External Forced Convection Enhancement Using a Corona Discharge

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Go ◽  
Raul A. Maturana ◽  
Timothy S. Fisher ◽  
Suresh V. Garimella
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Corona Discharge ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Steel Wire ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Electrode Pair ◽  
Transfer Coefficients

An ionic wind is formed when air ions generated by a corona discharge are accelerated by an electric field and exchange momentum with neutral air molecules, causing air flow. Because ionic winds can generate flow with no moving parts, they offer an attractive method for enhancing the heat transfer from a surface that would otherwise only be cooled by natural convection and/or radiation. In the presence of an external, flat plate flow, ionic winds distort the boundary layer such that local heat transfer is enhanced at the wall, and recent work has suggested that integrating such devices can be useful for cooling electronic components locally. In this work, corona discharges are generated between a steel wire and copper tape electrode pair on a flat plate, perpendicular to the bulk flow direction such that the discharge is in the direction of the bulk flow. The corona discharge current is characterized, and a corona glow and spark discharge are visualized. Experimental studies of the heat transfer from a heated flat plate are conducted using an infrared camera which indicated both upstream and downstream cooling along the entire length of the wire. Heat transfer coefficients are increased by more than 200% above those obtained from bulk flow alone and are correlated to the fourth root of the corona current. Preliminary parametric studies demonstrate the influence of the electrode-pair configuration on the cooling enhancement and suggest improved geometric designs.

Local Heat Transfer to Staggered Arrays of Impinging Circular Air Jets

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Behbahani ◽  
R. J. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Air Jets ◽  
Impingement Surface

Measurements are made of the local heat transfer from a flat plate to arrays of impinging circular air jets. Fluid from the spent jets is constrained to flow out of the system in one direction. Two different jet-to-jet spacings, 4 and 8 jet diameters, are employed. The parameters that are varied include jet-orifice-plate to impingement-surface spacing and jet Reynolds number. Local heat transfer coefficients vary periodically both in the flow direction and across the span with high values occurring in stagnation regions. Stagnation regions of individual jets as determined by local heat transfer coefficients move further in the downstream direction as the amount of crossflow due to upstream jet air increases. Local heat transfer coefficients are averaged numerically to obtain spanwise and streamwise-spanwise averaged heat transfer coefficients.

scholarly journals Local Heat Transfer to Staggered Arrays of Impinging Circular Air Jets

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Behbahani ◽  
R. J. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Air Jets ◽  
Impingement Surface

Measurements are made of the local heat transfer from a flat plate to impinging arrays of staggered circular air jets. Fluid from the spent jets is constrained to flow out in one direction. Two different jet-to-jet spacings, 4 and 8 jet diameters, are employed. The parameters that are varied include jet-orifice-plate to impingement-surface spacing and jet Reynolds number. Local heat transfer coefficients vary periodically both in the flow direction and across the span with high values occurring at stagnation regions. Stagnation regions of individual jets as determined by local heat transfer coefficients move further in the downstream direction as the amount of crossflow due to upstream jet air increases. Local heat transfer coefficients are averaged numerically to obtain spanwise and streamwise-spanwise averaged heat transfer coefficients.

Enhanced Heat Transfer in a Flat Rectangular Duct With Streamwise-Periodic Disturbances at One Principal Wall

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 851-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Sparrow ◽  
W. Q. Tao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Rectangular Duct ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Local Maxima ◽  
Periodic Disturbances ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Friction Factors

Experiments were performed in a flat rectangular duct to determine the heat transfer and pressure drop response to periodic, rod-type disturbance elements situated adjacent to one principal wall and oriented transverse to the flow direction. In a portion of the experiments, heat transfer occurred only at the rodded wall, while in the remainder, heat was transferred at both principal walls of the duct. Highly detailed axial distributions of the local heat transfer coefficient were obtained. These distributions revealed the rapid establishment of a periodic (i.e., cyclic) fully developed regime as well as recurring local maxima and minima. Cycle-average, fully developed heat transfer coefficients were evaluated and were found to be much larger than those for a smooth-walled duct. Linear pressure distributions were measured between periodically positioned stations in the fully developed region, and the corresponding friction factors were several times greater than the smooth-duct values. The heat transfer and friction data were very well correlated using parameters that take account of the effective surface roughness associated with the disturbance rods.

