Numerical Simulation of the Coordination Between Velocity and Temperature Fields for Air Flow Across Staggered Elliptic Tube Bundles

Author(s):  
Yangjun Wang ◽  
Xianhe Deng ◽  
Debin Huang

The coordination between the velocity and temperature fields in 2-D developed turbulent flow is analyzed for air across the staggered elliptic tube bundles by means of numerical simulation. The results indicate that the convective heat transfer performance is dominated by the degree of coordination between the velocity and temperature fields. Furthermore, the included angle β between the dimensionless velocity and dimensionless temperature gradient vectors is one of the important factors to control the coordination. The field coordination can be improved by adjusting the include angle β, subsequently the heat transfer can be enhanced effectively. Field coordination principle promotes the development of heat transfer research in a controllable direction.

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guochang Zhao ◽  
Daniel X. Zhao ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xia Du ◽  
Xianyi Tong ◽  
...  

The similarity criteria which ensure the similarity between flow and temperature fields of both the lowtemperature turbine cavity model and the actual high-temperature turbine cavity are derived and then verified using numerical simulation of two different sized rotor-stator system turbine cavities. The analytical solution of threedimensional dimensionless velocity distribution and the numerical solutions of both the three-dimensional dimensionless velocity and temperature distributions of the free disk flow field are obtained. Using these solutions as a foundation, the analytical solutions of the dimensionless temperature distribution within the boundary layer of the isothermal and nonisothermal free disk model are obtained. The numerical and analytical solutions of velocity and temperature are compared to ensure that the solutions are consistent with each other. The analytical solutions of the dimensionless velocity and temperature fields within the laminar boundary layer of the wedge flow are obtained. The approximation solutions of the dimensionless temperature of the wedge flow under subsonic speed and isothermal wall boundary conditions and the dimensionless temperature of the wedge flow under supersonic speed and adiabatic wall boundary conditions are provided. The velocity and temperature distributions of the airflow outside the strut are obtained through numerical simulation and the pattern of changes in the velocity and temperature within the laminar boundary layer of the strut is revealed. Numerical simulation on gas jet cooling and regenerative cooling for the strut are simulated and shown to be effective for thermal protection. Using a strut with rough internal surface and aviation kerosene as the cooling medium is effective at cooling. The experiment fixture used to simulate the outlet temperature of the combustor and the experimental fixture used to simulate the dynamic temperature of the compressor are designed and built. The dynamic temperature of the compressor airflow is measured using combined thermocouples. Experimental results show that the dynamic error caused by the thermal inertia of the thermocouple can be eliminated by the compensation algorithm.


2014 ◽  
Vol 697 ◽  
pp. 235-238
Author(s):  
Gang Wu ◽  
Can Chao Huang ◽  
Hong Ling Qin ◽  
Chun Hua Zhao

Using the basic principle of heat transfer, tribology and numerical simulation, a two-dimensional heat transfer model of the three-layer composite brake pair materials were established. The temperature fields of brake pairs during the process of friction were analyzed. Applied given heat loads at different time node on the brake pair model, the temperatures of different bicycle brake pairs were compared and analyzed. Results show that the improved surface structures of brake pair have positive effect on decreasing the temperature of contact areas than that of ordinary surface structure.


2015 ◽  
Vol 764 ◽  
pp. 362-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Dairay ◽  
V. Fortuné ◽  
E. Lamballais ◽  
L.-E. Brizzi

