Investigation of a Split-Dimple Fin Geometry for Heat Transfer Augmentation

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad A. Elyyan ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flows ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Heat Conductance ◽  
Flow Acceleration ◽  
Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Statistics

The use of an interrupted plate fin with surface roughness in the form of split-dimples is investigated. Time-dependent high-fidelity simulations are conducted for laminar, early turbulent, and fully turbulent flows, ReH = 360, 800, and 2000. Detailed analysis of the domain’s flow structure, turbulent statistics, and heat transfer distribution is presented. Regions of high heat transfer occur at the fin and protrusion leading edges, at flow impingement on the protrusion faces, and flow acceleration region between protrusions. Flow separation and large wakes induced by the large protruding surfaces of the split-dimples, increase friction losses and reduce heat transfer from the fin. The split-dimple fin has a heat conductance 60–175% higher than that of the plate fin, but at 4–8 times the pressure drop.

Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Augmentation by Different Jet Impingement Hole Shapes Under Maximum Crossflow

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Singh ◽  
Bharath Viswanath Ravi ◽  
Srinath Ekkad
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Jet Impingement ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Absolute Pressure ◽  
Target Plate ◽  
Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽  
Plate Spacing ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Loads

To achieve higher overall efficiency in gas turbine engines, hot gas path components are subjected to high heat transfer loads due to higher turbine inlet temperatures. Jet impingement has been extensively used especially as an internal cooling technique in the leading edge and mid-chord region of first stage vanes, which are subjected to highest heat loads. With the advent of additive manufacturing methods such as Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), designers are not limited to designing round or race track holes for impingement. The present study is focused on exploring new jet hole shapes, in an arrangement, typical of mid-chord region in a double wall cooling configuration. Transient liquid crystal experiments are carried out to study heat transfer augmentation by jet impingement on smooth target where the spent air is allowed to exit in one direction, thus imposing maximum crossflow condition. The averaged Reynolds number (based on jet hydraulic diameter) is varied from 2500 to 10000. The jet plate has a square array of jets with 7 jets in one row (total number of jets = 49), featuring hole shapes — Racetrack and V, where the baseline case is the round hole. The non-dimensional streamwise (x/dj) and spanwise (y/dj) spacing is 6 and the normalized jet-to-target-plate spacing (z/dj) is 4 and the nozzle aspect ratio (L/dj) is also 4. The criteria for the hole shape design was to keep the effective area of different hole shapes to be the same, which resulted in slightly different hydraulic diameters. The jet-to-target plate spacing (z) has been adjusted accordingly so as to maintain a uniform z/dj of 4, across all three configurations studied. Heat transfer coefficients are measured using a transient Liquid Crystal technique employing a one-dimensional semi-infinite model. Flow experiments are carried out to measure static pressures in the plenum chamber, to calculate the discharge coefficient, for a range of plenum absolute pressure-to-ambient pressure ratios. Detailed normalized Nusselt number contours have been presented, to identify the regions of high heat transfer augmentation locally, so as to help the designers in the organization of jet hole shapes and their patterns in an airfoil depending upon the active heat loads.

Efficient Heat Transfer by Phase Transition in Microstructured Devices

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Maikowske ◽  
Juergen J. Brandner ◽  
Roland Dittmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Internal Surface ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Additional Increase ◽  
Flow Acceleration ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Efficient Heat Transfer

Devices with microchannels or similar structures with dimensions in the range of a few 100 micrometers, so-called microstructured devices, have become a powerful tool in modern process engineering for transferring huge amounts of thermal energy. The high internal surface of these devices, caused by small characteristic channel dimensions, lead to very high specific heat transfer rates. Additional increase of these high heat transfer capabilities is enabled by taking advantage of the latent heat of evaporation. During fundamental research activities phase transition and accompanying phenomena in arrays out of straight microchannels as well as novel microstructures were investigated to obtain new and additional information about these processes. A novel microstructure which is based on a new innovative design away from straight channels is able to enhance evaporation. This design, based on semicircular and semi-elliptical microstructures, leads to mixing effects as well as flow acceleration by pressure release effects including increased heat transfer properties. This novel microstructure reaches highly enhanced evaporation performance compared to linear microchannels.

