Numerical Investigation of Flow and Heat Transfer From a Rotating Sphere with Constant Angular Velocity Around Vertical Axis Floating in Stationary Fluid

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajjad Safarzadeh ◽  
A. B. Rahimi

Abstract Convective heat transfer for a rotating sphere around a vertical axis floating in stationary fluid is studied numerically using the model of volume of fluid (VOF). The effects of the immersion angle and rotating velocity on the streamlines, isotherm and volume fraction contours, mean and local Nusselt numbers, volumetric flow rate, and water film thickness are investigated for the angular rotational velocity, 1500 ≤ Ω ≤ 3500 and the immersion angle, 30° ≤ θi 60°. The results show that the sphere's rotation causes the liquid to be sucked from the lower pole of the sphere, which is thrown out after stopping in the equator. Due to the strong jet flow in the equatorial zone, heat is transferred by forced convection, but diffusion is dominant for heat transfer in other zones. At low rotational velocities, the liquid film is thrown out of the equator in the form of large droplets, but as the rotational velocity increases, its shape changes to a jet. Also, it is found that there is a direct relation between the Reynolds number and mean Nusselt number at different immersion angles so that an average of 27.5% increase for the mean Nusselt number is achieved by increasing the immersion angle from θi = 30° to θi = 60°. In addition, at a constant rotational velocity, the volumetric flow rate increases with increasing immersion angle.

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali J. Chamkha ◽  
Fatih Selimefendigil ◽  
Hakan F. Oztop

Effects of a rotating cone in 3D mixed convection of CNT-water nanofluid in a double lid-driven porous trapezoidal cavity is numerically studied considering magnetic field effects. The numerical simulations are performed by using the finite element method. Impacts of Richardson number (between 0.05 and 50), angular rotational velocity of the cone (between −300 and 300), Hartmann number (between 0 and 50), Darcy number (between 10 − 4 and 5 × 10 − 2 ), aspect ratio of the cone (between 0.25 and 2.5), horizontal location of the cone (between 0.35 H and 0.65 H) and solid particle volume fraction (between 0 and 0.004) on the convective heat transfer performance was studied. It was observed that the average Nusselt number rises with higher Richardson numbers for stationary cone while the effect is reverse for when the cone is rotating in clockwise direction at the highest supped. Higher discrepancies between the average Nusselt number is obtained for 2D cylinder and 3D cylinder configuration which is 28.5% at the highest rotational speed. Even though there are very slight variations between the average Nu values for 3D cylinder and 3D cone case, there are significant variations in the local variation of the average Nusselt number. Higher enhancements in the average Nusselt number are achieved with CNT particles even though the magnetic field reduced the convection and the value is 84.3% at the highest strength of magnetic field. Increasing the permeability resulted in higher local and average heat transfer rates for the 3D porous cavity. In this study, the aspect ratio of the cone was found to be an excellent tool for heat transfer enhancement while 95% enhancements in the average Nusselt number were obtained. The horizontal location of the cone was found to have slight effects on the Nusselt number variations.


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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 851 ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Avita Ayu Permanasari ◽  
Fadel Fadillah ◽  
Poppy Puspitasari ◽  
Sukarni Sukarni

Nanofluid is an efficient fluid when used in heat exchanger system because of its larger thermal conductivity compared to conventional fluids such as water, oil, and ethylene glycol (EG). This research used MnFe2O4 nanoparticle due to its higher magnetic sensitivity compared to other ferrite nanoparticles and larger thermal conductivity than TiO2. This research used the MnFe2O4 nanoparticle with a combination of EG-Water base fluids in ratios of 40:60, 60:40, and 80:20. MnFe2O4 nanofluid mixed with EG-Water base fluids was made using the two-step method with 0.05% MnFe2O4 volume fraction in each base fluid ratio. This research used shell and tube type heat exchanger with heat temperature of 60°C and cold temperature of 26°C that were carried out at volumetric flowrate in each base fluid ratio for 0.22 l/m, 0.44 l/m, and 0.66 l/m. This research aimed to find the best combination ratio of EG-Water in thermophysical (thermal conductivity, specific heat, density, and viscosity) and to find the effect of volumetric flowrate variations on the heat exchange characteristics (the Reynold number, the Nusselt number, ∆T LMTD, convection coefficient, heat transfer, and overall heat transfer coefficient). The results of this research were that the sample of EG-Water with 40:60 ratio had the best heat transfer characteristics compared to samples with 60:40 and 80:20 ratios. Meanwhile, for the volumetric flow rate, a higher volumetric flow rate resulted in a larger result.


