Convective Heat Transfer From a Heated Plate to the Orthogonally Impinging Air Jet

Author(s):  
Abhishek B. Bhagwat ◽  
Arunkumar Sridharan

The convective heat transfer process between the orthogonal air jet impingement on a uniformly heated flat plate is studied numerically. In this numerical study, three-dimensional (3D) simulations are carried out in Fluent 14.0 to investigate the effect of Reynolds number, distance between nozzle exit and the plate on the heat transfer characteristics. V2F turbulence model has been used to model turbulence. Standard κ–ε, Realizable κ–ε, κ–ε RNG, SST κ–ω, Standard κ–ω, V2F turbulence models have been studied for orthogonal jet impingement in this work. It is observed that for jet exit to plate distance (Z/d) of 0.5 ≤ Z/d ≤ 6, V2F model is best suited. For Z/d ≤ 0.5 and Z/d ≥ 6, numerical results vary significantly from the experimental results. Reynolds number of 12,000, 20,000, and 28,000 has been studied. In this paper, results for various jet exit to the plate distance (Z/d) from 0.5 to 10 are presented. At low jet plate spacing Z/d < 4, secondary peak in Nusselt number distribution over the plate is visible in experimental results. V2F model correctly predicts the secondary peak in Nusselt number variation over the plate. Other models fail to predict the secondary peak which is of significant importance in air jet impingement at low jet-plate spacing (Z/d < 4).

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuj Kumar Shukla ◽  
Anupam Dewan

Purpose Convective heat transfer features of a turbulent slot jet impingement are comprehensively studied using two different computational approaches, namely, URANS (unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations) and SAS (scale-adaptive simulation). Turbulent slot jet impingement heat transfer is used where a considerable heat transfer enhancement is required, and computationally, it is a quite challenging flow configuration. Design/methodology/approach Customized OpenFOAM 4.1, an open-access computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, is used for SAS (SST-SAS k-ω) and URANS (standard k-ε and SST k-ω) computations. A low-Re version of the standard k-ε model is used, and other models are formulated for good wall-refined calculations. Three turbulence models are formulated in OpenFOAM 4.1 with second-order accurate discretization schemes. Findings It is observed that the profiles of the streamwise turbulence are under-predicted at all the streamwise locations by SST k-ω and SST SAS k-ω models, but follow similar trends as in the reported results. The standard k-ε model shows improvements in the predictions of the streamwise turbulence and mean streamwise velocity profiles in the zone of outer wall jet. Computed profiles of Nusselt number by SST k-ω and SST-SAS k-ω models are nearly identical and match well with the reported experimental results. However, the standard k-ε model does not provide a reasonable profile or quantification of the local Nusselt number. Originality/value Hybrid turbulence model is suitable for efficient CFD computations for the complex flow problems. This paper deals with a detailed comparison of the SAS model with URANS and LES for the first time in the literature. A thorough assessment of the computations is performed against the results reported using experimental and large eddy simulations techniques followed by a detailed discussion on flow physics. The present results are beneficial for scientists working with hybrid turbulence models and in industries working with high-efficiency cooling/heating system computations.


Author(s):  
Francisco P. Brójo ◽  
Luís C. Gonçalves ◽  
Pedro D. Silva

The scope of the present work is to characterize the heat transfer between a ribbed surface and an air flow. The convective heat transfer coefficients, the Stanton number and the Nusselt number were calculated in the Reynolds number range, 5.13 × 105 to 1.02 × 106. The tests were performed inside a turbulent wind tunnel with one roughness height (e/Dh = 0.07). The ribs had triangular section with an attack angle of 60°. The surface temperatures were measured using an infrared (IR) thermographic equipment, which allows the measurement of the temperature with a good spatial definition (10.24 × 10−6 m2) and a resolution of 0.1°C. The experimental measures allowed the calculation of the convective heat transfer coefficient, the Stanton number and the Nusselt number. The results obtained suggested a flow pattern that includes both reattachment and recirculation. Low values of the dimensionless Stanton number, i.e. Stx*, are obtained at the recirculation zones and very high values of Stx* at the zones of reattachment. The reattachment is located at a dimensionless distance of 0.38 from the top of the rib. That distance seems to be independent of the Reynolds number. The local dimensionless Stanton number remains constant as the Reynolds number varies. The convective heat transfer coefficient presents an uncertainty in the range of 3 to 6%.


Author(s):  
Weihong Li ◽  
Xueying Li ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongde Jiang ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
...  