AbstractDirect numerical simulation (DNS) of an impinging jet flow with a nozzle-to-plate distance of two jet diameters and a Reynolds number of 10 000 is carried out at high spatial resolution using high-order numerical methods. The flow configuration is designed to enable the development of a fully turbulent regime with the appearance of a well-marked secondary maximum in the radial distribution of the mean heat transfer. The velocity and temperature statistics are validated with documented experiments. The DNS database is then analysed focusing on the role of unsteady processes to explain the spatial distribution of the heat transfer coefficient at the wall. A phenomenological scenario is proposed on the basis of instantaneous flow visualisations in order to explain the non-monotonic radial evolution of the Nusselt number in the stagnation region. This scenario is then assessed by analysing the wall temperature and the wall shear stress distributions and also through the use of conditional averaging of velocity and temperature fields. On one hand, the heat transfer is primarily driven by the large-scale toroidal primary and secondary vortices emitted periodically. On the other hand, these vortices are subjected to azimuthal distortions associated with the production of radially elongated structures at small scale. These distortions are responsible for the appearance of very high heat transfer zones organised as cold fluid spots on the heated wall. These cold spots are shaped by the radial structures through a filament propagation of the heat transfer. The analysis of probability density functions shows that these strong events are highly intermittent in time and space while contributing essentially to the secondary peak observed in the radial evolution of the Nusselt number.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Gunes ◽  
K. Gocmen ◽  
L. Kavurmacioglu

Abstract The two-dimensional incompressible non-isothermal confined twin-jet flow has been numerically studied in the transitional flow regime by a finite volume technique. Results have been obtained for the velocity and temperature distributions close to the onset of temporal oscillations. Next, the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is applied to the instantaneous flow and temperature data to obtain POD-based basis functions for both velocity and temperature fields. These basis functions are capable to identify the coherent structures in the velocity and temperature fields. The low-dimensional Galerkin models of the full Navier-Stokes and energy equations are constructed by the Galerkin projection onto basis functions. Since the low-dimensional Galerkin models are much easier to analyze than the full governing equations, basic insights into important mechanisms of dynamically complex flow and heat transfer (e.g. flow instabilities) can be easily studied by these models. The numerical implications, the validity of the models and their performance characteristics are discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 147059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behrouz Takabi ◽  
Saeed Salehi

This paper numerically examines laminar natural convection in a sinusoidal corrugated enclosure with a discrete heat source on the bottom wall, filled by pure water, Al2O3/water nanofluid, and Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid which is a new advanced nanofluid with two kinds of nanoparticle materials. The effects of Rayleigh number (103≤Ra≤106) and water, nanofluid, and hybrid nanofluid (in volume concentration of 0% ≤ ϕ ≤ 2%) as the working fluid on temperature fields and heat transfer performance of the enclosure are investigated. The finite volume discretization method is employed to solve the set of governing equations. The results indicate that for all Rayleigh numbers been studied, employing hybrid nanofluid improves the heat transfer rate compared to nanofluid and water, which results in a better cooling performance of the enclosure and lower temperature of the heated surface. The rate of this enhancement is considerably more at higher values of Ra and volume concentrations. Furthermore, by applying the modeling results, two correlations are developed to estimate the average Nusselt number. The results reveal that the modeling data are in very good agreement with the predicted data. The maximum error for nanofluid and hybrid nanofluid was around 11% and 12%, respectively.


Author(s):  
Dennis A. Siginer ◽  
F. Talay Akyildiz

The temperature distribution and heat transfer coefficient are investigated in forced convection with Newtonian fluids in pressure gradient driven hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed steady laminar flow in transversally corrugated pipes. The governing equations are solved by means of the epitrochoid conformal mapping and exact analytical solutions are derived for the velocity and temperature fields without viscous dissipation. The effect of the corrugations and the number of waves on the friction factor, the temperature distribution and the heat transfer enhancement is discussed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 636-637 ◽  
pp. 1119-1124
Author(s):  
Noé Cheung ◽  
M.A. Larosa ◽  
Wislei R.R. Osório ◽  
M.S.F Lima ◽  
Maria Clara F. Lerardi ◽  
...  

The aim of this work is to develop a heat transfer mathematical model based on the finite difference method in order to simulate temperature fields in the laser surface remelting process. Convective heat transfer in the remelted pool is taken into account by using the effective thermal conductivity approach. Experiments of laser surface remelting of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel samples were carried out in the present investigation, and numerical simulations were applied for the CO2 laser machine operating parameters. The work also encompasses the analysis of microstructural and microhardness variations throughout the resulting treated and unmolten zones. This study permits to conclude that numerical simulation is a useful tool in setting the laser operating parameters, enabling pre-programming of the extent of the treated area.


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