Experimental Investigation on Mixed Convection in a Channel With an Open Cavity Below

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oronzio Manca ◽  
Sergio Nardini ◽  
Ruggero Pitzolu ◽  
Kambiz Vafai
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Heated Plate ◽  
Thermal Plume ◽  
Recirculation Flow ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

Mixed convection in an open cavity with a heated wall bounded by a horizontal unheated plate is investigated experimentally. The cavity has the heated wall on the inflow side. Mixed convection fluid flow and heat transfer within the cavity is governed by the buoyancy parameter, Richardson number (Ri), and the Reynolds number (Re). The results are reported in terms of wall temperature profiles of the heated wall and flow visualization for Re = 100 and 1000, Ri in the range 30–110 (for Re = 1000) and 2800–8700 (for Re = 100), the ratio between the length and the height of cavity (L/D) is in the range 0.5–1.5 and the ratio between the channel and cavity heights (H/D) equal to 0.5 and 1.0. The present results show that the maximum dimensional temperature rise values decrease as the Reynolds and the Richardson numbers decrease. The flow visualization points out that for Re = 1000 there are two nearly distinct fluid motions: a parallel forced flow in the channel and a recirculation flow inside the cavity. For Re = 100 the effect of a stronger buoyancy determines a penetration of thermal plume from the heated plate wall into the upper channel. The dimensionless maximum wall temperatures in terms of L/D had values in ± 5% respect to an average function. Nusselt numbers increase when L/D increase in the investigated range of Richardson numbers.

Experimental Analysis of Opposing Flow in Mixed Convection in a Channel With an Open Cavity Below

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oronzio Manca ◽  
Sergio Nardini ◽  
Kambiz Vafai
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Vortex Structure ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Heated Plate ◽  
Thermal Plume ◽  
Recirculation Flow

In this paper mixed convection in an open cavity with a heated wall bounded by a horizontal unheated plate is investigated experimentally. The cavity has the heated wall on the opposite side of the forced inflow. The results are reported in terms of wall temperature profiles of the heated wall and flow visualization for Reynolds number (Re) from 100 to 2000 and Richardson number (Ri) in the range 4.3–6400; the ratio between the length and the height of cavity (L/D) is in the range 0.5–2.0 and the ratio between the channel and cavity height (H/D) is equal to 1.0. The present results show that at the lowest investigated Reynolds number the surface temperatures are lower than the corresponding surface temperature for Re = 2000, at same the ohmic heat flux. The flow visualization points out that for Re = 1000 there are two nearly distinct fluid motions: a parallel forced flow in the channel and a recirculation flow inside the cavity. For Re = 100 the effect of a stronger buoyancy determines a penetration of thermal plume from the heated plate wall into the upper channel. Moreover, the flow visualization points out that for lower Reynolds numbers the forced motion penetrates inside the cavity and a vortex structure is adjacent to the unheated vertical plate. At higher Reynolds number the vortex structure has a larger extension at same L/D value.

Numerical Study on Mixed Convection in Porous Media in a Channel With an Open Cavity Below

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Buonomo ◽  
Oronzio Manca ◽  
Paolo Mesolella ◽  
Sergio Nardini
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Local Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux

A numerical analysis of mixed convection in gas saturated metal foam in a horizontal channel with an open cavity heated at uniform heat flux on a vertical wall is studied numerically. Non-local thermal equilibrium and Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy model are assumed. Boussinesq approximation with constant thermophysical proprieties are considered. Results are carried out for an aluminium foam with 10 PPI and ε = 0.909, the fluid is air and for the assisting case. Results, for different Peclet and Rayleigh numbers, are given in terms of solid and fluid wall temperatures and local Nusselt numbers and stream function and temperature fields. Results show that diffusive effect determined lower temperature values inside the solid and the fluid temperatures are higher in all considered cases. The interaction between the forced flow in the channel and the buoyancy due to the heated wall determines different thermal and fluid dynamic behaviors.

Thermo-Fluid Dynamics of an Array of Impinging Ionic Jets in a Crossflow

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Grassi ◽  
Daniele Testi
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Impinging Jets ◽  
Negative Ion ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Electrical Currents ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Liquid Crystal Thermography ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Bottom Side

Laminar to weakly turbulent mixed convection in a square duct heated from the bottom side is highly strengthened by ionic jets generated by an array of high voltage points, opposite to the heated strip. Negative ion injection is activated within the dielectric liquid HFE-7100. Local temperatures on the heated wall are measured by liquid crystal thermography. Distributions of the Nusselt number are obtained at different forced flow rates, applied heat flows, and transiting electrical currents. In correspondence of the point emitters, higher Nusselt numbers in the impingement areas are measured and an analogy with the thermo-fluid dynamic behavior of an array of submerged impinging jets in a crossflow is drawn. The diameter of the ionic jets is evaluated and an electrohydrodynamic Reynolds number is employed for correlation and similarity purposes.

Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Longitudinal Aspect Ratio on Natural Convection in Inclined Channels Heated Below

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Assunta Andreozzi ◽  
Bernardo Buonomo ◽  
Oronzio Manca ◽  
Sergio Nardini
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Inclination Angle ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Heated Plate ◽  
Inclined Channels

In this paper an experimental investigation on natural convection in air in inclined channels with rectangular transversal section and lower wall heated at uniform heat flux is carried out. Wall temperature measurements and flow visualization are presented. The results allow investigating on the effect of the distance between the two principal parallel walls and of the inclination angle. The experiments are accomplished for two channel gap values: 20 and 40 mm. The inclination angle is equal to 80° and 88°. The flow development and the shape of flow transitions along the channel are visualized. Flow visualization allows to describe the secondary motion inside an inclined channel. Flow separation region along the lower heated plate begins at lower axial coordinate as the wall heat flux, the inclination angle and the channel gap are greater. The flow separation depends also on transversal coordinate. The detected secondary structures pass from thermals to plumes and vortices. Along the plane parallel to the heated wall, the visualization shows that thermal plumes split in V-shaped structures. For the largest considered channel gap value the instability phenomena in the channel are stronger and chaotic motion in the channel outlet zone is observed. When the channel gap value increases wall temperatures become lower because the higher distance between the walls determines a greater mass flow rate and an increase in the heat transfer.

EFFECT OF HEATED WALL POSITION ON MIXED CONVECTION IN A CHANNEL WITH AN OPEN CAVITY

2003 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oronzio Manca ◽  
Sergio Nardini ◽  
Khalil Khanafer ◽  
Kambiz Vafai
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Open Cavity ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Wall Position

Thermo-Fluid Dynamics of an Array of Impinging Ionic Jets in a Crossflow

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Testi ◽  
Walter Grassi
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Impinging Jets ◽  
Negative Ion ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Electrical Currents ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Potential Applications

Laminar to weakly turbulent mixed convection in a square duct heated from the bottom side is highly strengthened by ionic jets generated by an array of high voltage points, opposite to the heated strip. Negative ion injection is activated within the dielectric liquid HFE-7100. Local temperatures on the heated wall are measured by liquid crystal thermography. Distributions of the Nusselt number are obtained at different forced flow rates, applied heat flows, and transiting electrical currents. In correspondence of the point emitters, higher Nusselt numbers in the impingement areas are measured and an analogy with the thermo-fluid dynamic behavior of an array of submerged impinging jets in a crossflow is drawn. The diameter of the ionic jets is evaluated and an electrohydrodynamic Reynolds number is employed for correlation and similarity purposes. Potential applications of the technique are high-efficiency compact heat exchangers and heat sinks.

Validation Study on Forced and Mixed Convection in the Rotatable Buoyancy Tunnel

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake W. Lance ◽  
Jeff R. Harris ◽  
Jared M. Iverson ◽  
Robert E. Spall ◽  
Richard W. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Test Section ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Heated Plate ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
Opposed Flow ◽  
High Level

The Rotatable Buoyancy Tunnel (RoBuT) at Utah State University, built for validation measurements incorporating a high level of data completeness, is described along with the results from validation data sets for forced and mixed convection. One wall of the tunnel test section is heated while the other three are transparent for optical access. All boundary conditions, including geometry, wall temperature and inflow temperature and velocity, are measured and their uncertainties are reported. The tunnel’s design is unique in that the test section can be inverted by rotating the entire facility to generate mixed convection with either buoyancy aided or buoyancy opposed flow. The RoBuT can also produce forced or natural convection, either steady or transient. Measurements for forced and buoyancy-aided mixed convection over a vertical heated plate are described. The RoBuT allows for simultaneous measurements of velocity, wall and inlet air temperature, heat flux measurements on the heated wall, and pressure drop across the test section. The fluid velocity is measured by time-averaged particle image velocimetry (PIV). The first validation case is forced convection since this flow is well understood. Both forced and mixed convection results are compared to published correlations and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies. The CFD is steady and 3-D using as-built measurements of the geometry. Experimental wall and inlet temperatures are used for CFD boundary conditions, as well as the inlet velocity and turbulence profiles. Three research groups perform simulations with varying levels of knowledge of the experimental results.

Correlations for Laminar Mixed Convection Flows on Vertical, Inclined, and Horizontal Flat Plates

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 835-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Chen ◽  
B. F. Armaly ◽  
N. Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Free Convection ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Flat Plates ◽  
Maximum Increase ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Laminar Mixed Convection ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Flow Configurations ◽  
Prandtl Numbers

Local Nusselt numbers for laminar mixed convection flows along isothermal vertical, inclined, and horizontal flat plates are presented for the entire mixed convection regime for a wide range of Prandtl numbers, 0.1 ≤ Pr ≤ 100. Simple correlation equations for the local and average mixed convection Nusselt numbers are developed, which are found to agree well with the numerically predicted values and available experimental data for both buoyancy assisting and opposing flow conditions. The threshold values of significant buoyancy effects on forced convection and forced flow effects on free convection, as well as the maximum increase in the local mixed convection Nusselt number from the respective pure convection limits, are also presented for all flow configurations. It is found that the buoyancy or forced flow effect can increase the surface heat transfer rate from pure forced or pure free convection by about 20 percent.

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