This study comprehensively illustrates the effect of Reynolds number, hole spacing, jet-to-target distance and hole inclination on the convective heat transfer performance of an impinging jet array. Highly resolved heat transfer coefficient distributions on the target plate are obtained utilizing transient liquid crystal over a range of Reynolds numbers varying between 5,000 and 25,000. Effect of streamwise and spanwise jet-to-jet spacing (X/D, Y/D: 4–8) and jet-to-target plate distance (Z/D: 0.75–3) are employed composing a test matrix of 36 different geometries. Additionally, the effect of hole inclination (θ: 0°–40°) on the heat transfer coefficient is investigated. Optical hole spacing arrangements and impingement distance are pointed out to maximize the area-averaged Nusselt number and minimize the amount of cooling air. Also included is a new correlation, based on that of Florschuetz et al., to predict row-averaged Nusselt number. The new correlation is capable to cover low Z/D∼0.75 and presents better prediction of row-averaged Nusselt number, which proves to be an effective impingement design tool.


Author(s):  
Alana Sankar ◽  
Sreedhara Rao Gunakala ◽  
Donna Comissiong

Blood flow through permeable microcirculation in the presence of a composite stenosis, an external magnetic field and convective heat transfer was examined. A two-layered model for the blood consisting of a fluid-particle suspension in the core region with a peripheral cell-free plasma layer was used. The proposed system of equations was solved and plots were generated. In the presence of permeable walls, an external magnetic field and convective heat transfer, the temperature of the blood, friction-factor Reynolds number and Nusselt number were investigated. The temperature of the blood increased when the Hartmann number increased, Darcy number increased, haematocrit level increased or the peripheral layer thinned. The friction-factor Reynolds number product increased as the haematocrit, Hartmann number, stenosis height or Darcy number increased. The Nusselt number decreased as the Hartmann number, haematocrit, stenosis height or Darcy number increased. These results were interpreted in terms of the physical situation. This study aids in understanding the effects of wall permeability, a magnetic field and the presence of heat transfer on different diseased arterial systems in the future.


Author(s):  
Abhishek B. Bhagwat ◽  
Arunkumar Sridharan

Jet impingement cooling has been studied extensively as this finds applications in the areas of reactor safety, electronic cooling, etc. Here, the convective heat transfer process between the air jet impingement on a uniformly heated inclined flat plate is studied numerically. In this numerical study, 3D simulations are carried out using commercial CFD code to investigate the effect of angle of inclination of plate, Reynolds number, and distance between the nozzle exit and the plate on the heat transfer characteristics. V2F model has been used to model turbulence for various nozzle–plate distance and Reynolds number. It can be concluded that V2F model predicts the Nusselt number variation on the plate satisfactorily. It is observed that point of maximum heat transfer is at the stagnation point in case of vertical jet impinging on a horizontal plate, while it shifts away from the point of impingement for the case of a vertical jet impinging on an inclined flat surface. The shift is toward the “compression side” or the “uphill side” of the air jet. The results are validated with experimental data from the literature. Detailed analysis of local heat transfer coefficients, velocity contours, temperature contours, and Nusselt number variations on the flat plate is presented.


2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayank Modak ◽  
Sandesh S. Chougule ◽  
Santosh K. Sahu

In the present study, an experimental investigation has been carried out to analyze the heat transfer characteristics of CuO–water nanofluids jet on a hot surface. A rectangular stainless steel foil (AISI-304, 0.15 mm thick) used as the test surface is electrically heated to obtain the required initial temperature (500 °C). The distribution of surface heat flux on the target surface is evaluated from the recorded thermal images during transient cooling. The effect of nanoparticle concentration and Reynolds number of the nanofluids on the heat transfer characteristics is studied. Tests are performed for varied range of Reynolds number (5000 ≤ Re ≤ 12,000), two different CuO–water nanofluids concentration (Ф = 0.15%, 0.6%) and two different nozzle to plate distance (l/d = 6, 12). The enhancement in Nusselt number for CuO–water nanofluids was found to be 14% and 90%, for nanofluids concentration of Ф = 0.15% and Ф = 0.60%, respectively, compared to pure water. The test surface characteristics after nanofluids jet impingement are studied using scanning electron microscope (SEM). Based on the investigation, a correlation among various parameters, namely, Reynolds number (Re), Prandtl number (Pr), nozzle to plate distance (l/d), and Nusselt number (Nu), is presented.


