scholarly journals Heat Transfer Enhancement from a Heated Plate with Hemispherical Convex Dimples by Forced Convection Along with a Cross Flow Jet Impingement

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
P. Patro ◽  
S. Garnayak

AbstractIn the present study, heat transfer from a small three dimensional rectangular channel due to turbulent jet impinging from a nozzle normal to the main flow at the inlet has been investigated. Hemispherical convex dimples are attached to the bottom plate from where heat transfer calculations are to be performed. Numerical simulations were performed using the finite volume method with SST k– ω turbulence model. The duct and nozzle Reynolds number are varied in the range of 10000 ≤ ReD ≤ 50000 and 6000 ≤ Red ≤ 12000, respectively. Different nozzle positions (X/D = 10.57, 12.88, 15.19) along the axial direction of the rectangular duct have been considered. It has been found that higher heat transfer is observed at X/D = 10.57 as compared to the other positions. The heat transfer enhancements with and without cross-flow effects have also been compared. It has been shown that the heat transfer rate with cross-flow is found to be much higher than that without cross-flow. Also, the effect of dimples on the heated surface on heat transfer was investigated. The heat transfer is found to be greater in the presence of a dimpled surface than a plane surface.

Author(s):  
Prashanta Dutta ◽  
Sandip Dutta ◽  
Jamil A. Khan

The effect of two in-line inclined baffles on the local heat transfer distributions and the associated frictional losses for a turbulent flow with uniform heating from the top surface of a rectangular channel is presented for different Reynolds numbers. A combination of two baffles of same overall size is used in this experiment. The upstream baffle remains attached to the top heated surface and the position, orientation, and geometry of the other is varied. These inclined perforated baffles combine the three major heat transfer augmentation techniques, i.e., jet impingement, internal flow swirls, and boundary layer separation. The results indicate that placement of two inclined baffles augment the overall heat transfer coefficient significantly along with the local heat transfer distribution. The pattern of local Nusselt number ratio strongly depends on the position, orientation, and geometry of the second plate. Like single inclined baffles and rib mounted channels, two baffles offer more pressure drop at higher flow Reynolds number.


Author(s):  
M. Ebrahim ◽  
L. Silva ◽  
A. Ortega

Synthetic jets are produced by periodically injecting and ejecting fluid from an orifice. The mass flow rate is conserved in such a jet but net momentum flux is created due to the difference in the fluid dynamics at the orifice between the ejection and suction parts of each cycle. When pointed towards a heated surface, the synthetic jet can be used for cooling using the well-known advantages of jet impingement. In the present work, we have created a “canonical” jet in order to investigate the flow and heat transfer of a purely periodic synthetic jet which is not influenced by the manner in which it is generated. As such the “canonical” jet and the resulting heat transfer, can be considered to be dependent solely on the driving suction/ejection mechanisms at the orifice and thus can be examined independently of the actuator. The unsteady Navier-Stokes equations and the convection-diffusion equation were solved using a fully unsteady, laminar, three-dimensional axisymmetric finite volume approach in order to capture the complex time-dependent flow field created by different frequencies. The influence of jet-to-surface distance, Reynolds number, and driving frequency on heat transfer were investigated. Both stagnation and averaged Nusselt numbers were observed to be less dependent on frequency. Heat transfer was found to be higher at high Re numbers and low jet-to-surface distance. Results were compared with the steady continuous jet, experimental data of previous studies and the canonical slot synthetic jet at the same Reynolds number. A circular jet was found to be less efficient in removing heat over the heated wall than a slot synthetic jet.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamil A. Khan ◽  
Jason Hinton ◽  
Sarah C. Baxter

Abstract Common heat transfer enhancement techniques are found in many of today’s processes. Devices such as inclined baffles, rib turbulators, jet impingement, etc are all used in order to augment the thermal transfer of a process. Inclined baffles have been studied along with the combination of jet impingement techniques. Inclined baffles enhance heat transfer by enhancing large-scale fluid bulk motion and through tripped boundary layer flow separation. Impinging jets, created by perforating the baffle, create additional heat transfer through flow impingement on the heated surface. Rib turbulators create heat transfer augmentation by disturbing the thermal boundary layer, unlike baffles; ribs enhance heat transfer in areas near the heat transfer surface leaving the core flow largely undisturbed. This investigation investigates experimental heat transfer of turbulent flow in a rectangular channel with inclined solid and perforated baffles combined with rib turbulators for isoflux heating at the top surface of the channel. Combining ribs with baffles yielded an increase in average Nusselt Number, albeit, with a pressure drop penalty. In situations where rate of heat transfer is critical to the performance of a device combining ribs with baffle is a viable solution.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser S. Alzahrani ◽  
Lesley M. Wright ◽  
Andrew Chen ◽  
Je-Chin Han

Abstract An experimental study was completed to quantify heat transfer enhancement, pressure loss, and crossflow effect within a channel of inline impinging jets. The jet diameter is 5.08 mm and the jet-to-jet spacing in the streamwise and spanwise directions is fixed at x/d = 11.1 and y/d = 5.9, respectively. The effect of jet-to-target surface spacing was considered with z/d = 3 and 6. For both of the jet-to-target surface spacings, a smooth surface, the reference case, and a surface roughened with partial height pins were investigated. The roughened surface has a staggered array of 120 partial height copper pin fins. The pin to jet diameter and the pin height to diameter ratios are D/d = 0.94 and H/D = 1.6, respectively. Regionally averaged heat transfer coefficient distributions were measured on the target surface, and these distributions were coupled with pressure measurements through the array. The heat transfer augmentation and pressure penalty were investigated over a range of jet Reynolds numbers (10K–70K). The results show high discharge coefficients for all the cases. The channels with the tight jet-to-target surface spacing experience double the cross-flow effect of its increased spacing counterpart. The addition of surface roughness showed a negligible effect on the crossflow. The best heat transfer performance was observed in the impingement channel with the pinned target surface at z/d = 3.


2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bunker ◽  
M. YA. Belen'kii ◽  
M. A. Gotovskii ◽  
B. S. Fokin ◽  
S. A. Isaev

Author(s):  
Ali Radwan ◽  
Meshack Hawi ◽  
Mahmoud Ahmed

In this study, an efficient cooling technique for concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) cells is proposed to enhance the system electrical efficiency and extend its lifetime. To do this, a comprehensive three-dimensional conjugate heat transfer model of CPV cells layers coupled with the heat transfer and fluid flow model inside jet impingement heat sink is developed. Four different jet impingement designs are compared. The investigated designs are (A) central inlet jet, (B) Hypotenuse inlet jet, (C) staggered inlet jet, and (D) conventional jet impingement design with side drainage. The effect of coolant flowrate on the CPV/T system performance is investigated. The model is numerically simulated and validated using the available experiments. The performance of CPV system is investigated at solar concentration ratios of 20 and coolant flowrate up to 6000g/min. It is found that increasing the flowrate from 60 g/min to 600 g/min decrease the maximum cell temperature by 31°C for the configuration D while increasing the flowrate from 600 g/min to 6000 g/min reduce the cell temperature by 20.2°C. It is also concluded that at a higher flowrate of 6000g/min, all the investigated configurations relatively achieve better temperature uniformity with maximum temperature differences of 0.9 °C, 2.1 °C, 3.6 °C, and 3.9 °C for configurations A, B, C, and D respectively.


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