Single Microjet Heat Transfer

Author(s):  
Gregory J. Michna ◽  
Eric A. Browne ◽  
Yoav Peles ◽  
Michael K. Jensen

An investigation of the stagnation point heat transfer coefficient of such a single-phase, microscale impinging jet is discussed. Standard MEMS processes were used to fabricate a heat transfer measurement device. In this device, a water jet issued from a 67-μm orifice and impinged on an 80-μm square heated normal surface 200 μm from the orifice. Heat transfer coefficients up to 80,000 W/m2-K were measured. This heat transfer coefficient results in a heat flux greater than 400 W/cm2 given a 50°C temperature difference. However, this heat transfer coefficient is an order-of-magnitude less than that predicted by correlations developed from larger jets. In addition, the heat transfer coefficients were relatively insensitive to Reynolds number. Further investigation of microjet heat transfer is needed to explain this deviation from expected behavior. The pressure drop across the jet orifice was measured, and the calculated pressure loss coefficients agree well with available correlations. Curve fits for the Nusselt number and pressure loss coefficient are given.

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz T. Cieśliński ◽  
Artur Fiuk ◽  
Krzysztof Typiński ◽  
Bartłomiej Siemieńczuk

Abstract This study is focused on experimental investigation of selected type of brazed plate heat exchanger (PHEx). The Wilson plot approach was applied in order to estimate heat transfer coefficients for the PHEx passages. The main aim of the paper was to experimentally check ability of several correlations published in the literature to predict heat transfer coefficients by comparison experimentally obtained data with appropriate predictions. The results obtained revealed that Hausen and Dittus-Boelter correlations underestimated heat transfer coefficient for the tested PHEx by an order of magnitude. The Aspen Plate code overestimated heat transfer coefficient by about 50%, while Muley-Manglik correlation overestimated it from 1% to 25%, dependent on the value of Reynolds number and hot or cold liquid side.


2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory J. Michna ◽  
Eric A. Browne ◽  
Yoav Peles ◽  
Michael K. Jensen

An investigation of the pressure drop and impingement zone heat transfer coefficient trends of a single-phase microscale impinging jet was undertaken. Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) processes were used to fabricate a device with a 67-μm orifice. The water jet impinged on an 80-μm square heater on a normal surface 200 μm from the orifice. Because of the extremely small heater area, the conjugate convection-conduction heat transfer process provided an unexpected path for heat losses. A numerical simulation was used to estimate the heat losses, which were quite large. Pressure loss coefficients were much higher in the range Red,o<500 than those predicted by available models for short orifice tubes; this behavior was likely due to the presence of the wall onto which the jet impinged. At higher Reynolds numbers, much better agreement was observed. Area-averaged heat transfer coefficients up to 80,000 W/m2 K were attained in the range 70<Red<1900. This corresponds to a 400 W/cm2 heat flux at a 50°C temperature difference. However, this impingement zone heat transfer coefficient is nearly an order-of-magnitude less than that predicted by correlations developed from macroscale jet data, and the dependence on the Reynolds number is much weaker than expected. Further investigation of microjet heat transfer is needed to explain the deviation from expected behavior.


Author(s):  
David M. Sykes ◽  
Andrew L. Carpenter ◽  
Gregory S. Cole

Microchannels and minichannels have been shown to have many potential applications for cooling high-heat-flux electronics over the past 3 decades. Synthetic jets can enhance minichannel performance by adding net momentum flux into a stream without adding mass flux. These jets are produced because of different flow patterns that emerge during the induction and expulsion stroke of a diaphragm, and when incorporated into minichannels can disrupt boundary layers and impinge on the far wall, leading to high heat transfer coefficients. Many researchers have examined the effects of synthetic jets in microchannels and minichannels with single-phase flows. The use of synthetic jets has been shown to augment local heat transfer coefficients by 2–3 times the value of steady flow conditions. In this investigation, local heat transfer coefficients and pressure loss in various operating regimes were experimentally measured. Experiments were conducted with a minichannel array containing embedded thermocouples to directly measure local wall temperatures. Flow regimes ranged from laminar to turbulent. Local wall temperature measurements taken directly beneath the synthetic jet in a laminar flow regime indicated that when a synthetic jet was used, the heat transfer coefficient was increased as much as 2.8 times the value as when synthetic jets were not used. Significant heat transfer coefficient augmentation also propagated to the upstream location, where heat transfer was increased to 2.2 times the value as when the synthetic jets were not used. Additional measurements show that synthetic jets significantly altered the pressure loss coefficient of the minichannels and that this effect was more pronounced in laminar flow than in turbulent flow. The effect of operating frequency on heat transfer and pressure loss is also presented. It was shown that the optimal operating point for the synthetic jet within a minichannel was in transitional to weakly turbulent flow (2600<Re<4500) to maximize the increase in heat transfer coefficient and minimize the increase in pressure loss.