2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangbi Wang ◽  
Yongheng Zhang ◽  
Yuan Wu ◽  
Qiuwang Wang ◽  
Zhihui Yin

The convective heat transfer characteristics on the surface of a rolling wheel are investigated using the naphthalene sublimation technique. Five sizes of rolling wheel are selected in the experiments. The local and average Nusselt numbers are obtained. The results reveal that if the wheel radius is used as the characteristic length, the relationship between Nusselt number and Reynolds number is dependent on the wheel radius. This indicates that the wheel radius is not the characteristic length to determine the dimensionless convective heat transfer characteristics of the rolling wheel. Thus, a newly defined characteristic length is provided. For different radii of the wheel, the relationships between Nusselt number and Reynolds number based on this length collapse into one reasonable correlation. The correlation not only enriches the insight of convective heat transfer on rolling wheel but also extends the applicability of the present experimental data.


2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Seyf ◽  
Mohammad Layeghi

A numerical analysis of forced convective heat transfer from an elliptical pin fin heat sink with and without metal foam inserts is conducted using three-dimensional conjugate heat transfer model. The pin fin heat sink model consists of six elliptical pin rows with 3 mm major diameter, 2 mm minor diameter, and 20 mm height. The Darcy–Brinkman–Forchheimer and classical Navier–Stokes equations, together with corresponding energy equations are used in the numerical analysis of flow field and heat transfer in the heat sink with and without metal foam inserts, respectively. A finite volume code with point implicit Gauss–Seidel solver in conjunction with algebraic multigrid method is used to solve the governing equations. The code is validated by comparing the numerical results with available experimental results for a pin fin heat sink without porous metal foam insert. Different metallic foams with various porosities and permeabilities are used in the numerical analysis. The effects of air flow Reynolds number and metal foam porosity and permeability on the overall Nusselt number, pressure drop, and the efficiency of heat sink are investigated. The results indicate that structural properties of metal foam insert can significantly influence on both flow and heat transfer in a pin fin heat sink. The Nusselt number is shown to increase more than 400% in some cases with a decrease in porosity and an increase in Reynolds number. However, the pressure drop increases with decreasing permeability and increasing Reynolds number.


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. O. Popiel ◽  
L. Boguslawski

The results of an experimental investigation of local convective heat transfer from the surface of a rotating disk in an impinging free round air jet, issuing from a long tube, are reported. Using a transient heat transfer method applied to the ring-shaped h-calorimeter (as a single lumped capacitance element) measurements of convective heat transfer rates were made for five impingement radius (fixed) to tube diameter ratios for a range of rotational and jet Reynolds numbers. In the pure impingement-dominated regime, where the rotation of the disk does not show an effect on heat transfer, the velocity ratio is ur/uj ≤ (1 − 2 × 10−4 Re2/3) (1 − 0.18 r/d), where ur = tangential velocity of the disk at the jet impingement radius r, uj = average exit velocity of jet, and d = jet tube diameter. In this regime, the local heat transfer on the rotating disk can be strongly enhanced by jet impingement. For ur/uj ⪞ 5, the effect of the jet impingement on heat transfer can be neglected. The discussion of the heat transfer results has been supported by smoke flow visualization.


2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Azwadi Che Sidik ◽  
M.M. Yassin ◽  
M.N. Musa

A numerical simulation was accomplished in this study that investigated the turbulent force convective heat transfer and pressure drop in straight circular copper pipe with a hydraulic diameter of 0.0005m and 0.1m in length, as given by Lee and Mudawar [11]. The enhancement of heat transfer for water and nanofluids (Fe3O4) under 100 [W/m2] constant heat flux was applied around the wall of the pipe. In this study, standard k-ɛ turbulence model was employed and was performed at a steady state flow, incompressible turbulent flow, and three-dimensional structure. Various volume concentrations of nanoparticles were conducted in the range of 1% to 15% at constant nanoparticle diameter size, which was 32 nm. The heat transfer enhancement was obtained in the range of Reynolds number from 3000 to 10,000. The results displayed an increase in Reynolds number and volume concentrations, as well as an increase in the Nusselt number. The optimum Nusselt number gained was about 5% to 6% of volume concentration at each Reynolds number tested. Besides, with the increase of Reynolds number, the variation pressure saw a dropped for inlet, whereas an increase in the outlet section. Moreover, the  increase in volume concentration also caused a small increment in the pressure drop compared to pure water.


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