Experimental investigation of heat transfer from different pin fin in a rectangular channel

In this study, the effect of both hexagonal pin fins (HPFs) and cylindrical pin fins (CPFs) into the rectangular channel on heat transfer augmentation, Nusselt number and friction factor were experimentally investigated. In planning of the experiments, different Reynolds number, pin fin array, pin fin geometry and the ratio of the distance between pin fin spacing (s) to the pin fin hydraulic diameter (s/D_h) were chosen as the design parameters. Air was used as the fluid. The Reynolds number, based on the channel hydraulic diameter of the rectangular channel, was varied from 3188 to 19531. In the experiments, the heating plate was made of stainless steel foil. The foil was electrically heated by means of a high current DC power supply to provide a constantly heated flux surface. The heat transfer results were obtained using the infrared thermal imaging technique. The heat transfer results of the hexagonal pin fins (HPFs) and cylindrical pin fins (CPFs) are compared with those of a smooth plate. Best heat transfer performance was obtained with the hexagonal pin fins. The maximum thermal performance factor ((?), was obtained as Re = 3188, staggered array, s/D_h = 0, ? = 2.28.     

百叶窗和针肋的传热与流阻特性的数值研究

提出一种新的针肋结构,采用直径为0.25 mm的圆柱型针肋,在一定的错排和顺排相结合的优化布置方式下,能获得较高的换热效率.在三维空间上的对流换热模拟表明,铜制的针肋结构的换热系数要高出百叶窗翅片24%～34%,而流阻仅高出10%～16%.总换热量取决于翅片材料的导热性能,导热系数越高,针肋的强化作用约明显.本文提出的针肋翅片结构可以用来制造紧凑性更高的换热器.     

EFFECT OF SHROUDING ON AIR NATURAL-CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER FROM STAGGERED VERTICAL FINS

An experimental study on the effect of shrouding on air natural-convection heat transfer from staggered vertical fins has been performed. Two types of shrouding that are frequently encountered in the actual use of finned surfaces were considered: lateral and frontal vertical shrouds and horizontal obstructions at the leading edge of the heat sink. The results show that convective heat transfer may be enhanced or reduced by the presence of obstructions; in particular, the different location of the obstacles yields a —10% to +12% variation of the Nusselt number with respect to the case of the no-shroud configuration.     

波纹内翅片管换热与阻力特性的实验研究

本文研究了三组内翅片管的湍流流动与换热特性,拟合出所测参数范围内阻力和换热的实验关联式,并运用相同质量流量、相同泵功率、相同压降三种准则比较了不同组翅片管之间的强化传热效果。     

Study of heat transfer in a horizontal cylinder with fins

The purpose of this paper is to investigate, numerically, the effect of internal fins on the flow pattern, temperature distribution and heat transfer between concentric horizontal cylinders. A Galerkin finite element method is adopted for the discretization of the governing equations. The numerical procedure consists in solving series of transient problems of increasing Ra. Results are presented using air (Pr = 0.7) with Rayleigh numbers ranging from 10³ to 10⁶ for different fin configurations (1 and 2), geometries (sharp, round and divergent tip) and lengths (l = 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75). They are illustrated in terms of isotherms, velocity fields, Nusselt numbers and fin efficiencies. Configuration 2 presents a heat transfer rate 10% above that of configuration 1, at Ra = 10⁶. The heat transfer is about the same for the three geometries, but the best fin efficiency is associated with the fin with a round tip.     

NATURAL CONVECTION FROM A VERTICAL RECTANGULAR FIN

An experimental investigation of steady-state natural convection from vertical rectangular mild steel and aluminum fins was conducted using laser holographic interferometry. Infinite-fringe interferograms demonstrate the effect of fin base heating. Depending on the fin material and base temperature, the local heat transfer coefficients vary along the fin with maximum values at positions about 22-48% of the fin height measured from the base. Temperature measurements along the fin show good agreement with the classical one-dimensional corwective and adiabalic tip solutions. Hence, in the thermal design of vertical aluminum fins of low Biot numbers, the classical one-dimensional fin solutions may be used together with an average heat transfer coefficient obtained from established correlations for natural convection from an isothermal flat plate.     