Author(s):  
Yang Hu ◽  
David H. Archer

Two distinct steady state models have been programmed to calculate heat transfer and pressure loss from a saturated CO2 vapor in a vertical U-tube to the surrounding grout and earth. The work began with calculations of the individual heat transfer coefficients from vapor, from the condensing vapor, and from the liquid to the tube, and then from the U-tube to the surrounding grout and earth. According to computations for the tube to the earth reviewed in the ASHARE Handbook and relevant literature on the coefficients inside the tube, all reviewed in the paper, the internal heat transfer coefficient area products, hA, for CO2 condensing in a 3/4 inch tube diameter are much higher than the ground heat transfer coefficient; the ground heat transfer coefficient limits the heat transfer in the U-tube. A homogeneous model assumed that the vapor-liquid mixture in the tube is represented by a fluid whose properties and heat transfer coefficients are a weighted average between those of the vapor and the liquid present at the point. The homogeneous model has been developed by the mass balance, momentum balance, energy balance, enthalpy property, equation of state, and phase equilibrium of liquid and vapor CO2. The equations of the model have been numerically calculated in Matlab by solver ODE4 (Runge-Kutta). Measured values of heat transfer were closed to values calculated by the model. Measurements of the pressure loss over the U-tube were significantly higher than those predicted by the model. Based on the assumption that the pressure differences in the U-tube between the inlet and outlet are mainly due to the presence of liquid CO2 in the up and down legs, a new simplified model has been created and the simulation results have been compared with the experimental results. Greater agreement between measured and predicted pressure losses was achieved. This study is useful in understanding heat transfer and pressure loss of CO2 condensing in a vertical U-tube transferring heat to the earth.


Author(s):  
Ann-Christin Fleer ◽  
Markus Richter ◽  
Roland Span

AbstractInvestigations of flow boiling in highly viscous fluids show that heat transfer mechanisms in such fluids are different from those in fluids of low viscosity like refrigerants or water. To gain a better understanding, a modified standard apparatus was developed; it was specifically designed for fluids of high viscosity up to 1000 Pa∙s and enables heat transfer measurements with a single horizontal test tube over a wide range of heat fluxes. Here, we present measurements of the heat transfer coefficient at pool boiling conditions in highly viscous binary mixtures of three different polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) and n-pentane, which is the volatile component in the mixture. Systematic measurements were carried out to investigate pool boiling in mixtures with a focus on the temperature, the viscosity of the non-volatile component and the fraction of the volatile component on the heat transfer coefficient. Furthermore, copper test tubes with polished and sanded surfaces were used to evaluate the influence of the surface structure on the heat transfer coefficient. The results show that viscosity and composition of the mixture have the strongest effect on the heat transfer coefficient in highly viscous mixtures, whereby the viscosity of the mixture depends on the base viscosity of the used PDMS, on the concentration of n-pentane in the mixture, and on the temperature. For nucleate boiling, the influence of the surface structure of the test tube is less pronounced than observed in boiling experiments with pure fluids of low viscosity, but the relative enhancement of the heat transfer coefficient is still significant. In particular for mixtures with high concentrations of the volatile component and at high pool temperature, heat transfer coefficients increase with heat flux until they reach a maximum. At further increased heat fluxes the heat transfer coefficients decrease again. Observed temperature differences between heating surface and pool are much larger than for boiling fluids with low viscosity. Temperature differences up to 137 K (for a mixture containing 5% n-pentane by mass at a heat flux of 13.6 kW/m2) were measured.


