Parametric Effects on Heat Transfer of Impingement on Dimpled Surface

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koonlaya Kanokjaruvijit ◽  
Ricardo F. Martinez-Botas

Jet impingement on a dimpled surface is investigated experimentally for Reynolds numbers in the range 5000–11500, and jet-to-plate spacing from 1 to 12 jet-diameters. These include spatially resolved local Nusselt numbers with impingement both on the dimpled itself and on the flat portion between dimples. Two dimple geometries are considered: hemispherical dimples and double or cusp elliptical dimples. All experiments were carried under maximum crossflow that is the spent air exits along one way. At the narrow jet-to-plate spacing such as H/Dj=2, a vigorous recirculation occurred, which prevented the dimpled plate to enhance heat transfer. The effect of impinging jet positions meant that impinging onto dimples generated more and higher energetic vortices, and this led to better heat transfer performance. Cusped elliptical dimples increase the heat transfer compared to a flat plate less than the hemispherical geometry. The influence of dimple depth was also considered, the shallower dimple, d/Dd=0.15, improves significantly the heat transfer by 64% compared to that of the flat surface impingement at H/Dj=4; this result was 38% higher than that for a deeper dimple of d/Dd=0.25. The very significant increase in average heat transfer makes dimple surface impingement a candidate for cooling applications. Detailed pressure measurements will form a second part of this paper, however, plenum pressure measurements are illustrated here as well as a surface pressure measurement on both streamwise and spanwise directions.

Author(s):  
Koonlaya Kanokjaruvijit ◽  
Ricardo F. Martinez-Botas

Jet impingement on a dimpled surface is investigated experimentally for Reynolds numbers in the range 5000–11500, and jet-to-plate spacing from 2 to 12 jet-diameters. These include spatially resolved local Nusselt numbers with impingement both on the dimpled itself and on the flat portion between dimples. Two dimple geometries are considered: hemispherical dimples and double or cusp elliptical dimples. All experiments were carried under maximum crossflow, that is the spent air exits along one way. At the narrow jet-to-plate spacing, such as H/Dj = 2, a vigorous recirculation occurred, which prevented the dimpled plate to enhance heat transfer. The effect of impinging jet positions meant that impinging onto dimples generated more and higher energetic vortices, and this led to better heat transfer performance. Cusped elliptical dimples increase the heat transfer compared to a flat plate less than the hemispherical geometry. The influence of dimple depth was also considered, the shallower dimple, d/Dd = 0.15, improves significantly the heat transfer by 64% compared to that of the flat surface impingement at H/Dj = 4, this result was 38% higher than that for a deeper dimple of d/Dd = 0.25. The very significant increase in average heat transfer makes dimple surface impingement a candidate for cooling applications. Detailed pressure measurements will form a second part of this paper, however, plenum pressure measurements are illustrated here as well as a surface pressure measurement on both streamwise and spanwise directions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Hoefler ◽  
Simon Schueren ◽  
Jens von Wolfersdorf ◽  
Shailendra Naik

Heat transfer measurements of a confined impingement cooling configuration with ribs on the target surfaces are presented. The assembly consists of four nonperpendicular walls of which one holds two rows of staggered inclined jets, each impinging on a different adjacent wall. The ribs are aligned with the inclined jet axes, have the same pitch, and are staggered to the impinging jets. The flow exhausts through two staggered rows of holes opposing the impingement wall. The passage geometry is related to a modern gas turbine blade cooling configuration. A transient liquid crystal technique was used to take spatially resolved surface heat transfer measurements for the ground area between the ribs. A comparison with the smooth baseline configuration reveals local differences and a generally reduced heat transfer for the rib-roughened case. Furthermore, lumped heat capacity measurements of the ribs yielded area averaged heat transfer information for the ribs. From the combination of ground and rib heat transfer measurements, it is concluded that the overall performance of the ribbed configuration depends on the Reynolds number. Of the five investigated jet Reynolds numbers from 10,000 to 75,000, only for the highest Re the averaged Nusselt numbers increase slightly compared with the smooth baseline configuration.