scholarly journals Analysis of Backward and Forward Effects on a Grooved Co-axial Heat Exchanger by Response Surface Methodology

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 01092
Author(s):  
Şahin GÜNGÖR ◽  
Levent AYDIN ◽  
Umut CEYHAN ◽  
Büşra KAYA ◽  
Ziya Haktan KARADENİZ
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Response Surface Methodology ◽  
Response Surface ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Heated Wall ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Pipe Model ◽  
Energy Equations

In the literature, it is proved that grooved pipe models are thermally more efficient than the smooth pipe model. Different than the previous studies in which the groove dimensions are constant along the pipe, we study the effect of groove radius and the gap between adjacent grooves on the local heat transfer coefficients using computational fluid dynamics software. The grooved section consists of three sub-sections to see the effects of groove dimension in stream-wise flow direction. We vary the radius of circular grooves parametrically in each section to optimize the local groove radius throughout the pipe. We couple the fluid flow (1200<Re<24000) with energy equations, and the grooved sections are set as heated wall at constant temperature of 350 K. The optimal mesh has been selected by performing mesh independence study and finer mesh has been used in heated wall section. The radii of grooves are varied from 2 to 6 mm with an increment of 0.2 mm considering the manufacturability of the pipe, to do so we use the design of experiments (DOE). All DOE tools in ANSYS software are examined and compared with full factorial results. After DOE process, local heat transfer coefficient values of all groove parts are examined by response surface methodology (RSM).

The Effect of Turbulator Lean on Heat Transfer and Friction in a Square Channel

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Bunker ◽  
Sarah J. Osgood
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Standard Form ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Square Channel ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Friction Factors ◽  
Lean Angle ◽  
Series Of Experiments

An experimental study has been performed to investigate the convective heat transfer coefficients and friction factors present in square cooling passages with non-normal, or leaned turbulators. The standard form of turbulated channels used in virtually all turbine vanes and blades is that of nearly square turbulators, or rib rougheners, cast in an orthogonal orientation to the channel surface. While turbulators may be oriented at an angle to the bulk flow direction, the projection of the turbulator is still normal to the cast surface. Non-orthogonal lean angle presents an additional variable which may be used to improve or optimize performance, a factor hitherto not investigated. The present study has performed a series of experiments measuring both detailed heat transfer coefficient distributions and friction factors within a square channel with flow Reynolds numbers up to 400,000. Turbulator lean angles of 45, 22.5, 0, −22.5, and −45-degrees to the surface normal have been tested with a turbulator configuration of 45-degree orientation to the bulk flow, pitch-to-height ratio of 10, and height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio of 0.1. Results show up to a 20% reduction in heat transfer capability, and as much as 30% increase in friction factor. The local distributions of heat transfer are also more variable with lean angle. The conclusion is made that normal turbulators provide the best overall performance.

Ice Formation and Heat Transfer With Water Flow Around Isothermally Cooled Cylinders Arranged in a Line

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Hirata ◽  
H. Matsui
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Correlation Equation ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Ice Formation ◽  
Transfer Coefficients

The ice formation phenomenon and heat transfer around isothermally cooled cylinders that are lined up in the direction of flow in a crossflow of cold water were examined experimentally. Under the conditions of low Reynolds numbers and low cooling temperatures, the cylinders became linked by an ice layer. The amount of ice formed around the cylinders was much more than that for a single cylinder. A correlation equation was proposed for the amount of linked ice around the cooled cylinders. It was found that the local heat transfer coefficients on the linked ice surface showed an alternating decrease and increase in the flow direction. The mean value of the local Nusselt number showed the same characteristic as that on a flat plate in a turbulent flow. A dimensionless parameter that represents how efficiently the cylinders can work as a thermal energy storage system was introduced.

