography technique was used to obtain the tip distributions of heat transfer coefficient for different tips in the experiment. The CFD results were validated with the measured tip heat transfer coefficients, and then used to explain the flow physics related to heat transfer. It is found that on the pressure side winglet, the flow reattaches on the top winglet surface and results in high heat transfer coefficient. On the suction side winglet, the heat transfer coefficient is low near the blade leading edge but is higher from the midchord to the trailing edge. The suction side winglet pushes the tip leakage vortex further away from the blade suction surface and reduces the heat transfer coefficient from 85% to 96% span on the blade suction surface. However, the heat transfer coefficient is higher for the winglet tips from 96% span to the tip. This is because the tip leakage vortex attaches on the side surface of the suction side winglet and results in quite high heat transfer coefficient on the front protrusive part of the winglet. The effects of relative endwall motion between the blade tip and the casing were investigated by CFD method. The endwall motion has a significant effect on the flow physics within the tip gap and near-tip region in the blade passage, thus affects the heat transfer coefficient distributions. With relative endwall motion, a scraping vortex forms inside the tip gap and near the casing, and the cavity vortex gets closer to the pressure side squealer/winglet. The tip leakage vortex in the blade passage becomes closer to the blade suction surface, resulting in an increase of the heat transfer coefficient.


2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harish Sivasankaran ◽  
Godson Asirvatham ◽  
Jefferson Bose ◽  
Bensely Albert

Experimental investigation of parallel plate fin and the crosscut pin fin heat sinks where the heating element placed asymmetrically is performed. Theoretical calculations were done and compared with the experimental results. A comparative study was made based on their efficiencies, heat transfer coefficient, and the thermal performance. From the experimental results it was found that the average heat transfer coefficient of parallel plate fins is higher than that of crosscut pin fins with many perforations. However the performance efficiency of both the crosscut pin fins and parallel plate fins is similar. A hybrid approach was employed to significantly optimize the distance between the fan and heat sink for parallel plate and crosscut pin fins. Parallel plate heat sink with an average heat transfer coefficient of 46 W/m?K placed at an optimum fan distance of 40-60 mm is selected as the suitable choice for the micro-electronic cooling when the heating element is placed asymmetrically.


Author(s):  
James E. Mayhew ◽  
James W. Baughn ◽  
Aaron R. Byerley

The film-cooling performance of a flat plate in the presence of low and high freestream turbulence is investigated using thermochromic liquid crystal thermography. Full-surface distributions of the convective heat transfer coefficient are determined for three blowing rates on a model with three straight holes spaced three diameters apart. An increase in heat transfer coefficient due to mass injection is clearly observed in the images and is quantitatively determined for both the low and high freestream turbulence cases. The increase in heat transfer coefficient is greater than in previously published research, possibly due to the use of different, more representative thermal boundary conditions upstream of the injection location. These boundary conditions, along with high resolution images, may account for the appearance of “fork tine” patterns of high heat transfer due to the presence of these vortices, not previously seen. Although the driving potential for heat transfer is less, it is observed that in some instances film cooling may cause an increase in overall heat transfer due to the increase in heat transfer coefficient.


2009 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Ieronymidis ◽  
David R. H. Gillespie ◽  
Peter T. Ireland ◽  
Robert Kingston

Detailed measurements of the heat transfer coefficient (htc) distributions on the internal surfaces of a novel gas turbine blade cooling configuration were carried out using a transient liquid crystal technique. The cooling geometry, in which a series of racetrack passages are connected to a central plenum, provides high heat transfer coefficients in regions of the blade in good thermal contact with the outer blade surface. The Reynolds number changes along its length because of the ejection of fluid through a series of 19 transfer holes in a staggered arrangement, which are used to connect ceramic cores during the casting process. Heat transfer coefficient distributions on these holes surface are particularly important in the prediction of blade life, as are heat transfer coefficients within the hole. The results at passage inlet Reynolds numbers of 21,667, 45,596, and 69,959 are presented along with in-hole htc distributions at Rehole=5930, 12,479, 19,147; and suction ratios of 0.98, 1.31, 2.08, and 18.67, respectively. All values are engine representative. Characteristic regions of high heat transfer downstream of the transfer holes were observed with enhancement of up to 92% over the Dittus–Boelter level. Within the transfer holes, the average htc level was strongly affected by the cross-flow at the hole entrance. htc levels were low in these short (l/d=1.5) holes fed from regions of developed boundary layer.


Author(s):  
Ankit Kalani ◽  
Satish G. Kandlikar

Heat dissipation beyond 1 kW/cm2 accompanied with high heat transfer coefficient and low pressure drop using water has been a long-standing goal in the flow boiling research directed toward electronic cooling application. In the present work, three approaches are combined to reach this goal: (a) a microchannel with a manifold to increase critical heat flux (CHF) and heat transfer coefficient (HTC), (b) a tapered manifold to reduce the pressure drop, and (c) high flow rates for further enhancing CHF from liquid inertia forces. A CHF of 1.07 kW/cm2 was achieved with a heat transfer coefficient of 295 kW/m2°C with a pressure drop of 30 kPa. Effect of flow rate on CHF and HTC is investigated. High speed visualization to understand the underlying bubble dynamics responsible for low pressure drop and high CHF is also presented.


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