Large Eddy Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer in the 180° Bend Region of a Stationary Ribbed Gas Turbine Internal Cooling Duct

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan A. Sewall ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Dean Vortices ◽  
Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽  
High Heat Transfer

LES of the 180° bend in a stationary ribbed duct is presented. The domain studied includes three ribs upstream of the bend region and three ribs downstream of the bend with an outflow extension added to the end, using a total of 8.4 million cells. Two cases are compared to each other: one includes a rib in the bend and the other does not. The friction factor, mean flow, turbulence, and heat transfer are compared in the two cases to help explain the benefits and disadvantages of the wide number of flow effects seen in the bend, including flow separation at the tip of the dividing wall, counter-rotating Dean vortices, high heat transfer at areas of flow impingement, and flow separation at the upstream and downstream corners of the bend. Mean flow results show a region of separated flow at the tip of the dividing region in the case with no rib in the bend, but no separation region is observed in the case with a rib. A pair of counter-rotating Dean vortices in the middle of the bend is observed in both cases. Turbulent kinetic energy profiles show a 30% increase in the mid-plane of the bend when the rib is added. High gradients of heat transfer augmentation are observed on the back wall and downstream outside wall, where mean flow impingement occurs. This heat transfer is increased with the presence of a rib. Including a rib in the bend increases the friction factor in the bend by 80%, and it increases the heat transfer augmentation by approximately 20%, resulting in a tradeoff between pressure drop and heat transfer.

Heat Transfer in a Rib Turbulated Pin Fin Array for Trailing Edge Cooling

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Marcel Otto ◽  
Jayanta Kapat ◽  
Mark Ricklick ◽  
Shantanu Mhetras
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Thermochromic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Pin Fins ◽  
Rib Turbulators ◽  
Pin Fin Array

Abstract Ribs were added into a pin fin array for a uniquely new cooling concept enabled through additive manufacturing. Both heat transfer mechanisms are highly non-linear; thus, cannot be superimposed. Heat transfer measurements are obtained using the thermochromic liquid crystal technique in a trapezoidal duct with pin fins and rib turbulators. Three pin blockage ratios and four rib heights at Reynolds numbers between 40,000 and 106,000 were tested. The Nusselt number augmentation is generally higher at the longer base of the trapezoidal duct. The same high heat transfer trend is seen at the columns closer to the longer base of the trapezoidal duct than on the shorter base. Through the length of the duct, the flow shifts from the nose region to the larger opening on the opposite wall. Also, it is observed that increasing the blockage ratio as well as increasing the rib height, has a positive impact on heat transfer as ribs act as additional extended surfaces and alter the near-wall flow field. The heat transfer augmentation of pins and ribs is found to not be equal to the sum of both. The observed heat transfer augmentation of the combined cases exceeded over the rib and pin only cases by up to 100%, but the weighted friction factor also doubled. The combination of ribs and pins is an excellent concept to achieve more uniform cooling over an array at higher levels when pressure drop is not of concern.

Large Eddy Simulation of Fully Developed Flow and Heat Transfer in a Rotating Duct With 45° Ribs

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aroon K. Viswanathan ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Outer Wall ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Wall Turbulence ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Large Eddy

This paper concerns itself with investigating the effect of rotation on flow and heat transfer in a 45° ribbed square duct. Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) are used to investigate why rotation does not have any effect on heat transfer augmentation unlike 90 degree ribs, in which considerable changes are observed in augmentation at the trailing and leading walls of the duct. It is found that unlike 90 degree ribbed ducts, in which the heat transfer augmentation is strongly dependent on streamwise momentum, spanwise momentum dominates heat transfer in skewed ribs. Since Coriolis forces under orthogonal rotation about the z-axis do not directly contribute to spanwise momentum, they do not have as much of an effect on heat transfer at the ribbed walls at the trailing and leading sides. However, because of the augmentation of turbulence at the trailing side, the vortices which are produced in the separated shear layer of the rib and which move from the inside to the outside of the duct, break down and diffuse before they can impinge on the outer wall. Turbulence attenuation at the leading wall has the opposite effect which allows the vortices to maintain their coherence and impinge on the outer wall. This effect taken together with the streamwise flow being pushed to the leading side, produces an extended region of high heat transfer at the outer wall near the leading side. This is countered by lower heat transfer at the trailing side of the outer wall. Hence, although local variations are present due to rotation, the overall augmentation remains the same.

scholarly journals Experimental validation of pressure drop models during flow boiling of R134a – effect of flow acceleration and entrainment

2018 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 03010
Author(s):  
Tomasz Muszynski ◽  
Rafal Andrzejczyk ◽  
Carlos Dorao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Flow Acceleration ◽  
High Heat Transfer

