TEMPERATURE PROFILES AND HEAT TRANSFER ASSOCIATED WITH A SINGLE DISK ROTATING IN STILL AIR

Author(s):  
Stuart T. McComas ◽  
James P. Hartnett
1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
A. L. A. Costa ◽  
M. Natalini ◽  
M. F. Inglese ◽  
O. A. M. Xavier

Abstract Because the structural integrity of brake systems and tires can be related to the temperature, this work proposes a transient heat transfer finite element analysis (FEA) model to study the overheating in drum brake systems used in trucks and urban buses. To understand the mechanics of overheating, some constructive variants have been modeled regarding the assemblage: brake, rims, and tires. The model simultaneously studies the thermal energy generated by brakes and tires and how the heat is transferred and dissipated by conduction, convection, and radiation. The simulated FEA data and the experimental temperature profiles measured with thermocouples have been compared giving good correlation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-160
Author(s):  
P.H. Oosthuizen ◽  
A. Sheriff

Indirect passive solar crop dryers have the potential to considerably reduce the losses that presently occur during drying of some crops in many parts of the “developing” world. The performance so far achieved with such dryers has, however, not proved to be very satisfactory. If this performance is to be improved it is necessary to have an accurate computer model of such dryers to assist in their design. An important element is any dryer model is an accurate equation for the convective heat transfer in the collector. To assist in the development of such an equation, an experimental and numerical study of the collector heat transfer has been undertaken. In the experimental study, the collector was simulated by a 1m long by 1m wide channel with a gap of 4 cm between the upper and lower surfaces. The lower surface of the channel consisted of an aluminium plate with an electrical heating element, simulating the solar heating, bonded to its lower surface. Air was blown through this channel at a measured rate and the temperature profiles at various points along the channel were measured using a shielded thermocouple probe. Local heat transfer rates were then determined from these measured temperature profiles. In the numerical study, the parabolic forms of the governing equations were solved by a forward-marching finite difference procedure.


Author(s):  
Tunc Icoz ◽  
Qinghua Wang ◽  
Yogesh Jaluria

Natural convection has important implications in many applications like cooling of electronic equipment due to its low cost and easy maintenance. In the present study, two-dimensional natural convection heat transfer to air from multiple identical protruding heat sources, which simulate electronic components, located in a horizontal channel has been studied numerically. The fluid flow and temperature profiles, above the heating elements placed between an adiabatic lower plate and an isothermal upper plate, are obtained using numerical simulation. The effects of source temperatures, channel dimensions, openings, boundary conditions, and source locations on the heat transfer from and flow above the protruding sources are investigated. Different configurations of channel dimensions and separation distances of heat sources are considered and their effects on natural convection heat transfer characteristics are studied. The results show that the channel dimensions have a significant effect on fluid flow. However, their effects on heat transfer are found to be small. The separation distance is found to be an important parameter affecting the heat transfer rate. The numerical results of temperature profiles are compared with the experimental measurements performed using Filtered Rayleigh Scattering (FRS) technique in an earlier study, indicating good agreement. It is observed that adiabatic upper plate assumption leads to better temperature predictions than isothermal plate assumption.


Author(s):  
T. Povey ◽  
K. S. Chana ◽  
T. V. Jones ◽  
J. Hurrion

Pronounced non-uniformities in combustor exit flow temperature (hot-streaks), which arise because of discrete injection of fuel and dilution air jets within the combustor and because of end-wall cooling flows, affect both component life and aerodynamics. Because it is very difficult to quantitatively predict the affects of these temperature non-uniformities on the heat transfer rates, designers are forced to budget for hot-streaks in the cooling system design process. Consequently, components are designed for higher working temperatures than the mass-mean gas temperature, and this imposes a significant overall performance penalty. An inadequate cooling budget can lead to reduced component life. An improved understanding of hot-streak migration physics, or robust correlations based on reliable experimental data, would help designers minimise the overhead on cooling flow that is currently a necessity. A number of recent research projects sponsored by a range of industrial gas turbine and aero-engine manufacturers attest to the growing interest in hot-streak physics. This paper presents measurements of surface and end-wall heat transfer rate for an HP nozzle guide vane (NGV) operating as part of a full HP turbine stage in an annular transonic rotating turbine facility. Measurements were conducted with both uniform stage inlet temperature and with two non-uniform temperature profiles. The temperature profiles were non-dimensionally similar to profiles measured in an engine. A difference of one half of an NGV pitch in the circumferential (clocking) position of the hot-streak with respect to the NGV was used to investigate the affect of clocking on the vane surface and end-wall heat transfer rate. The vane surface pressure distributions, and the results of a flow-visualisation study, which are also given, are used to aid interpretation of the results. The results are compared to two-dimensional predictions conducted using two different boundary layer methods. Experiments were conducted in the Isentropic Light Piston Facility (ILPF) at QinetiQ Farnborough, a short duration engine-size turbine facility. Mach number, Reynolds number and gas-to-wall temperature ratios were correctly modelled. It is believed that the heat transfer measurements presented in this paper are the first of their kind.


