Parametric Design and Optimization for Impingement Jet Heat Transfer Over Dimpled Topologies

Author(s):  
Deepchand Singh Negi ◽  
Arvind Pattamatta

A large number of experimental and theoretical studies investigating heat transfer of impinging jet and jet arrays exist in the literature. However, there are only a few experimental and numerical studies that consider the heat transfer performance of the impinging jet and jet array over complex impinging surface topologies. In spite of these studies, several other factors concerning the dimpled target plate configuration such as dimple height, diameter, pitch spacing between dimples, and their effects on the heat transfer coefficient have not yet been well apprehended. The purpose of the present study is to address some of these aspects through a detailed computational investigation of 3D impinging jet interaction on dimpled target plates. The initial section of the study is focused on the evaluation of different turbulence models in capturing the complex flow features associated with dimpled topology. These models are validated for Nusselt number against previous experimental data in literature. This is followed by a parametric study in which geometric parameters of the dimpled target plate such as dimple diameter, pitch spacing between dimples and dimple height are varied to understand their role on heat transfer enhancement. The final section of the study deals with the optimization of the above geometric parameters based on three factorial design of parametric space. Results from these designed simulations are used to construct a surrogate model based on response surface analysis and the optimized configuration is determined. The objective functions for optimization include maximizing the average Nusselt number, Nuavg, and minimizing the deviation of maximum Nusselt number, Numax-sd. With respect to the reference configuration there is 12% and 8.58 % increase in the average Nusselt number values for the optimized case corresponding to Reynolds number of 3000 and 8200 respectively. Enhancement in terms of Nusselt number is observed with the dimpled target plate over corresponding non dimpled target plates.

Author(s):  
Naseem Uddin ◽  
S. O. Neumann ◽  
B. Weigand

Turbulent impinging jet is a complex flow phenomenon involving free jet, impingement and subsequent wall jet development zones; this makes it a difficult test case for the evaluation of new turbulence models. The complexity of the jet impingement can be further amplified by the addition of the swirl. In this paper, results of Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of swirling and non-swirling impinging jet are presented. The Reynolds number of the jet based on bulk axial velocity is 23000 and target-to-wall distance (H/D) is two. The Swirl numbers (S) of the jet are 0,0.2, 0.47. In swirling jets, the heat transfer at the geometric stagnation zone deteriorates due to the formation of conical recirculation zone. It is found numerically that the addition of swirl does not give any improvement for the over all heat transfer at the target wall. The LES predictions are validated by available experimental data.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuj Kumar Shukla ◽  
Anupam Dewan

Purpose Convective heat transfer features of a turbulent slot jet impingement are comprehensively studied using two different computational approaches, namely, URANS (unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations) and SAS (scale-adaptive simulation). Turbulent slot jet impingement heat transfer is used where a considerable heat transfer enhancement is required, and computationally, it is a quite challenging flow configuration. Design/methodology/approach Customized OpenFOAM 4.1, an open-access computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, is used for SAS (SST-SAS k-ω) and URANS (standard k-ε and SST k-ω) computations. A low-Re version of the standard k-ε model is used, and other models are formulated for good wall-refined calculations. Three turbulence models are formulated in OpenFOAM 4.1 with second-order accurate discretization schemes. Findings It is observed that the profiles of the streamwise turbulence are under-predicted at all the streamwise locations by SST k-ω and SST SAS k-ω models, but follow similar trends as in the reported results. The standard k-ε model shows improvements in the predictions of the streamwise turbulence and mean streamwise velocity profiles in the zone of outer wall jet. Computed profiles of Nusselt number by SST k-ω and SST-SAS k-ω models are nearly identical and match well with the reported experimental results. However, the standard k-ε model does not provide a reasonable profile or quantification of the local Nusselt number. Originality/value Hybrid turbulence model is suitable for efficient CFD computations for the complex flow problems. This paper deals with a detailed comparison of the SAS model with URANS and LES for the first time in the literature. A thorough assessment of the computations is performed against the results reported using experimental and large eddy simulations techniques followed by a detailed discussion on flow physics. The present results are beneficial for scientists working with hybrid turbulence models and in industries working with high-efficiency cooling/heating system computations.


