Heat Transfer Characteristics and Enhancement in Symmetric Wavy Channels in a Frequency-Doubling Transition Scenario

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amador M. Guzman ◽  
Tania A. Aracena ◽  
M. J. Cardenas ◽  
Rodrigo A. Escobar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Frequency Doubling ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Periodic Flow ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Flow Mixing ◽  
Wavy Channels ◽  
Transition Scenario

We investigate the heat transfer enhancement due to flow mixing enhancement in a frequency-doubling transition scenario in symmetric wavy channels by direct numerical simulations of the mass, momentum and energy equations. The governing equations are solved for laminar and transitional flow regimes by the spectral element method, using a periodic computational domain, and with a high aspect ratio of r = a/(2L) = 0.375, where L is the periodic length, and a, the wavy wall amplitude. The frequency-doubling transition scenario is characterized by one flow bifurcation that develops to a critical Reynolds numbers Rec, leading to a periodic flow. Further increases in the Reynolds number leads to successive periodic flows where the fundamental frequency ω1, increases continuously. This scenario is different to the Ruelle-Takens-Newhouse transition scenario obtained for a symmetric wavy channel with an aspect ratio of 0.125, where periodic and quasi periodic flow regimes develop as the Reynolds number increases. Heat Transfer simulations are carried out assuming a constant heat flux on one wall and an adiabatic condition on the other wall. Numerical results demonstrate that the time-average mean Nusselt number increases significantly as the flow passes from a laminar to a periodic flow regime. As the flow becomes periodic and for increasing Reynolds numbers, the Nusselt number increases with respect to the laminar flow Nusselt number, up to a factor of 4, depending on the Reynolds number, which represents a significant heat transfer enhancement due to a better flow mixing. This increase is accompanied by a reasonable increase in both the friction factor and the pumping power. The obtained qualitative and quantitative features are compared to other channel geometries, such as grooved and asymmetric wavy channels, which also develop different transition scenarios.

Heat Transfer Enhancement Due to Frequency Doubling and Ruelle–Takens–Newhouse Transition Scenarios in Symmetric Wavy Channels

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amador M. Guzmán ◽  
Raúl A. Hormazabal ◽  
Tania A. Aracena
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Frequency Doubling ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Laminar Regime ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Flow Bifurcation ◽  
Transition Scenario

Heat transfer enhancement characteristics, through a transition scenario of flow bifurcations in symmetric wavy wall channels, are investigated by direct numerical simulations of the mass, momentum, and energy equations using spectral element methods. Flow bifurcations, transition scenarios, and heat transfer characteristics are determined by increasing the Reynolds numbers from a laminar to a transitional flow for the geometrical aspect ratios r=0.125 and r=0.375. The numerical results demonstrate that the transition scenario to transitional flow regimes depends on the aspect ratio. For r=0.375, the transition scenario is characterized by one Hopf flow bifurcation in a frequency-doubling transition scenario, where further increases in the Reynolds number always lead to periodic flows; whereas, for r=0.125, the transition scenario is characterized by a first Hopf flow bifurcation from a laminar to a time-dependent periodic flow and a second Hopf flow bifurcation from a periodic to a quasiperiodic flow. For r=0.125, the flow bifurcation scenario is similar to the Ruelle–Takens–Newhouse (RTN) transition scenario to Eulerian chaos observed in asymmetric wavy and grooved channels. The periodic and quasiperiodic flows are characterized by fundamental frequencies ω1, and ω1 and ω2, respectively. For the aspect ratio r=0.375, the Nusselt number increases slightly as the Reynolds number increases in the laminar regime until it reaches a critical Reynolds number of Rec≈126. As the flow becomes periodic, and then quasiperiodic, the Nusselt number continuously increases with respect to the laminar regime, up to a factor of 4, which represents a significant heat transfer enhancement due to a better flow mixing.

Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement Due to Flow Agitators Between Fins

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Aditya Patki ◽  
Shankar Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Oscillation Cycle

Abstract The paper investigates the heat transfer characteristics of a channel system consisting of mean axial flow and oscillatory cross flow components. A numerical model has been developed to solve the governing equations associated with the flow. The paper identifies advection, diffusion, and oscillation time scales and intensity of squeezing in the channel as critical parameters controlling system behavior. The total Reynolds number parameter is considered in the paper to understand the combined effect of axial and transverse Reynolds numbers on the Nusselt number. Flow visualization techniques are employed to understand the boundary layer changes that occur over an oscillation cycle. Nusselt number is found to increase with a reduction in advection and oscillation time scales. A linear relationship is observed between the Nusselt number and total Reynolds number when the axial and transverse Reynolds numbers are comparable. Non-dimensional pressure drop is primarily defined by only two parameters: axial Reynolds number and squeezing fraction. The flow visualization results indicate significant heat transfer enhancement in a small fraction of the oscillation cycle characterized by flow conditions similar to Couette flow.