Angular Dependency on Film Boiling Heat Transfer From Relatively Long Inclined Flat Plates

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chan Soo Kim ◽  
Kune Y. Suh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Flat Plates ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Inclination Angles ◽  
Angular Dependency

The effect of inclination angle of the downward facing flat plate on the interfacial wavy motion is investigated utilizing the water quenching test apparatus downward ebullient laminar transition apparatus flat surface (DELTA-FS) in a quasi-steady state. Film boiling heat transfer coefficients are obtained on the relatively long surface in the flow direction. Interfacial velocities at the various inclination angles and wall superheat conditions are determined through the analysis of the visualized continuous snapshots with 1000 fps. Visualization of the vapor film reveals that the interfacial wavelength increases and the interfacial velocity decreases as the flat plate moves from the vertical to downward facing locations. A new semi-empirical correlation is developed from the measured heat transfer coefficients and interfacial velocities. The correlation shows good agreement with the previous water test results on vertical plates. In the case of the previous other fluid experimental results on the vertical plates, the correlation overpredicts the film boiling heat transfer coefficients at the experimental condition.

An Experimental Investigation of Natural Convection With Vertical Cylinders in Mercury

1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E. Wiles ◽  
J. R. Welty
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Vertical Cylinder ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Flat Plates

An experimental investigation of laminar natural convection heat transfer from a uniformly heated vertical cylinder immersed in an effectively infinite pool of mercury is described. A correlation was developed for the local Nusselt number as a function of local modified Grashof number for each cylinder. A single equation incorporating the diameter-to-length ratio was formulated that satisfied the data for all three cylinders. An expression derived by extrapolation of the results to zero curvature (the flat plate condition) was found to agree favorably with others’ work, both analytical and experimental. The influence of curvature upon the heat transfer was found to be small but significant. It was established that the effective thermal resistance through the boundary layer is less for a cylinder of finite curvature than for a flat plate. Consequently, local heat transfer coefficients for cylinders are larger than those for flat plates operating under identical conditions.

Temperature Distributions in Laminar Flat Plate Shear Flow

1968 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Emery ◽  
K. F. Brettman
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Shearing Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
High Shearing ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

An approximate solution to the heat transfer coefficient on a flat plate in a linear shearing flow is given. It is shown that high shearing rates may significantly increase the local heat transfer coefficients.

Computational and Experimental Studies of Midpassage Gap Leakage and Misalignment for a Non-Axisymmetric Contoured Turbine Blade Endwall

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Lange ◽  
Stephen Lynch ◽  
Scott Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Recirculation Region ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

Turbine vanes and blades are generally manufactured as single or double airfoil sections that must each be installed onto a turbine disk. Between each section, a gap at the endwalls through the blade passage is present, through which high pressure coolant is leaked. Furthermore, sections can become misaligned due to thermal expansion or centrifugal forces. Flow and heat transfer around the gap is complicated due to the interaction of the mainstream and the leakage flow. An experimental and computational study was undertaken to determine the physics of the leakage flow interaction for a realistic turbine blade endwall, and assess whether steady RANS CFD, commonly used for non-axisymmetric endwall design, can be used to accurately model this interaction. Computational models were compared against experimental observations of endwall heat transfer on a contoured endwall with a midpassage gap. Endwall heat transfer coefficients were determined experimentally by using infrared thermography to capture spatially-resolved surface temperatures on a uniform heat flux surface (heater) attached to the endwall. Predictions and measurements both indicated an increase in endwall heat transfer with increasing gap leakage flow, although the distribution of heat transfer coefficients along the gap was not well captured by CFD. A misalignment of the blade endwall causing a forward-facing step for the near-endwall flow resulted in a large highly turbulent recirculation region downstream of the step and high local heat transfer that was overpredicted by CFD. Conversely, a backward-facing step reduced turbulence and local heat transfer. The misprediction of local heat transfer around the gap is thought to be caused by unsteady interaction of the passage secondary flow and gap leakage flow, which cannot be well-captured by a steady RANS approach.

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