Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics Due to Interaction of Longitudinal Vortices by Vortex Generator Array

Author(s):  
Daisuke Sugisaki ◽  
Masahiro Motosuke ◽  
Shinji Honami

This paper describes the turbulent heat transfer and the flow characteristics of the longitudinal vortices downstream of vortex generator array on the flat surface. Understanding on the heat transfer and flow characteristics is strongly required from the viewpoint of the heat transfer enhancement in an actual turbine blade design. The experiment was conducted in the test section of the wind tunnel which had a rectangular cross section and length of 2000mm. The reference velocity at the test section was 16 m/s and Reynolds number based on the momentum thickness was 1670. An array of the vortex generators with equal and/or unequal wing height was installed in the turbulent boundary layer. The experiments of the heat transfer on the flat surface were conducted by using the temperature sensitive liquid crystal. The surface of the test section was heated electrically by a thin stainless steel foil. The calibration of the hue of the liquid crystal and temperature was made by Neural Network method. Nusselt number corresponding to the turbulent heat transfer downstream of the array of the vortex generators is strongly affected by the longitudinal vortex motion. The local heat transfer depends on arrangement of the unequal wings of the vortex generator in co-rotating configuration. It is quite interesting that the longitudinal vortex located in the region of downwash motion of the adjacent vortex plays an important role in the merging process of the vortices. In conclusion, the array of the vortex generators is an effective device which can control the heat transfer and flow characteristics in the actual turbine blade cooling design.

Author(s):  
Petrus Setyo Prabowo ◽  
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Stefan Mardikus ◽  
Ewaldus Credo Eukharisto ◽  

Vortex generators are addition surface that can increase heat transfer area and change the fluid flow characteristics of the working fluid to increase heat transfer coefficient. The use of vortex generators produces longitudinal vortices that can increase the heat transfer performance because of the low pressure behind vortex generators. This investigation used delta winglet vortex generator that was combined with rectangular vortex generator to Reynold numbers ranging 6,000 to 10,000. The parameters of Nusselt number, friction factor, velocity vector and temperature distribution will be evaluated.


2011 ◽  
Vol 110-116 ◽  
pp. 2364-2369
Author(s):  
Amin Etminan ◽  
H. Jafarizadeh ◽  
M. Moosavi ◽  
K. Akramian

In the part 1 of this research, some useful turbulence models presented. In that part advantages of those turbulence models has been gathered. In the next, numerical details and procedure of solution are presented in details. By use of different turbulence models, it has been found that Spallart-Allmaras predicted the lowest value of heat transfer coefficient; in contrast, RSM1 has projected the more considerable results compared with other models; besides, it has been proven that the two-equation models prominently taken lesser time than RSM model. Eventually, the RNG2 model has been introduced as the optimized model of this research; moreover.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ichimiya

Experiments were conducted to determine the turbulent heat transfer and flow characteristics of an oblique impinging circular jet within closely confined walls using air as a working fluid. The local temperature distribution on the impingement surface was obtained in detail by a thermocamera using a liquid crystal sheet. A correction to the heat flux was evaluated by using the detailed temperature distribution and solving numerically the three-dimensional equation of heat conduction in the heated section. Two-dimensional profiles of the local Nusselt numbers and temperatures changed with jet angle and Reynolds number. These showed a peak shift toward the minor flow region and a plateau of the local heat transfer coefficients in the major flow region. The local velocity and turbulent intensity in the gap between the confined insulated wall and impingement surface were also obtained in detail by a thermal anemometer.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syaiful ◽  
M. Kurnia Lutfi

The high thermal resistance of the airside of the compact heat exchanger results in a low heat transfer rate. Vortex generator (VG) is one of the effective passive methods to increase convection heat transfer by generating longitudinal vortex (LV), which results in an increase in fluid mixing. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the convection heat transfer characteristics and the pressure drop of airflow in a rectangular channel in the presence of a concave rectangular winglet VG on a heated plate. Numerical calculations were performed on rectangular winglet pairs vortex generators (RWP VGs) and concave rectangular winglet pairs vortex generators (CRWP VGs) with a 45° angle of attack and one, two, and three pairs of VGs with and without holes. The simulation results show that the decrease in the value of convection heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop on CRWP with three perforated VG configuration is 4.63% and 3.28%, respectively, of the three pairs of CRWP VG without holes at an airflow velocity of 2 m/s.


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