2005 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Povey ◽  
K. S. Chana ◽  
T. V. Jones ◽  
J. Hurrion

Pronounced nonuniformities in combustor exit flow temperature (hot-streaks), which arise because of discrete injection of fuel and dilution air jets within the combustor and because of endwall cooling flows, affect both component life and aerodynamics. Because it is very difficult to quantitatively predict the effects of these temperature nonuniformities on the heat transfer rates, designers are forced to budget for hot-streaks in the cooling system design process. Consequently, components are designed for higher working temperatures than the mass-mean gas temperature, and this imposes a significant overall performance penalty. An inadequate cooling budget can lead to reduced component life. An improved understanding of hot-streak migration physics, or robust correlations based on reliable experimental data, would help designers minimize the overhead on cooling flow that is currently a necessity. A number of recent research projects sponsored by a range of industrial gas turbine and aero-engine manufacturers attest to the growing interest in hot-streak physics. This paper presents measurements of surface and endwall heat transfer rate for a high-pressure (HP) nozzle guide vane (NGV) operating as part of a full HP turbine stage in an annular transonic rotating turbine facility. Measurements were conducted with both uniform stage inlet temperature and with two nonuniform temperature profiles. The temperature profiles were nondimensionally similar to profiles measured in an engine. A difference of one-half of an NGV pitch in the circumferential (clocking) position of the hot-streak with respect to the NGV was used to investigate the affect of clocking on the vane surface and endwall heat transfer rate. The vane surface pressure distributions, and the results of a flow-visualization study, which are also given, are used to aid interpretation of the results. The results are compared to two-dimensional predictions conducted using two different boundary layer methods. Experiments were conducted in the Isentropic Light Piston Facility (ILPF) at QinetiQ Farnborough, a short-duration engine-sized turbine facility. Mach number, Reynolds number, and gas-to-wall temperature ratios were correctly modeled. It is believed that the heat transfer measurements presented in this paper are the first of their kind.


Author(s):  
M. A. Wahed ◽  
M. N. A. Hawlader

Attempts have been made to study an ice slurry generation system where two immiscible liquids, water and a coolant, are used to produce ice slurry by direct contact heat transfer. A mathematical model has been developed to evaluate the heat transfer phenomena between the coolant drops and the water in the ice slurry generation system. In this process, all the important variables that affect the direct contact heat transfer between these two fluids were incorporated into the simulation model to evaluate thermal performance of the system. Experiments were performed on an ice slurry generator using water and an immiscible liquid coolant, Fluroinert FC-84. The coolant at about −10°C to −15°C was delivered to the top of the ice slurry generator containing water and collected from the bottom for recirculation. The measured temperature profiles of water in the ice slurry generator for different coolant flow rates (8 lit/min to 12 lit/min) showed a good agreement with those temperature profiles obtained from the simulation model. These results validated the simulation model developed for the ice slurry generator. The analysis showed that during sensible cooling, the estimated heat transfer coefficients between water and the coolant were in the range of 3.0 to 6.5 kW/m2 for coolant flow rates varying from 8 lit/min to 12 lit/min. Higher coolant flow rates also enhanced the ice formation process due to the increased heat transfer rate. In addition, it was also observed that the ice production increased significantly when the nozzle was placed at the bottom of the ice slurry generator.


Author(s):  
Oskar J. González Pedraza ◽  
J. Jesús Pacheco Ibarra ◽  
Carlos Rubio Maya ◽  
Sergio R. Galván González

Cooling towers are widely used in temperature control in industrial processes and electricity generation processes by conventional and renewable energy methods. In this paper, it is presented an integral design of a counterflow cooling tower with forced draft for geothermal applications. The conceptual design was done in SolidWorks® software and the numerical simulation of the fluid through the tower was performed in Fluent® software. In the conceptual design were made both structural and tower elements design of the counterflow tower with forced draft. Besides, it was designed a self-drive sprinkler which distributes the water flow to be cooled inside the tower. In the mathematical model the velocity and temperature profiles were analyzed under different turbulence models that allow to increase their accuracy, as a result of this, it was able to calculate the heat transfer in the boundary layer between the walls packing and circulating air inside the tower. As a consequence could be estimate the coefficient of convective heat transfer.


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