Numerical investigation of heat transfer and hydrodynamics for in-line drop-shaped tubes bundle

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-59
Author(s):  
R. Deeb ◽  
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A.V. Kolotvin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Average Nusselt Number ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Equivalent Diameter ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Circular Tubes ◽  
The Third ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

A numerical study using the software package ANSYS has been conducted to investigate fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics for in-line drop-shaped and circular tubes bundles in crossflow. Reynolds number based on equivalent diameter varied in range of 3x103 ≤ Re ≤ 18.7x103. The longitudinal spacing SL= 37, 46.25 mm, while the transversal spacing ST =37 mm. A mathematical and numerical model has been developed for numerical evaluation of heat transfer and hydrodynamic of a studied bundles. The distribution of the pressure coefficient over a half surface of the circular and drop-shaped tubes of the third row was obtained. Correlations of the average Nusselt number and the friction coefficient for the studied bundles in terms of Re were presented. Results showed that pressure coefficient and heat transfer of drop-shaped tubes depend on position of tubes in tubes bundle. The thermal–hydraulic performance of the drop-shaped tubes bundle is about 1,45~ 2,01 и 1,45~ 2,01 times greater than the circular one for SL= 37, 46.25 mm, respectively.

Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids from a sinusoidal corrugated cylinder placed in a square cavity

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110272
Author(s):  
Salaika Parvin ◽  
Nepal Chandra Roy ◽  
Litan Kumar Saha ◽  
Sadia Siddiqa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Rayleigh Number ◽  
Aspect Ratio ◽  
Average Nusselt Number ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Wide Range

A numerical study is performed to investigate nanofluids' flow field and heat transfer characteristics between the domain bounded by a square and a wavy cylinder. The left and right walls of the cavity are at constant low temperature while its other adjacent walls are insulated. The convective phenomena take place due to the higher temperature of the inner corrugated surface. Super elliptic functions are used to transform the governing equations of the classical rectangular enclosure into a system of equations valid for concentric cylinders. The resulting equations are solved iteratively with the implicit finite difference method. Parametric results are presented in terms of streamlines, isotherms, local and average Nusselt numbers for a wide range of scaled parameters such as nanoparticles concentration, Rayleigh number, and aspect ratio. Several correlations have been deduced at the inner and outer surface of the cylinders for the average Nusselt number, which gives a good agreement when compared against the numerical results. The strength of the streamlines increases significantly due to an increase in the aspect ratio of the inner cylinder and the Rayleigh number. As the concentration of nanoparticles increases, the average Nusselt number at the internal and external cylinders becomes stronger. In addition, the average Nusselt number for the entire Rayleigh number range gets enhanced when plotted against the volume fraction of the nanofluid.

Effect of Turbulent Intensity and Axial Gap on Turbine Heat Transfer Using Steady and Harmonic Models

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridhar Murari ◽  
Sunnam Sathish ◽  
Ramakumar Bommisetty ◽  
Jong S. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Data ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Turbulence Intensity ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Complex Flow ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Loads

The knowledge of heat loads on the turbine is of great interest to turbine designers. Turbulence intensity and stator-rotor axial gap plays a key role in affecting the heat loads. Flow field and associated heat transfer characteristics in turbines are complex and unsteady. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has emerged as a powerful tool for analyzing these complex flow systems. Honeywell has been exploring the use of CFD tools for analysis of flow and heat transfer characteristics of various gas turbine components. The current study has two objectives. The first objective aims at development of CFD methodology by validation. The commercially available CFD code Fine/Turbo is used to validate the predicted results against the benchmark experimental data. Predicted results of pressure coefficient and Stanton number distributions are compared with available experimental data of Dring et al. [1]. The second objective is to investigate the influence of turbulence (0.5% and 10% Tu) and axial gaps (15% and 65% of axial chord) on flow and heat transfer characteristics. Simulations are carried out using both steady state and harmonic models. Turbulence intensity has shown a strong influence on turbine blade heat transfer near the stagnation region, transition and when the turbulent boundary layer is presented. Results show that a mixing plane is not able to capture the flow unsteady features for a small axial gap. Relatively close agreement is obtained with the harmonic model in these situations. Contours of pressure and temperature on the blade surface are presented to understand the behavior of the flow field across the interface.

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