Author(s):  
Florian Hoefler ◽  
Simon Schueren ◽  
Jens von Wolfersdorf ◽  
Shailendra Naik

Heat transfer measurements of a confined impingement cooling configuration with ribs on the target surfaces are presented. The assembly consists of four non-perpendicular walls of which one holds two rows of staggered inclined jets, each impinging on a different adjacent wall. The ribs are aligned with the inclined jet axes, have the same pitch and are staggered to the impinging jets. The flow exhausts through two staggered rows of holes opposing the impingement wall. The passage geometry is related to a modern gas turbine blade cooling configuration. A transient liquid crystal technique was used to take spatially resolved surface heat transfer measurements for the ground area between the ribs. A comparison with the smooth baseline configuration reveals local differences and a generally reduced heat transfer for the rib-roughened case. Furthermore, lumped heat capacity measurements of the ribs yielded area averaged heat transfer information for the ribs. From the combination of ground and rib heat transfer measurements it is concluded that the overall performance of the ribbed configuration depends on the Reynolds number. Of the five investigated jet Reynolds numbers from 10,000 up to 75,000, only for the highest Re the averaged Nusselt numbers increase slightly compared to the smooth baseline configuration.


Author(s):  
Zhong Ren ◽  
Sneha Reddy Vanga ◽  
Nathan Rogers ◽  
Phil Ligrani ◽  
Keith Hollingsworth ◽  
...  

The present study provides new heat transfer data for both the surfaces of the full coverage effusion cooling plate within a double wall cooling test facility. To produce the cooling stream, a cold-side cross-flow supply for the effusion hole array is employed. Also utilized is a unique mainstream mesh heater, which provides transient thermal boundary conditions, after mainstream flow conditions are established. For the effusion cooled surface, presented are spatially-resolved distributions of surface adiabatic film cooling effectiveness, and surface heat transfer coefficients (measured using infrared thermography). For the coolant side, presented are spatially-resolved distributions of surface Nusselt numbers (measured using liquid crystal thermography). Of interest are the effects of streamwise development, blowing ratio, and Reynolds number. Streamwise hole spacing and spanwise hole spacing (normalized by effusion hole diameter) on the effusion plate are 15 and 4, respectively. Effusion hole diameter is 6.35 mm, effusion hole angle is 25 degrees, and effusion plate thickness is 3 hole diameters. Considered are overall effusion blowing ratios from 2.9 to 7.5, with subsonic, incompressible flow, and constant freestream velocity with streamwise development, for two different mainstream Reynolds numbers. For the hot side (mainstream) of the effusion film cooling test plate, results for two mainflow Reynolds numbers of about 145000 and 96000 show that the adiabatic cooling effectiveness is generally higher for the lower Reynolds number for a particular streamwise location and blowing ratio. The heat transfer coefficient is generally higher for the low Reynolds number flow. This is due to altered supply passage flow behavior, which causes a reduction in coolant lift-off of the film from the surface as coolant momentum, relative to mainstream momentum, decreases. For the coolant side of the effusion test plate, Nusselt numbers generally increase with blowing ratio, when compared at a particular streamwise location and mainflow Reynolds number.


Author(s):  
F. A. Jafar ◽  
G. R. Thorpe ◽  
O¨. F. Turan

Equipment used to cool horticultural produce often involves three-phase porous media. The flow field and heat transfer processes that occur in such equipment are generally quantified by means of empirical relationships amongst dimensionless groups. This work represents a first step towards the goal of harnessing the power of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to better understand the heat transfer process that occur in beds of irrigated horticultural produce. The primary objective of the present study is to use numerical predictions towards reducing energy and cooling water requirement in cooling horticultural produce. In this paper, flow and heat transfer predictions are presented of a single slot liquid jet on flat and curved surfaces using a CFD code (FLUENT) for 2-D configurations. The effects of Reynolds number, nozzle to plate spacing, nozzle width and target surface configuration have been studied. Reynolds numbers of 250, 500, 700, 1800 and 1900 are studied where the liquid medium is water. Here, the Reynolds number is defined in terms of the hydraulic nozzle diameter, inlet jet velocity and fluid kinematic viscosity. The results show that Reynolds numbers, nozzle to plate spacing and nozzle width have a significant effect on the flow filed and heat transfer characteristics; whereas the target surface configuration at stagnation area has no substantial impact. The use of a numerical tool has enabled detailed investigation of these characteristics, which have not been available in the literature previously.


Author(s):  
Tooraj Yousefi ◽  
Saeed Ebrahimi ◽  
Masood Bigharaz ◽  
Sajjad Mahmoodi Nezhad

An experimental study has been carried out to investigate heat transfer characteristics on internal surfaces of a V-shaped plate exposed to a slot jet impingement of air. A square-edged nozzle is mounted parallel with V-shaped plate axis and jet flow impinges on the bottom of the V-shaped plate. The study is focused on Rayleigh number 159000, angle of V-shaped plate ranging from 22.5 to 45 degree, low Reynolds numbers ranging from 29.05 to 60.41, and slot-to-(V-shaped plate) spacing from 17 to 21 of the slot width. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer is used for measurement of local Nusselt number on the V-shaped plate. It is observed that the local Nusselt number and average Nusselt number decrease with increasing the jet spacing and increase with increasing the Reynolds number. Also the local Nusselt number and average nusselt number increase with rising the angle of V-shaped plate.