Flow Bifurcations and Heat Transfer Enhancement in Asymmetric Grooved Channels

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amador M. Guzma´n ◽  
Fernando A. Villar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Periodic Flow ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Transition Scenario

Numerical investigations of the flow bifurcations, transition scenario and heat transfer enhancement in asymmetric grooved channels are performed by direct numerical simulations of the mass, momentum and energy equations. The governing equations are solved for laminar and time-dependent transitional flow regimes by the spectral element method in a periodic computational domain with appropriated boundary conditions. Numerical results show a flow transition scenario with two Hopf bifurcations B1 and B2, occurring in critical Reynolds numbers Rec1 y Rec2, respectively. Fundamental frequencies ω1 and ω2, and super harmonic combinations of both develop as the Reynolds number increases from a laminar to higher transitional flow regime. Numerical calculations demonstrate that the time-average mean Nusselt number (the non-dimensional heat transfer rate), increases significantly as the flow passes from a laminar to a periodic—and then to a quasi-periodic flow regime. This increase is accompanied by a reasonable increase in both the friction factor and the pumping power. The obtained behavior is comparable to other geometries and configurations as well as to previously reported numerical results for the studied geometry. This numerical investigation shows a transition scenario at the onset of turbulence, similar to the Ruelle-Takens-Newhouse scenario, which has not been found or reported by other researchers using this geometry. The numerical simulation results also show the existence of a bifurcation scenario that develops a path-dependent flow and heat transport behavior. In the vicinity of the first Hopf flow bifurcation (and consequently, the critical Reynolds number Rec1), the resulting stable time periodic flow depends on both the initial flow conditions and the way in which the incremental process to higher flow regimes is carried out.

scholarly journals Air-side heat transfer enhancement by self-agitators

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kuojiang Li
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Flow Mixing

Airfoil-based self-agitators (AFAs), bio-inspired rectangular-shaped self-agitators (RSAs), and caudal-fin inspired hourglass-shaped self-agitators (CHSAs) were installed inside plate-fin heat exchanger. The heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop characteristics of these AFAs, RSAs, CHSAs design were experimentally investigated and compared with the clean channel case. We found that the self-agitators vibrate periodically and generate vortices, which enhance flow mixing and thus heat transfer performance. For the chosen heat sink and assigned working conditions, the best heat transfer performance was obtained with four rows AFAs, which caused an 80% increase in overall Nusselt Number over the clean channel at same Reynolds Number, and a 50% rejected heat increase at the same pumping power due to the strong longitudinal vortices generated by the presence of the AFAs. Experiments were conducted at a wide range of Reynolds numbers from 400 to 10000, which covered laminar-transitional-turbulent regime with CHSAs. Experimental correlations of the pressure drop as a function of dimension parameter and friction factor and Nusselt number as functions of dimensionless ones have been proposed. Mutual coupling motions and effects of multiple-row flapping CHSAs in parallel and tandem configurations were studied by using a high-speed camera. A stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system was used to conduct detailed flow field measurements to quantify the flow mixing level. For the chosen plate-fin heat exchanger and assigned working conditions, the best heat transfer performance was obtained with six-row CHSAs with a pitch of 25mm, which caused a 200% increase in the Nusselt number over the clean channel at the same Reynolds number. However, the best overall performance was obtained with twelve-row CHSAs with a pitch of 12.5mm, which caused a 68% enhancement in thermal-hydraulic characteristic compared to the clean channel at the same Reynolds number.

