Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement with Mist Injection
In the present work, computational simulations was made using ANSYS CFX to predict the improvements of internal heat transfer in rectangular ribbed channel using different coolants. Several coolants such as air, steam, air/mist and steam/mist were investigated. The shear stress transport (SST) turbulence model is selected by comparing the predictions of different turbulence models with experimental results. The results indicate that the heat transfer coefficients enhance in ribbed channel at injection small amount of mist. The heat transfer coefficients of air/mist, steam and steam/mist increase by 1.13, 1.57 and 2.07 times than that of air, respectively. Furthermore, comparing with droplets size, the proper size is from 6 to 10 µm. which had the best enhancement performance in ribbed duct.