Author(s):  
Pratik S. Bhansali ◽  
Srinath V. Ekkad

Abstract Heat transfer over rotating surfaces is of particular interest in rotating machinery such as gas turbine engines. The rotation of the gas turbine disc creates a radially outward flow on the disc surface, which may lead to ingress of hot gases into the narrow cavity between the disc and the stator. Impingement of cooling jet is an effective way of cooling the disc and countering the ingress of the hot gases. Present study focusses on investigating the effect of introducing pin-fins over the rotating disc on the heat transfer. The jet Reynolds number has been varied from 5000 to 18000, and the rotating Reynolds number has been varied from 5487 to 12803 for an aluminum disc of thickness 6.35mm and diameter 10.16 cm, over which square pins have been arranged in an inline fashion. Steady state temperature measurements have been taken using thermocouples embedded in the disc close to the target surface, and area average Nusselt number has been calculated. The effects of varying the height of the pin-fins, distance between nozzle and the disc surface and the inclination of the impinging jet with the axis of rotation have also been studied. The results have been compared with those for a smooth aluminum disc of equal dimensions and without any pin-fins. The average Nusselt number is significantly enhanced by the presence of pin fins. In the impingement dominant regime, where the effect of disc rotation is minimal for a smooth disc, the heat transfer increases with rotational speed in case of pin fins. The effect of inclination angle of the impinging jet is insignificant in the range explored in this paper (0° to 20°).


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Haneda ◽  
Akiko Souma ◽  
Hideo Kurasawa ◽  
Shouichiro Iio ◽  
Toshihiko Ikeda

Impinging jet heat transfer on a target plate was enhanced by using two parallel confining plates mounted between a rectangular nozzle end plate and a jet target plate. The target plate was set equal to 2, 3, 4, and 5 times the jet exit width, h, and the gap ratio of two parallel confining plates, W/h, were changed from 2.7 to 8.0 only by impinging length H=5h and from 2.7 to 6.7 by H≠5h. Two confining parallel plates mounted near the jet exit produced swing-type flow under some conditions. As a result, the maximum Nusselt number attained around the stagnation point was augmented by about 50% compared to the one for normal impinging jet without the two parallel plates and then spatial mean Nusselt number was increased by about 40%.


Author(s):  
Weihong Li ◽  
Xueying Li ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongde Jiang ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
...  

This study comprehensively illustrates the effect of Reynolds number, hole spacing, jet-to-target distance and hole inclination on the convective heat transfer performance of an impinging jet array. Highly resolved heat transfer coefficient distributions on the target plate are obtained utilizing transient liquid crystal over a range of Reynolds numbers varying between 5,000 and 25,000. Effect of streamwise and spanwise jet-to-jet spacing (X/D, Y/D: 4–8) and jet-to-target plate distance (Z/D: 0.75–3) are employed composing a test matrix of 36 different geometries. Additionally, the effect of hole inclination (θ: 0°–40°) on the heat transfer coefficient is investigated. Optical hole spacing arrangements and impingement distance are pointed out to maximize the area-averaged Nusselt number and minimize the amount of cooling air. Also included is a new correlation, based on that of Florschuetz et al., to predict row-averaged Nusselt number. The new correlation is capable to cover low Z/D∼0.75 and presents better prediction of row-averaged Nusselt number, which proves to be an effective impingement design tool.


Author(s):  
G. Arvind Rao ◽  
Myra Kitron-Belinkov ◽  
Yeshayahou Levy

Jet impingement is known to provide higher heat transfer coefficients as compared to other conventional modes of single phase heat transfer. Jet impingement has been a subject of research for a long time. Single jets have been studied extensively for their heat transfer and flow characteristics. However, for practical usage, multiple jets (in the form of arrays) have to be used for increasing the total heat transfer over a given area. Most of the research on multiple impinging jets have focused on evaluating heat transfer correlations for such arrays in the turbulent regime (Re >2500). The focus of the present paper is on experimental investigation of a large array of impinging jets in the low Reynolds number regime (<1000) and subsequently numerically modeling the same array by using existing Computational Fluid Dynamics tools in order to study the physical phenomena within such a complex system. Different turbulence models were used for modeling the fluid flow within these impinging jets and it was found that the SST k-ω model is the most suitable. Results obtained from CFD analysis are in reasonable agreement with experimental values. It was observed that CFD simulations over predicted the Nusselt number and pressure drop when compared to the experimentally obtained values. It was also observed that the decrease in Nusselt number along the streamwise direction of the array was not monotonic. This could be due to the complex flow field resulting from interaction between the crossflow and the impinging jets in the wall jet region. It is anticipated that results obtained from the present work will provide greater insight into the flow behavior and the heat transfer mechanism occurring in multiple impinging jets.


