Heat Transfer in a Suddenly Expanded Turbulent Flow Past a Porous Insert Using Linear and Non-Linear Eddy-Viscosity Models

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo J. S. de Lemos ◽  
Marcelo Assato
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Control Volume ◽  
Numerical Technique ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Wall Functions ◽  
Porous Insert ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Non Linear

This work presents numerical results for heat transfer in turbulent flow past a backward-facing-step channel with a porous insert using linear and non-linear eddy viscosity macroscopic models. The non-linear turbulence models are known to perform better than classical eddy-diffusivity models due to their ability to simulate important characteristics of the flow. Parameters such as porosity, permeability and thickness of the porous insert are varied in order to analyze their effects on the flow pattern, particularly on the damping of the recirculating bubble after the porous insertion. The numerical technique employed for discretizing the governing equations is the control-volume method. The SIMPLE algorithm is used to correct the pressure field. Wall functions for velocity and temperature are used in order to bypass fine computational close to the wall. Comparisons of results simulated with both linear and non-linear turbulence models are presented.

Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in a Porous Chamber

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Assato ◽  
Marcelo J. S. de Lemos
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Control Volume ◽  
Numerical Technique ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Simple Algorithm ◽  
Macroscopic Models ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Porosity And Permeability ◽  
Volume Method

This work presents a numerical investigation of turbulent flow past a porous structure in a channel using linear and non-linear eddy viscosity macroscopic models. Parameters such as porosity and permeability of the porous material are varied in order to analyze their effects on the flow pattern, particularly on the damping of the recirculating bubble after the entrance and exit regions. The numerical technique employed for discretizing the governing equations is the control-volume method. The SIMPLE algorithm is used to correct the pressure field. The classical wall function is utilized in order to handle flow calculation near the wall. A discussion on the use of this technique for simulating the flow in question is presented. Comparisons of results simulated with both linear and non-linear turbulence models are shown.

Flow and Heat Transfer Past a Sudden Contraction With a Porous Insert Using Linear and Non-Linear Turbulence Models

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Assato ◽  
Marcelo J. S. de Lemos
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Porous Insert ◽  
Macroscopic Models ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Abrupt Contraction ◽  
Stream Lines

This work presents a numerical investigation for the turbulent flow and heat transfer in an abrupt contraction channel with a porous material placed in a flow passage. The channel has a contraction rate of 3:2. Results for the hybrid medium were obtained using linear and non-linear k-ε macroscopic models. It was used an inlet Reynolds number of Re = 132000 based on the height of the step. Parameters such as porosity, permeability and thickness of the porous insert were varied in order to analyze their effects on the flow pattern. The results of local heat transfer, friction coefficient and stream lines obtained by the two turbulence models were compared for the cases without and with porous insertion of thickness a/H=0.083, 0.166 and 0.250, where H is the step height. Insert porosity of varied between 0.85 and 0.95 with permeability in the range 10−6–10−2 m2.

Effect of Porous Insert on Heat Transfer in a Backward-Facing Step Flow

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo J. S. de Lemos ◽  
Wagner C. Galuppo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Materials ◽  
Control Volume ◽  
Numerical Technique ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Simple Algorithm ◽  
Turbulent Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Heat ◽  
Backward Facing Step ◽  
Porous Insert

We present numerical results for turbulent heat transfer past a backward-facing-step channel with a porous insert. A non-linear eddy viscosity model was applied to handle turbulence. For a constant Darcy number, the thickness of the porous insert was varied in order to analyze its effects on the flow pattern, particularly the damping of the recirculating bubble past the insert. Further, the reduction of the Nusselt number along the bottom heated surface, when using porous materials inside the channel, was investigated. The numerical technique employed for discretizing the governing equations was the control-volume method. The SIMPLE algorithm was used to correct the pressure field and the classical wall function approach was utilized in order to handle flow calculations near the wall. Comparisons of results simulated with different porous materials were presented.