2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-383
Author(s):  
Nepal Chandra Roy ◽  
Sadia Siddiqa

AbstractA mathematical model for mixed convection flow of a nanofluid along a vertical wavy surface has been studied. Numerical results reveal the effects of the volume fraction of nanoparticles, the axial distribution, the Richardson number, and the amplitude/wavelength ratio on the heat transfer of Al2O3-water nanofluid. By increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles, the local Nusselt number and the thermal boundary layer increases significantly. In case of \mathrm{Ri}=1.0, the inclusion of 2 % and 5 % nanoparticles in the pure fluid augments the local Nusselt number, measured at the axial position 6.0, by 6.6 % and 16.3 % for a flat plate and by 5.9 % and 14.5 %, and 5.4 % and 13.3 % for the wavy surfaces with an amplitude/wavelength ratio of 0.1 and 0.2, respectively. However, when the Richardson number is increased, the local Nusselt number is found to increase but the thermal boundary layer decreases. For small values of the amplitude/wavelength ratio, the two harmonics pattern of the energy field cannot be detected by the local Nusselt number curve, however the isotherms clearly demonstrate this characteristic. The pressure leads to the first harmonic, and the buoyancy, diffusion, and inertia forces produce the second harmonic.


2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 725-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ghalambaz ◽  
E. Izadpanahi ◽  
A. Noghrehabadi ◽  
A. Chamkha

The boundary layer heat and mass transfer of nanofluids over an isothermal stretching sheet is analyzed using a drift-flux model. The relative slip velocity between the nanoparticles and the base fluid is taken into account. The nanoparticles’ volume fractions at the surface of the sheet are considered to be adjusted passively. The thermal conductivity and the dynamic viscosity of the nanofluid are considered as functions of the local volume fraction of the nanoparticles. A non-dimensional parameter, heat transfer enhancement ratio, is introduced, which shows the alteration of the thermal convective coefficient of the nanofluid compared to the base fluid. The governing partial differential equations are reduced into a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations using appropriate similarity transformations and then solved numerically using the fourth-order Runge–Kutta and Newton–Raphson methods along with the shooting technique. The effects of six non-dimensional parameters, namely, the Prandtl number of the base fluid Prbf, Lewis number Le, Brownian motion parameter Nb, thermophoresis parameter Nt, variable thermal conductivity parameter Nc and the variable viscosity parameter Nv, on the velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles as well as the reduced Nusselt number and the enhancement ratio are investigated. Finally, case studies for Al2O3 and Cu nanoparticles dispersed in water are performed. It is found that increases in the ambient values of the nanoparticles volume fraction cause decreases in both the dimensionless shear stress f″(0) and the reduced Nusselt number Nur. Furthermore, an augmentation of the ambient value of the volume fraction of nanoparticles results in an increase the heat transfer enhancement ratio hnf/hbf. Therefore, using nanoparticles produces heat transfer enhancement from the sheet.


Author(s):  
Shinichi Miura ◽  
Yukihiro Inada ◽  
Yasuhisa Shinmoto ◽  
Haruhiko Ohta

Advance of an electronic technology has caused the increase of heat generation density for semiconductors densely integrated. Thermal management becomes more important, and a cooling system for high heat flux is required. It is extremely effective to such a demand using flow boiling heat transfer because of its high heat removal ability. To develop the cooling system for a large area at high heat flux, the cold plate structure of narrow channels with auxiliary unheated channel for additional liquid supply was devised and confirmed its validity by experiments. A large surface of 150mm in heated length and 30mm in width with grooves of an apex angle of 90 deg, 0.5mm depth and 1mm in pitch was employed. A structure of narrow rectangular heated channel between parallel plates with an unheated auxiliary channel was employed and the heat transfer characteristics were examined by using water for different combinations of gap sizes and volumetric flow rates. Five different liquid distribution modes were tested and their data were compared. The values of CHF larger than 1.9×106W/m2 for gap size of 2mm under mass velocity based on total volumetric flow rate and on the cross section area of main heated channel 720kg/m2s or 1.7×106W/m2 for gap size of 5mm under 290kg/m2s were obtained under total volumetric flow rate 4.5×10−5m3/s regardless of the liquid distribution modes. Under several conditions, the extensions of dry-patches were observed at the upstream location of the main heated channel resulting burnout not at the downstream but at the upstream. High values of CHF larger than 2×106W/m2 were obtained only for gap size of 2mm. The result indicates that higher mass velocity in the main heated channel is more effective for the increase in CHF. It was clarified that there is optimum flow rate distribution to obtain the highest values of CHF. For gap size of 2mm, high heat transfer coefficient as much as 7.4×104W/m2K were obtained at heat flux 1.5×106W/m2 under mass velocity 720kg/m2s based on total volumetric flow rate and on the cross section area of main heated channel. Also to obtain high heat transfer coefficient, it is more useful to supply the cooling liquid from the auxiliary unheated channel for additional liquid supply in the transverse direction perpendicular to the flow in the main heated channel.