2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yacine Halouane ◽  
Amina Mataoui ◽  
Farida Iachachene

Convective heat transfer from an isothermal hot cylindrical cavity due to a turbulent round jet impingement is investigated numerically. Three-dimensional turbulent flow is considered in this work. The Reynolds stress second order turbulence model with wall standard treatment is used for the turbulence predictions the problem parameters are the jet exit Reynolds number, ranging from 2x104 to 105and the normalized impinging distance to the cavity bottom and the jet exit Lf, ranging from 4 to 35. The computed flow patterns and isotherms for various combinations of these parameters are analyzed in order to understand the effect of the cavity confinement on the heat transfer phenomena. The flow in the cavity is divided into three parts, the area of free jet, and the area of the jet interaction with the reverse flow and the semi-quiescent flow in the region of the cavity bottom. The distribution of the local and mean Nusselt numbers along the cavity walls for above combinations of the flow parameters are detailed. Results are compared against to corresponding cases for impinging jet on a plate for the case of the bottom wall. The analysis reveals that the average Nusselt number increases considerably with the jet exit Reynolds number. Finally, it was found that the average Nusselt number at the stagnation point could be correlated by a relationship in the form Nu=f(Lf,Re).


Author(s):  
Jaspinder Kaur ◽  
Roderick Melnik ◽  
Anurag Kumar Tiwari

Abstract In this present work, forced convection heat transfer from a heated blunt-headed cylinder in power-law fluids has been investigated numerically over the range of parameters, namely, Reynolds number (Re): 1–40, Prandtl number (Pr): 10–100 and power-law index (n): 0.3–1.8. The results are expressed in terms of local parameters, like streamline, isotherm, pressure coefficient, and local Nusselt number and global parameters, like wake length, drag coefficient, and average Nusselt number. The length of the recirculation zone on the rear side of the cylinder increases with the increasing value of Re and n. The effect of the total drag coefficient acting on the cylinder is seen to be higher at the low value of Re and its effect significant in shear-thinning fluids (n < 1). On the heat transfer aspect, the rate of heat transfer in fluids is increased by increasing the value of Re and Pr. The effect of heat transfer is enhanced in shear-thinning fluids up to ∼ 40% and it impedes it’s to ∼20% shear-thickening fluids. In the end, the numerical results of the total drag coefficient and average Nusselt number (in terms of J H −factor) have been correlated by simple expression to estimate the intermediate value for the new application.


Author(s):  
Salaika Parvin ◽  
Nepal Chandra Roy ◽  
Litan Kumar Saha ◽  
Sadia Siddiqa

A numerical study is performed to investigate nanofluids' flow field and heat transfer characteristics between the domain bounded by a square and a wavy cylinder. The left and right walls of the cavity are at constant low temperature while its other adjacent walls are insulated. The convective phenomena take place due to the higher temperature of the inner corrugated surface. Super elliptic functions are used to transform the governing equations of the classical rectangular enclosure into a system of equations valid for concentric cylinders. The resulting equations are solved iteratively with the implicit finite difference method. Parametric results are presented in terms of streamlines, isotherms, local and average Nusselt numbers for a wide range of scaled parameters such as nanoparticles concentration, Rayleigh number, and aspect ratio. Several correlations have been deduced at the inner and outer surface of the cylinders for the average Nusselt number, which gives a good agreement when compared against the numerical results. The strength of the streamlines increases significantly due to an increase in the aspect ratio of the inner cylinder and the Rayleigh number. As the concentration of nanoparticles increases, the average Nusselt number at the internal and external cylinders becomes stronger. In addition, the average Nusselt number for the entire Rayleigh number range gets enhanced when plotted against the volume fraction of the nanofluid.


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