Author(s):  
Jatuporn Kaew-On ◽  
Somchai Wongwises

The evaporation heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops of R-410A and R-134a flowing through a horizontal-aluminium rectangular multiport mini-channel having a hydraulic diameter of 3.48 mm are experimentally investigated. The test runs are done at refrigerant mass fluxes ranging between 200 and 400 kg/m2s. The heat fluxes are between 5 and 14.25 kW/m2, and refrigerant saturation temperatures are between 10 and 30 °C. The effects of the refrigerant vapour quality, mass flux, saturation temperature and imposed heat flux on the measured heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop are investigated. The experimental data show that in the same conditions, the heat transfer coefficients of R-410A are about 20–50% higher than those of R-134a, whereas the pressure drops of R-410A are around 50–100% lower than those of R-134a. The new correlations for the evaporation heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop of R-410A and R-134a in a multiport mini-channel are proposed for practical applications.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. Sharma ◽  
S. C. Mullick

An approximate method for calculation of the hourly output of a solar still over a 24-hour cycle has been studied. The hourly performance of a solar still is predicted given the values of the insolation, ambient temperature, wind heat-transfer coefficient, water depth, and the heat-transfer coefficient through base and sides. The proposed method does not require graphical constructions and does not assume constant heat-transfer coefficients as in the previous methods. The possibility of using the values of the heat-transfer coefficients for the preceding time interval in the heat balance equations is examined. In fact, two variants of the basic method of calculation are examined. The hourly rate of evaporation is obtained. The results are compared to those obtained by numerical solution of the complete set of heat balance equations. The errors from the approximate method in prediction of the 24-hour output are within ±1.5 percent of the values from the numerical solution using the heat balance equations. The range of variables covered is 5 to 15 cms in water depth, 0 to 3 W/m2K in a heat-transfer coefficient through base and sides, and 5 to 40 W/m2K in a wind heat-transfer coefficient.


Author(s):  
Nirm V. Nirmalan ◽  
Ronald S. Bunker ◽  
Carl R. Hedlung

A new method has been developed and demonstrated for the non-destructive, quantitative assessment of internal heat transfer coefficient distributions of cooled metallic turbine airfoils. The technique employs the acquisition of full-surface external surface temperature data in response to a thermal transient induced by internal heating/cooling, in conjunction with knowledge of the part wall thickness and geometry, material properties, and internal fluid temperatures. An imaging Infrared camera system is used to record the complete time history of the external surface temperature response during a transient initiated by the introduction of a convecting fluid through the cooling circuit of the part. The transient data obtained is combined with the cooling fluid network model to provide the boundary conditions for a finite element model representing the complete part geometry. A simple 1D lumped thermal capacitance model for each local wall position is used to provide a first estimate of the internal surface heat transfer coefficient distribution. A 3D inverse transient conduction model of the part is then executed with updated internal heat transfer coefficients until convergence is reached with the experimentally measured external wall temperatures as a function of time. This new technique makes possible the accurate quantification of full-surface internal heat transfer coefficient distributions for prototype and production metallic airfoils in a totally non-destructive and non-intrusive manner. The technique is equally applicable to other material types and other cooled/heated components.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 467
Author(s):  
Ravinder Kumar Sahdev ◽  
Mahesh Kumar ◽  
Ashwani Kumar Dhingra

In this paper, convective and evaporative heat transfer coefficients of the Indian groundnut were computed under indoor forced convection drying (IFCD) mode. The groundnuts were dried as a single thin layer with the help of a laboratory dryer till the optimum safe moisture storage level of 8 – 10%. The experimental data were used to determine the values of experimental constants C and n in the Nusselt number expression by a simple linear regression analysis and consequently, the convective heat transfer coefficient (CHTC) was determined. The values of CHTC were used to calculate the evaporative heat transfer coefficient (EHTC). The average values of CHTC and EHTC were found to be 2.48 W/m2 oC and 35.08 W/m2 oC, respectively. The experimental error in terms of percent uncertainty was also estimated. The experimental error in terms of percent uncertainty was found to be 42.55%. The error bars for convective and evaporative heat transfer coefficients are also shown for the groundnut drying under IFCD condition.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kumagai ◽  
R. S. Amano ◽  
M. K. Jensen

Abstract A numerical and experimental investigation on cooling of a solid surface was performed by studying the behavior of an impinging jet onto a fixed flat target. The local heat transfer coefficient distributions on a plate with a constant heat flux were computationally investigated with a normally impinging axisymmetric jet for nozzle diameter of 4.6mm at H/d = 4 and 10, with the Reynolds numbers of 10,000 and 40,000. The two-dimensional cylindrical Navier-Stokes equations were solved using a two-equation k-ε turbulence model. The finite-volume differencing scheme was used to solve the thermal and flow fields. The predicted heat transfer coefficients were compared with experimental measurements. A universal function based on the wave equation was developed and applied to the heat transfer model to improve calculated local heat transfer coefficients for short nozzle-to-plate distance (H/d = 4). The differences between H/d = 4 and 10 due to the correlation among heat transfer coefficient, kinetic energy and pressure were investigated for the impingement region. Predictions by the present model show good agreement with the experimental data.


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