Author(s):  
Eyup Kocak ◽  
Ulku Ece Ayli ◽  
Hasmet Turkoglu

Abstract The aim of this paper is to introduce and discuss prediction power of the multiple regression technique, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Interface System (ANFIS) methods for predicting the forced convection heat transfer characteristics of a turbulent nano fluid flow a pipe. Water and Al2O3 mixture is used as the nano fluid. Utilizing FLUENT software, numerical computations were performed with volume fraction ranging between 0.3% and 5%, particle diameter ranging between 20 and 140 nm and Reynolds number ranging between 7000 and 21000. Based on the computationally obtained results, a correlation is developed for Nusselt number using the multiple regression method. Also, based on the CFD results different ANN architectures with different number of neurons in the hidden layers and several training algorithms (Levenberg-Marquardt, Bayesian Regularization, Scaled Conjugate Gradient) are tested to find the best ANN architecture. In addition, Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Interface System (ANFIS) is also used to predict the Nusselt number. In the ANFIS, number of clusters, exponential factor and Membership Function (MF) type are optimized. The results obtained from multiple regression correlation, ANN and ANFIS were compared. According to the obtained results, ANFIS is a powerful tool with a R2 of 0.9987 for predictions.


2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Yuan Liu ◽  
Ying-Huei Hung

Both experimental and theoretical investigations on the heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of compact cold plates have been performed. From the results, the local and average temperature rises on the cold plate surface increase with increasing chip heat flux or decreasing air mass flow rate. Besides, the effect of chip heat flux on the thermal resistance of cold plate is insignificant; while the thermal resistance of cold plate decreases with increasing air mass flow rate. Three empirical correlations of thermal resistance in terms of air mass flow rate with a power of −0.228 are presented. As for average Nusselt number, the effect of chip heat flux on the average Nusselt number is insignificant; while the average Nusselt number of the cold plate increases with increasing Reynolds number. An empirical relationship between Nu¯cp and Re can be correlated. In the flow frictional aspect, the overall pressure drop of the cold plate increases with increasing air mass flow rate; while it is insignificantly affected by chip heat flux. An empirical correlation of the overall pressure drop in terms of air mass flow rate with a power of 1.265 is presented. Finally, both heat transfer performance factor “j” and pumping power factor “f” decrease with increasing Reynolds number in a power of 0.805; while they are independent of chip heat flux. The Colburn analogy can be adequately employed in the study.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (6 Part A) ◽  
pp. 2431-2442
Author(s):  
Arash Lavasani ◽  
Mousa Farhadi ◽  
Darzi Rabienataj

In the present study, the effect of suspension of nanoparticle on mixed convection flow is investigated numerically in lid driven cavity with fins on its hot surface. Study is carried out for Richardson numbers ranging from 0.1 to 10, fin(s) height ratio change from 0.05 to 0.15 and volume fraction of nanoparticles from 0 to 0.03, respectively. The thermal conductivity ratio (kfin/kf) is equal to 330 and Grashof number is assumed to be constant (104) so that the Richardson numbers changes with Reynolds number. Results show that the heat transfer enhances by using nanofluid for all studied Richardson numbers. Adding fins on hot wall has different effects on heat transfer depend to Richardson number and height of fins. Use of low height fin in flow with high Richardson number enhances the heat transfer rate while by increasing the height of fin the heat transfer reduces even lower than it for pure fluid. The overall enhancement in Nusselt number by adding 3% nanoparticles and 3 fins is 54% at Ri=10. They cause reduction of Nusselt Number by 25% at Ri=0.1. Higher fins decrease the heat transfer due to blocking fluid at corners of fins.


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