A crucial step to assure proficient work of power and process apparatus is their proper design. A wide array of those devices operates within boiling or condensation of the working fluid to benefit from high heat transfer rates. Two-phase flows are associated with high heat transfer coefficients because of the latent heat of evaporation and high turbulence level between the liquid and the solid surface. Predicting heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop is a challenging task, and has been pursued by researchers for decades. In the case of diabatic flows, the total pressure drop is due to the change in kinetic and potential energy. The article presents detailed boiling pressure drops data for R134a at a saturation temperature of 19.4°C. Study cases have been set for a mass flux varying from 300 to 500 kg/m2s. Presented data along with the data reduction procedure was used to obtain the momentum pressure drop values during flow boiling. The study focuses on experimental values of momentum pressure drop component and its prediction based on various void fraction models and entrainment effects.

Influence of tip clearance and cavity depth on heat transfer in a cutback squealer tip

2020 ◽  
pp. 095441002096469
Author(s):  
Weijie Wang ◽  
Shaopeng Lu ◽  
Hongmei Jiang ◽  
Qiusheng Deng ◽  
Jinfang Teng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Tip Leakage Flow ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Cavity Depth ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Blade Tip ◽  
High Heat Transfer Coefficient

Numerical simulations are conducted to present the aerothermal performance of a turbine blade tip with cutback squealer rim. Two different tip clearance heights (0.5%, 1.0% of the blade span) and three different cavity depths (2.0%, 3.0%, and 6.0% of the blade span) are investigated. The results show that a high heat transfer coefficient (HTC) strip on the cavity floor appears near the suction side. It extends with the increase of tip clearance height and moves towards the suction side with the increase of cavity depth. The cutback region near the trailing edge has a high HTC value due to the flush of over-tip leakage flow. High HTC region shrinks to the trailing edge with the increase of cavity depth since there is more accumulated flow in the cavity for larger cavity depth. For small tip clearance cases, high HTC distribution appears on the pressure side rim. However, high HTC distribution is observed on suction side rim for large tip clearance height. This is mainly caused by the flow separation and reattachment on the squealer rims.

Experimental Study on Heat Transfer Augmentation for High Heat Flux Removal in Rib-Roughened Narrow Channels

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 671-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shafiqul ISLAM ◽  
Ryutaro HINO ◽  
Katsuhiro HAGA ◽  
Masanori MONDE ◽  
Yukio SUDO
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
High Heat ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Narrow Channels ◽  
Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽  
Rib Roughened

Possible Mechanisms for Thermal Conductivity Enhancement in Nanofluids

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Gupta ◽  
Xuan Wu ◽  
Ranganathan Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Brownian Dynamics ◽  
Lattice Vibration ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Conductivity Enhancement ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

This study discusses the merits of various physical mechanisms that are responsible for enhancing the heat transfer in nanofluids. Experimental studies have cemented the claim that ‘seeding’ liquids with nanoparticles can increase the thermal conductivity of the nanofluid by up to 40% for metallic and oxide nanoparticles dispersed in a base liquid. Experiments have also shown that the rise in conductivity of the nanofluid is highly dependent on the size and concentration of the nanoparticles. On the theoretical side, traditional models like Maxwell or Hamilton-Crosser models cannot explain this unusually high heat transfer. Several mechanisms have been postulated in the literature such as Brownian motion, thermal diffusion in nanoparticles and thermal interaction of nanoparticles with the surrounding fluid, the formation of an ordered liquid layer on the surface of the nanoparticle and microconvection. This study concentrates on 3 possible mechanisms: Brownian dynamics, microconvection and lattice vibration of nanoparticles in the fluid. By considering two nanofluids, copper particles dispersed in ethylene glycol, and silica in water, it is determined that translational Brownian motion of the nanoparticles, presence of an interparticle potential and the microconvection heat transfer are mechanisms that play only a smaller role in the enhancement of thermal conductivity. On the other hand, the lattice vibrations, determined by molecular dynamics simulations show a great deal of promise in increasing the thermal conductivity by as much as 23%. In a simplistic sense, the lattice vibration can be regarded as a means to simulate the phononic transport from solid to liquid at the interface.

A Photographic Study of Flow Boiling Stability on a Plain Surface With Tapered Manifold

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankit Kalani ◽  
Satish G. Kandlikar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Plain Surface ◽  
High Heat Transfer Coefficient

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.

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