scholarly journals Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop for Short Pin-Fin Arrays With Pin-Endwall Fillet

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Chyu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Array Configuration ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Pin Fin Arrays

The effects of array configuration and pin-endwall fillet on the heat transfer and pressure drop of short pin-fin arrays are investigated experimentally. The pin-fin element with endwall-fillet, typical in actual turbine cooling applications is modeled by a spool-like cylinder. The arrays studied include an in-line and a staggered array, each having 7 rows of 5 pins. These arrays have the same geometric parameters, i.e. H/D = 1, S/D = X/D = 2.5, and the Reynolds number ranging from 5 × 103 to 3 × 10. One of the present results shows that the staggered array always has a higher array-averaged mass transfer coefficient than its in-line counterpart. However, the pressure drop for the staggered array is higher compared to the in-line configuration. These trends are unaffected by the existence of the pin-endwall fillet. Another significant finding is that an array with pin-endwall fillet generally produces lower heat transfer coefficient and higher pressure drop than that without endwall-fillet. This leads to the conclusion that pin-endwall fillet is undesirable for heat transfer augmentation. In addition, naive use of the heat transfer results obtained with perfectly circular cylinders tends to overestimate the pin-fin cooling capability in the actual turbine. The effects of endwall-fillet on the array heat transfer and pressure drop are much more pronounced for the staggered array than for the in-line array; however, they diminish as the Reynolds number increases.

Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop for Short Pin-Fin Arrays With Pin-Endwall Fillet

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 926-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Chyu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Array Configuration ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Pin Fin Arrays

The effects of array configuration and pin-endwall fillet on the heat transfer and pressure drop of short pin-fin arrays are investigated experimentally. The pin-fin element with endwall fillet, typical in actual turbine cooling applications, is modeled by a spool-like cylinder. The arrays studied include an in-line and a staggered array, each having seven rows of five pins. These arrays have the same geometric parameters, i.e., H/D = 1, S/D = X/D = 2.5, and the Reynolds number ranging from 5 × 103 to 3 × 104. One of the present results shows that the staggered array always has a higher array-averaged heat transfer coefficient than its in-line counterpart. However, the pressure drop for the staggered array is higher compared to the in-line configuration. These trends are unaffected by the existence of the pin-endwall fillet. Another significant finding is that an array with pin-endwall fillet generally produces lower heat transfer coefficient and higher pressure drop than that without endwall fillet. This leads to the conclusion that pin-endwall fillet is undesirable for heat transfer augmentation. In addition, nai¨ve use of the heat transfer results obtained with perfectly circular cylinders tends to overestimate the pin-fin cooling capability in the actual turbine. The effects of endwall fillet on the array heat transfer and pressure drop are much more pronounced for the staggered array than for the inline array; however, they diminish as the Reynolds number increases.

Row Removal Heat Transfer Study for Pin Fin Arrays

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn L. Kirsch ◽  
Jason K. Ostanek ◽  
Karen A. Thole ◽  
Eleanor Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Pin Fins ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Pin Fin Arrays ◽  
Transfer Study

Arrays of variably-spaced pin fins are used as a conventional means to conduct and convect heat from internal turbine surfaces. The most common pin shape for this purpose is a circular cylinder. Literature has shown that beyond the first few rows of pin fins, the heat transfer augmentation in the array levels off and slightly decreases. This paper provides experimental results from two studies seeking to understand the effects of gaps in pin spacing (row removals) and alternative pin geometries placed in these gaps. The alternative pin geometries included large cylindrical pins and oblong pins with different aspect ratios. Results from the row removal study at high Reynolds number showed that when rows four through eight were removed, the flow returned to a fully-developed channel flow in the gap between pin rows. When larger alternative geometries replaced the fourth row, heat transfer increased further downstream into the array.

Lateral-Flow Effect on Endwall Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Pin-Fin Trapezoidal Duct of Various Pin Shapes

2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn-Jiang Hwang ◽  
Chau-Ching Lu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Lateral Flow ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Flow Reynolds Number ◽  
Outlet Flow ◽  
Flow Through

The effects of lateral-flow ejection 0<ε<1.0, pin shapes (square, diamond, and circular), and flow Reynolds number (6000<Re<40,000) on the endwall heat transfer and pressure drop for turbulent flow through a pin-fin trapezoidal duct are studied experimentally. A staggered pin array of five rows and five columns is inserted in the trapezoidal duct, with the same spacings between the pins in the streamwise and spanwise directions: Sx/d=Sy/d=2.5. Three different-shaped pins of length from 2.5<l/d<4.6 span the distance between two endwalls of the trapezoidal duct. Results reveal that the pin-fin trapezoidal duct with lateral-flow rate of ε=0.3-0.4 has a local minimum endwall-averaged Nusselt number and Euler number for all pin shapes investigated. The trapezoidal duct of lateral outlet flow only (ε=1.0) has the highest endwall heat transfer and pressure drop. Moreover, the square pin results in a better heat transfer enhancement than the diamond pin, and subsequently than the circular pin. Finally, taking account of the lateral-flow rate and the flow Reynolds number, the work develops correlations of the endwall-averaged heat transfer with three different pin shapes.

