A Numerical Study of the Effect of Longitudinal Vortex Generators on Heat Transfer Enhancement and Pressure Drop in a Rectangular Channel

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soham Bakshi ◽  
Badih Jawad ◽  
Kingman Yee ◽  
Liping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Vortex Generators ◽  
Longitudinal Vortex ◽  
Transfer Enhancement

Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement in narrow rectangular channel with longitudinal vortex generators

2007 ◽  
Vol 237 (7) ◽  
pp. 686-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuwang Wang ◽  
Qiuyang Chen ◽  
Ling Wang ◽  
Min Zeng ◽  
Yanping Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Vortex Generators ◽  
Longitudinal Vortex ◽  
Transfer Enhancement

An Experimental and Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Pressure Loss in a Rectangular Channel With V-Shaped Ribs

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Maurer ◽  
Jens von Wolfersdorf ◽  
Michael Gritsch
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
High Reynolds Numbers ◽  
High Reynolds

An experimental and numerical study was conducted to determine the thermal performance of V-shaped ribs in a rectangular channel with an aspect ratio of 2:1. Local heat transfer coefficients were measured using the steady state thermochromic liquid crystal technique. Periodic pressure losses were obtained with pressure taps along the smooth channel sidewall. Reynolds numbers from 95,000 to 500,000 were investigated with V-shaped ribs located on one side or on both sides of the test channel. The rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratios (e/Dh) were 0.0625 and 0.02, and the rib pitch-to-height ratio (P/e) was 10. In addition, all test cases were investigated numerically. The commercial software FLUENT™ was used with a two-layer k-ε turbulence model. Numerically and experimentally obtained data were compared. It was determined that the heat transfer enhancement based on the heat transfer of a smooth wall levels off for Reynolds numbers over 200,000. The introduction of a second ribbed sidewall slightly increased the heat transfer enhancement whereas the pressure penalty was approximately doubled. Diminishing the rib height at high Reynolds numbers had the disadvantage of a slightly decreased heat transfer enhancement, but benefits in a significantly reduced pressure loss. At high Reynolds numbers small-scale ribs in a one-sided ribbed channel were shown to have the best thermal performance.

Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement on a Small Scale Vortex Generator

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiansheng Wang ◽  
Zhiqin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Flow Structure ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Vortex Generator ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Vortex Generators ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Transfer Enhancement

The heat transfer characteristic and flow structure of fluid in the rectangular channel with different height vortex generators in small scale are investigated with numerical simulation. Meantime, the properties of heat transfer and flow of fluid in the rectangular channel are compared with the channel which located small scale vortex generator. The variation law of local heat transfer and flow structure in channel is obtained. The mechanism of heat transfer enhancement of small scale vortex generators is discussed in detail. It is found that the influence of vortex generator on heat transfer is not in proportion to the size of vortex generator. What is more, turbulent flow structure near the wall, which influences the temperature distribution near the wall, induces the variety of local heat transfer. The fluid movement towards to the wall causes the heat transfer enhanced. On the contrary, the fluid movement away from the wall decreases the local heat transfer.

Heat Transfer Between Blockages With Holes in a Rectangular Channel

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Moon ◽  
S. C. Lau
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Hole Array ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Large Pressure

Experiments have been conducted to study steady heat transfer between two blockages with holes and pressure drop across the blockages, for turbulent flow in a rectangular channel. Average heat transfer coefficient and local heat transfer distribution on one of the channel walls between two blockages, and overall pressure drop across the blockages were obtained, for nine different staggered arrays of holes in the blockages and Reynolds numbers of 10,000 and 30,000. For the hole configurations studied, the blockages enhanced heat transfer by 4.6 to 8.1 times, but significantly increased the pressure drop. Smaller holes in the blockages caused higher heat transfer enhancement, but larger increase of the pressure drop than larger holes. The heat transfer enhancement was lower in the higher Reynolds number cases. Because of the large pressure drop, the heat transfer per unit pumping power was lower with the blockages than without the blockages. The local heat transfer was lower nearer the upstream blockage, the highest near the downstream blockage, and also relatively high in regions of reattachment of the jets leaving the upstream holes. The local heat transfer distribution was strongly dependent on the configuration of the hole array in the blockages. A third upstream blockage lowered both the heat transfer and the pressure drop, and significantly changed the local heat transfer distribution.

scholarly journals 2D Numerical Study of Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Fish-Tail Locomotion Vortex Generators

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-392
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hashim Yousif ◽  
Hakim T. Kadhim ◽  
Kadhim K. Idan Al-Chlaihawi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Vortex Generators ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Fluid Flow Characteristics

In this paper, a numerical simulation is performed to study the effect of two types of concave vortex generators (VGs), arranged as fish-tail locomotion in a rectangular channel. The heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics with and without VGs are examined over the Reynolds number range 200≤Re≤2200.The two proposed types of the VGs are selected based on the speed of the fish movement which is arranged in different distances between them (d/H=0.6, 1, 1.3). The results show that the use of VGs can significantly enhance the heat transfer rate, but also increases the friction factor. The heat transfer performance is enhanced by (4-21.1%) reaching the maximum value by using the first type of the VGs at (d/H=1.3) due to better mixing of secondary flow and the new arrangement of the VGs which lead to decreasing the friction factor with an easy flow of fluid.

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