Heat transfer enhancement using second mode self-oscillating structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 3827-3842
Author(s):  
Samer Ali ◽  
Zein Alabidin Shami ◽  
Ali Badran ◽  
Charbel Habchi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Vortex Generator ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Laminar Flow Regime ◽  
Second Mode

Purpose In this paper, self-sustained second mode oscillations of flexible vortex generator (FVG) are produced to enhance the heat transfer in two-dimensional laminar flow regime. The purpose of this study is to determine the critical Reynolds number at which FVG becomes more efficient than rigid vortex generators (RVGs). Design/methodology/approach Ten cases were studied with different Reynolds numbers varying from 200 to 2,000. The Nusselt number and friction coefficients of the FVG cases are compared to those of RVG and empty channel at the same Reynolds numbers. Findings For Reynolds numbers higher than 800, the FVG oscillates in the second mode causing a significant increase in the velocity gradients generating unsteady coherent flow structures. The highest performance was obtained at the maximum Reynolds number for which the global Nusselt number is improved by 35.3 and 41.4 per cent with respect to empty channel and rigid configuration, respectively. Moreover, the thermal enhancement factor corresponding to FVG is 72 per cent higher than that of RVG. Practical implications The results obtained here can help in the design of novel multifunctional heat exchangers/reactors by using flexible tabs and inserts instead of rigid ones. Originality/value The originality of this paper is the use of second mode oscillations of FVG to enhance heat transfer in laminar flow regime.

Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Rectangular (AR = 3:1) Channel With V-Shaped Dimples

2012 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Neil Jordan ◽  
Lesley M. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Secondary Flows ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Reduced Pressure

An alternative to ribs for internal heat transfer enhancement of gas turbine airfoils is dimpled depressions. Relative to ribs, dimples incur a reduced pressure drop, which can increase the overall thermal performance of the channel. This experimental investigation measures detailed Nusselt number ratio distributions obtained from an array of V-shaped dimples (δ/D = 0.30). Although the V-shaped dimple array is derived from a traditional hemispherical dimple array, the V-shaped dimples are arranged in an in-line pattern. The resulting spacing of the V-shaped dimples is 3.2D in both the streamwise and spanwise directions. A single wide wall of a rectangular channel (AR = 3:1) is lined with V-shaped dimples. The channel Reynolds number ranges from 10,000–40,000. Detailed Nusselt number ratios are obtained using both a transient liquid crystal technique and a newly developed transient temperature sensitive paint (TSP) technique. Therefore, the TSP technique is not only validated against a baseline geometry (smooth channel), but it is also validated against a more established technique. Measurements indicate that the proposed V-shaped dimple design is a promising alternative to traditional ribs or hemispherical dimples. At lower Reynolds numbers, the V-shaped dimples display heat transfer and friction behavior similar to traditional dimples. However, as the Reynolds number increases to 30,000 and 40,000, secondary flows developed in the V-shaped concavities further enhance the heat transfer from the dimpled surface (similar to angled and V-shaped rib induced secondary flows). This additional enhancement is obtained with only a marginal increase in the pressure drop. Therefore, as the Reynolds number within the channel increases, the thermal performance also increases. While this trend has been confirmed with both the transient TSP and liquid crystal techniques, TSP is shown to have limited capabilities when acquiring highly resolved detailed heat transfer coefficient distributions.

Investigating Gas Turbine Internal Cooling Using Supercritical CO2 at High Reynolds Numbers for Direct Fired Cycle Applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Searle ◽  
Arnab Roy ◽  
James Black ◽  
Doug Straub ◽  
Sridharan Ramesh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Internal Cooling ◽  
Air Breathing

Abstract In this paper, experimental and numerical investigations of three variants of internal cooling configurations — dimples only, ribs only and ribs with dimples have been explored at process conditions (96°C and 207bar) with sCO2 as the coolant. The designs were chosen based on a review of advanced internal cooling features typically used for air-breathing gas turbines. The experimental study described in this paper utilizes additively manufactured square channels with the cooling features over a range of Reynolds number from 80,000 to 250,000. Nusselt number is calculated in the experiments utilizing the Wilson Plot method and three heat transfer characteristics — augmentation in Nusselt number, friction factor and overall Thermal Performance Factor (TPF) are reported. To explore the effect of surface roughness introduced due to additive manufacturing, two baseline channel flow cases are considered — a conventional smooth tube and an additively manufactured square tube. A companion computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation is also performed for the corresponding cooling configurations reported in the experiments using the Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) based turbulence model. Both experimental and computational results show increasing Nusselt number augmentation as higher Reynolds numbers are approached, whereas prior work on internal cooling of air-breathing gas turbines predict a decay in the heat transfer enhancement as Reynolds number increases. Comparing cooling features, it is observed that the “ribs only” and “ribs with dimples” configurations exhibit higher Nusselt number augmentation at all Reynolds numbers compared to the “dimples only” and the “no features” configurations. However, the frictional losses are almost an order of magnitude higher in presence of ribs.

A Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Flow Structure in Channels With Miniature V Rib-Dimple Hybrid Structure on One Wall

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Yu Rao ◽  
Yanlin Li
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Mixing

This paper presents a numerical study on turbulent flow and heat transfer in the channels with a novel hybrid cooling structure with miniature V-shaped ribs and dimples on one wall. The heat transfer characteristics, pressure loss and turbulent flow structures in the channels with the rib-dimples with three different rib heights of 0.6 mm, 1.0 mm and 1.5 mm are obtained for the Reynolds numbers ranging from 18,700 to 60,000 by numerical simulations, which are also compared with counterpart of a pure dimpled and pure V ribbed channel. The results show that the overall Nusselt numbers of the V rib-dimple channel with the rib height of 1.5 mm is up to 70% higher than that of the channels with pure dimples. The numerical simulations show that the arrangement of the miniature V rib upstream each dimple induces complex secondary flow near the wall and generates downwashing vortices, which intensifies the flow mixing and turbulent kinetic energy in the dimple, resulting in significant improvement in heat transfer enhancement and uniformness.

A Comparative Study of Performance of Low Reynolds Number Turbulence Models for Various Heat Transfer Enhancement Simulations

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankit Tiwari ◽  
Savas Yavuzkurt
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Low Reynolds

The goal of this study is to evaluate the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) predictions of friction factor and Nusselt number from six different low Reynolds number k–ε (LRKE) models namely Chang–Hsieh–Chen (CHC), Launder–Sharma (LS), Abid, Lam–Bremhorst (LB), Yang–Shih (YS), and Abe–Kondoh–Nagano (AKN) for various heat transfer enhancement applications. Standard and realizable k–ε (RKE) models with enhanced wall treatment (EWT) were also studied. CFD predictions of Nusselt number, Stanton number, and friction factor were compared with experimental data from literature. Various parameters such as effect of type of mesh element and grid resolution were also studied. It is recommended that a model, which predicts reasonably accurate values for both friction factor and Nusselt number, should be chosen over disparate models, which may predict either of these quantities more accurately. This is based on the performance evaluation criterion developed by Webb and Kim (2006, Principles of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 2nd ed., Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 1–72) for heat transfer enhancement. It was found that all LRKE models failed to predict friction factor and Nusselt number accurately (within 30%) for transverse rectangular ribs, whereas standard and RKE with EWT predicted friction factor and Nusselt number within 25%. Conversely, for transverse grooves, AKN, AKN/CHC, and LS (with modified constants) models accurately predicted (within 30%) both friction factor and Nusselt number for rectangular, circular, and trapezoidal grooves, respectively. In these cases, standard and RKE predictions were inaccurate and inconsistent. For longitudinal fins, Standard/RKE model, AKN, LS and Abid LRKE models gave the friction factor and Nusselt number predictions within 25%, with the AKN model being the most accurate.

Experimental Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement of Laminar Slot Jet Impingement in the Presence of Porous Medium

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sampath Kumar Chinige ◽  
Arvind Pattamatta
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Average Nusselt Number ◽  
Jet Impingement ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Porous Obstacle

An experimental study using Liquid crystal thermography technique is conducted to study the convective heat transfer enhancement in jet impingement cooling in the presence of porous media. Aluminium porous sample of 10 PPI with permeability 2.48e−7 and porosity 0.95 is used in the present study. Results are presented for two different Reynolds number 400 and 700 with four different configurations of jet impingement (1) without porous foams (2) over porous heat sink (3) with porous obstacle case (4) through porous passage. Jet impingement with porous heat sink showed a deterioration in average Nusselt number by 10.5% and 18.1% for Reynolds number of 400 and 700 respectively when compared with jet impingement without porous heat sink configuration. The results show that for Reynolds number 400, jet impingement through porous passage augments average Nusselt number by 30.73% whereas obstacle configuration enhances the heat transfer by 25.6% over jet impingement without porous medium. Similarly for Reynolds number 700, the porous passage configuration shows average Nusselt number enhancement by 71.09% and porous obstacle by 33.4 % over jet impingement in the absence of porous media respectively.

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