Experiments on In-line Pin Fin Arrays and Performance Comparisons with Staggered Arrays

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Sparrow ◽  
J. W. Ramsey ◽  
C. A. C. Altemani
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Naphthalene Sublimation Technique ◽  
Line Array ◽  
Naphthalene Sublimation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Pin Fin Arrays

Heat transfer and pressure drop experiments were performed for in-line pin fin arrays to obtain basic data to complement available information for staggered arrays. The experimental data were utilized as input to analyses aimed at establishing performance relationships between in-line and staggered arrays. In the experiments, mass transfer measurements via the naphthalene sublimation technique were employed to determine the row-by-row distribution of the heat (mass) transfer coefficient. Fully developed conditions prevailed for the fourth row and beyond. In general, the fully developed heat transfer coefficients for the in-line array are lower than those for the staggered array, but the pressure drop is also lower. The deviations between the two arrays increase with increasing fin height. With regard to performance, the in-line array transfers more heat than the staggered array under conditions of equal pumping power and equal heat transfer area. On the other hand, at a fixed heat load and fixed mass flow rate, the staggered array requires less heat transfer surface than the in-line array.

Lateral-Flow Effect on Endwall Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Pin-Fin Trapezoidal Duct of Various Pin Shapes

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn-Jiang Hwang ◽  
Chau-Ching Lu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Lateral Flow ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Flow Reynolds Number ◽  
Outlet Flow ◽  
Flow Through

Effects of the lateral-flow ejection (0 ≦ ε ≦ 1.0), pin shapes (square, diamond and circular) and flow Reynolds number (6,000 ≦ Re ≦ 40,000) on the endwall heat transfer and pressure drop for turbulent flow through a pin-fin trapezoidal duct are studied experimentally. The trapezoidal duct are inserted with a staggered pin array of five rows and five columns, with the same spacings between the pins in streamwise and spanwise directions of Sx/d = Sy/d = 2.5. Three different-shaped pins of length from 2.5 < l/d < 4.6 span the distance between two endwalls of the trapezoidal duct. Results reveal that the pin-fin trapezoidal duct with a lateral-flow rate of ε = 0.3–0.4 has a local minimum endwall-averaged Nusselt number and Euler number for all pin shapes investigated. The trapezoidal duct of lateral outlet flow only (ε = 1.0) has the highest endwall heat transfer and pressure drop. Moreover, the square pin performs a better heat transfer enhancement than the diamond pin, and subsequently than the circular pin. Finally, taking account of the lateral-flow rate and the flow Reynolds number develops correlations of the endwall-averaged heat transfer for three different pin shapes.

scholarly journals Effect of Pin Diameter Degressive Gradient on Heat Transfer in a Microreactor with Non-Uniform Pin-Fin Array under Low Reynolds Number Conditions

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 2702
Author(s):  
Miao Qian ◽  
Jie Li ◽  
Zhong Xiang ◽  
Chao Yan ◽  
Xudong Hu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Hydrodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Low Reynolds ◽  
Pin Fin Array

To improve the efficiency of hydrogen-producing microreactors with non-uniform pin-fin array, the influence of the pin diameter degressive gradient of the non-uniform pin-fin array (NPFA) on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics is analyzed in this study via numerical simulation under low Reynolds number conditions. Because correlations in prior studies cannot be used to predict the Nusselt number and pressure drop in the NPFA, new heat transfer and friction factor correlations are developed in this paper to account for the effect of the pin diameter degressive gradient, providing a method for the optimized design of the pin diameter degressive gradient for a microreactor with NPFA. The results show that the Nusselt number and friction factor under a low Reynolds number are quite sensitive to the pin diameter degressive gradient. Based on the new correlations, the exponents of the pin diameter degressive gradient for the friction factor and Nusselt number were 6.9 and 2.1, respectively, indicating the significant influence of the pin diameter degressive gradient on the thermal and hydrodynamic characteristics in the NPFA structure.

scholarly journals Flow and Mass Transfer Performance in Short Pin-Fin Channels with Different Fin Shapes

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Goldstein ◽  
S. B. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Mass Transfer Rate ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Pin Fin ◽  
Pin Fin Arrays

The mass transfer (analogous to heat transfer) and pressure loss characteristics of staggered short pin-fin arrays are investigated experimentally in the range of Reynolds number 3000 to 18,000 based on fin diameter and mean approach-flow velocity. Three different shapes of fins with aspect ratio of 2 are examined: one uniform-diameter circular fin (UDCF) and two stepped-diameter circular fins (SDCF1 and SDCF2). Flow visualization using oil-lampblack reveals complex flow characteristics associated with the repeated production of horseshoe vortices and fin wakes, and the interactions among these. The SDCF1 and SDCF2 arrays show flow characteristics different from the UDCF array due to downflow from the steps. For all arrays tested, the near-endwall flow varies row by row in the initial rows until it reaches a stable pattern after the third row. The row-averaged Sherwood numbers obtained from the naphthalene sublimation experiment also show a row-by-row variation pattern similar to the flow results. While the SDCF2 array has the highest mass transfer rate, the SDCF1 array has the smallest pressure loss at the same approach-flow velocity. The fin surfaces have higher array-averaged Sherwood number than the endwall and the ratio between these changes with fin shape and Reynolds number. The performance of the pin-fin arrays is analyzed under two different constraints: the mass[heat transfer rate at fixed pumping power, and the mass/heat transfer area and pressure loss to fulfill fixed heat load at a fixed mass flow rate. In both cases, the SDCF2 array shows the best performance.

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