Author(s):  
Gilberto Moreno ◽  
Sreekant Narumanchi ◽  
Travis Venson ◽  
Kevin Bennion

An experimental investigation was conducted to examine the use of microstructured surfaces to enhance jet impingement heat transfer. Three microstructured surfaces were evaluated: a microfinned surface, a microporous coating, and a spray pyrolysis coating. The performance of these surface coatings/structures was compared to the performance of simple surface roughening techniques and millimeter-scale finned surfaces. Experiments were conducted using water in both the free- and submerged-jet configurations at Reynolds numbers ranging from 3300 to 18,700. At higher Reynolds numbers, the microstructured surfaces were found to increase Nusselt numbers by 130% and 100% in the free- and submerged-jet configurations, respectively. Potential enhancement mechanisms due to the microstructured surfaces are discussed for each configuration. Finally, an analysis was conducted to assess the impacts of cooling a power electronic module via a jet impingement scheme utilizing microfinned surfaces.


Author(s):  
Weston V. Harmon ◽  
Lesley M. Wright ◽  
Daniel C. Crites ◽  
Mark C. Morris ◽  
Ardeshir Riahi

The effect of jet plate thickness is considered as regionally averaged Nusselt numbers are measured on a concave surface, which models the leading edge of modern gas turbine blades. The performance of both round and racetrack shaped orifices for leading edge impingement is considered. Regionally averaged heat transfer coefficient distributions are obtained in a steady state experiment using heated aluminum plates. From this traditional heat transfer technique, the heat transfer afforded by jet plates of varying thickness is quantified. The thickness of the jet plate is varied from 1.33 to 4.0 diameters (for both the round and racetrack shaped jets). To model the modern, cast airfoil, the effect of an inlet and outlet radius on the jet orifice is also investigated. For all cases, the jet – to – target surface spacing (z/djet) is 4, the jet – to – jet spacing (s/djet) is 8, and the target surface diameter – to jet diameter (D/djet) is 5.33. Target surface Nusselt numbers are obtained for three separate Reynolds numbers. For the round orifices, jet Reynolds numbers of 14,000, 28,100, and 42,100 are used while the corresponding Reynolds numbers for the racetrack shaped jets are 11,800, 23,600, and 35,400. Although the Reynolds number is reduced for the racetrack shaped jets, the mass flow through each jet remains constant (from the round to the racetrack jets). The Nusselt numbers measured in the stagnation region of the target surface are relatively insensitive to the jet plate thickness. For all cases considered, the flow is not developed as it exits the orifice, so the flow structures of the jets ensuing from each of the plates are similar. When the inlet of the jet is rounded, the vena contracta effect within the orifice is minimized, and a more symmetrical jet develops within the orifice. For a fixed flow rate, the racetrack shaped jets provide enhanced heat transfer compared to the round jets for all geometries considered.


Author(s):  
K Kanokjaruvijit ◽  
R F Martinez-Botas

A dimpled surface, used as a turbulence promoter, was combined with jet impingement to investigate the potential for heat transfer enhancement. An eight-by-eight jet array was used to impinge a staggered dimple surface, both on the dimples themselves and on the flat portions adjacent to the dimples. The heat transfer coefficient was measured using the transient wide-band liquid crystal method. The jet-to-plate spacing (H/D) studied was 2, 4 and 8. Two dimple geometries were tested: hemispherical concavities and cusped elliptical shapes. All the results were normalized by those from a flat plate. The results varied depending on the H/D spacing and the flow scheme for the exit (one-way, two-way and four-way exits); the effect of geometry variation (hemispherical or cusp shapes) was secondary. The maximum exit flow scheme (four-way exit) achieved the highest enhancement of heat transfer. The combination of dimples and impingement can lead to significant enhancement, but careful optimization of the location of impingement would be required.


Author(s):  
Kyo Sung Choo ◽  
Sung Jin Kim

Heat transfer characteristics of an impinging air jet are experimentally investigated under a fixed pumping power condition. The effects of dimensionless pumping power on the Nusselt number are considered. The focus is on cases where the nozzle-to-plate spacing is equal to or less than one nozzle diameter. The results show that the Nusselt number is independent of the nozzle-to-plate spacing under fixed pumping power conditions, while the Nusselt number increases with decreasing the nozzle-to-plate spacing under fixed flow rate conditions. Based on the experimental results, new correlations for the stagnation and average Nusselt numbers of the impinging jet are developed as a function of the pumping power alone.


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