Heat Transfer in Suddenly Expanded Flow in a Channel With Porous Inserts

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco D. Rocamora ◽  
Marcelo J. S. de Lemos
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Flow Pattern ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Lower Wall ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Backward Facing Step ◽  
Porous Insert ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Flow Past

Abstract This paper presents numerical results for laminar heat transfer and turbulent flow past a backward-facing step channel with and without a porous insert. The effects of thickness and permeability of the inserts on flow pattern and heat transfer features are assessed. It is found that for some combinations of thickness and permeability, the recirculating bubble right after the step is completely suppressed, improving the heat transfer characteristics for the lower wall.

Assessment of turbulence model performance for transonic flow over an axisymmetric bump

2001 ◽  
Vol 105 (1043) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. M. Hasan ◽  
J. J. McGuirk
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Wall Functions ◽  
Viscosity Models ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Shock Location

Abstract A computational study has been performed to evaluate the predictive capabilities of some existing eddy-viscosity (both linear, LEVM, and non-linear, NLEVM) and Reynolds stress transport turbulence models (RSTM) by reference to a transonic shock-induced separated flow over a 10% axisymmetric bump. The calculations have been carried out during the course of a collaborative research programme including both UK universities and industry. The findings of the project demonstrate that improved results can be obtained for such flows by using more advanced turbulence models. For linear eddy-viscosity models, only the SST approach gave good predictions of shock location, recirculation size and pressure recovery, although this was accompanied by deficiencies in the prediction of post-shock velocity profile shape. Non-linear eddy-viscosity models, particularly at the cubic level, provided a more consistent level of agreement with experiments over the range of shock location, wall pressure and velocity profile parameters. Some improvement was also seen in the prediction of turbulence quantities, although only a move to an RSTM closure model reproduced the measured peak stress levels accurately. It was notable that the use of low-Re variants of the models (instead of wall functions) produced no significant improvement in predictions. There are, however, some shortcomings in all models, particularly in the development of flow after reattachment, which was always predicted to be too slow.

Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Resistance in Turbulent Flow in Vertical Round Tubes At Supercritical Pressures. Part II. Results From Numerical Simulation with Differential Turbulent Viscosity Models

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgii Glebovich Yankov ◽  
Vladimir Kurganov ◽  
Yury Zeigarnik ◽  
Irina Maslakova
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Turbulent Viscosity ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Model Verification ◽  
Wall Functions ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
Viscosity Models ◽  
Mesh Independence

Abstract The review of numerical studies on the turbulent flow and heat transfer of supercritical pressure (SCP) coolants in heated vertical round tubes, which were conducted using different differential turbulent viscosity models, is presented. It is shown that most often the turbulent viscosity models only qualitatively predict the deteriorated heat transfer effects, which appear due do buoyancy forces and thermal acceleration effects at strongly variable physical properties of a coolant. At the same time, the regimes of normal heat transfer are successfully reproduced by "standard" k- and RNG models with wall functions, as well as by two-layer models. The conclusion is made that none of the presently known turbulent viscosity models can be confidently recommended for predicting any flow regimes and heat transfer of SCP coolants. Strongly variable properties of SCP coolant stipulate more strict demands for validating mesh independence of the obtained results and for an accuracy of approximation of the tabulated values of the coolant properties. It was ascertained that using more and more numerous calculation codes and the results from their application requires certain caution and circumspection. In some works, the parameters of the regimes used for turbulent viscosity model verification and those of the experiments attracted for such verification did not correspond each other. It is pointed out that the crying discrepancy in the predictions of different authors conducted using the same CFD codes and turbulence models and possible reasons for such a discrepancy are not analyzed.

Improving predictions of heat transfer in indoor environments with eddy viscosity turbulence models

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Heschl ◽  
Yao Tao ◽  
Kiao Inthavong ◽  
Jiyuan Tu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Indoor Environments
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