复合肋套管导热和对流耦合换热的数值模拟

在层流范围内,数值模拟了带均布纵肋同心套管内的三维导热和对流耦合换热。结果表明间壁温度沿管长变化 较大且分布呈非线性变化;在通道人口流体内部温度和速度分布呈现层流附面层特征,换热的入口段比例随Re增大而加 大,入口段换热的Nu也随Re增大而加大;换热的Nu随管长增加趋于不变。     

含不同形状内热源的圆管内纳米流体自然对流及换热数值研究

采用格子玻尔兹曼方法对有三种恒温热源（圆形、三角形、方形）参与的圆管内纳米流体（铜-水）自然对流进行数值研究。主要研究瑞利（Ra）数,纳米颗粒体积分数以及热源几何形状等控制参数对纳米流体的流动与传热的影响。结果发现纳米颗粒体积分数的增加有利于强化传热,且在Ra数较小时,平均努塞尔（Nu）数增加的幅度要优于Ra数较大的情况。在所研究的控制参数范围内,方形热源的平均Nu数最大。根据数值结果给出不同热源表面的平均Nu数、纳米颗粒体积分数、Ra数三者之间的函数关系式,该函数关系可为此类工程的设计提供理论指导。     

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE HEAT TRANSFER OF TURBULENT FLOW IN A PIPE OSCILLATING AT LOW FREQUENCIES

An experimental study was performed focusing on heat transfer and friction coefficient associated with turbulent oscillating tube flow. For this goal an oscillating mechanism was designed. Experiments were conducted for the low oscillating frequency in the range of 0.008–1.988 Hz and dimensionless amplitude was chosen as X₀ = 0.3, 0.6, and 0.9. Reynolds number was changed from 0.5 × 10⁴ to 2.5 × 10⁴. The bulk temperature of the fluid at the exit of the oscillating section was fond to be increasing with oscillating frequency and amplitude. For the oscillating cases, heat transfer enhancement is obtained 52% for f = 1.988 s^?1, 40% for f = 1.320 s^?1, and 28% for f = 0.008 s^?1, in comparison with the smooth pipe at the highest Reynolds number. The results also showed that Nusselt number and friction coefficient also increased with increasing frequency and amplitude.     

具有纵向外肋片的水平复合管外表面自然对流换热的数值计算

为了方便而有效地模拟具有纵向外肋片的水平复合管外表面大空间自然对流换热的数值计算时计算区域外边界条件,本文提出一种新的边界条件处理方式。数值实验表明,用该条件计算的具有恒壁温的水平圆柱外表面自然对流换热数值解与文献中的基准解相比,平均Nu数的误差在0.5％以下。本文在极坐标系下,采用固体区与流体区耦合计算原始变量法,模拟计算了具有纵向外肋片的水平复合管外表面在不同肋片高度和肋片数下的自然对流换热量。数值计算表明,管外布置6个对称的肋片时,在肋片相对高度h/r04.0时,对换热最为有利,对应的肋片管平均肋效率为87.92％;而在相同肋片高度下,布置8个对称的肋片时,换热量最大。     

Flow and Heat Transfer in Rough Micro Steel Tubes

Abstract

This article investigates the flow and heat transfer characteristics in micro steel tubes with inner diameters of 168 μm, 399 μm and relative roughness of 3.5% and 2.7%, respectively, by measuring the friction factors and the Nusselt number from laminar state to transitional state. Experiments show that the experimental Nusselt numbers are less than those predicted by the classical laminar correlation due to the effect of the variation of the thermophysical properties with temperature when Reynolds number is low. As the Reynolds number is higher than 800, the experimental Nusselt number are 25–50% higher than the predictions of the classical laminar and transitional correlations due to the effects of the roughness and the entrance length. The transition from laminar to turbulent flow occurs at the Reynolds number of 1,100–1,500.     

Effects of fin pitch and tube diameter on the air-side performance of tube bank fin heat exchanger with the fins punched plane and curved rectangular vortex generators

Tube bank fin heat exchangers with vortex generators are widely used in the field of industrial applications. The effects of the fin pitch and the tube diameter on the air-side performance of the tube bank fin heat exchanger with plane rectangular vortex generators (PRVG) and curved rectangular vortex generators (CRVG) are experimentally studied in this paper. Performance comparison is carried out between the fins with PRVG and CRVG. The experimental results show that both PRVG and CRVG can effectively enhance heat transfer performance compared with the plain fin. Both the fin pitch and the tube diameter have obvious effect on f compared with the effect on Nu, especially for the fin with PRVG. The characteristics of Nu, f, and Nu/f^1/3 are different for the fins with PRVG and CRVG. The fin with CRVG has a better heat transfer performance than the fin with PRVG for all the cases studied in this paper.     

Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger Equipped with Coiled Circular Wires

An experimental investigation has been carried out to study the enhancement in heat transfer coefficient by inserting coiled wire around the outer surface of the inner tube of the double-pipe heat exchanger. Insulated wires, with a circular cross-section of 2 mm diameter, forming a coil of different pitches (p = 6, 12, and 20 mm), were used as turbulators. The investigation is performed for turbulent water flow in a double-pipe heat exchanger with cold water in the annulus space for both parallel and counter flows. The experiments were performed for Reynolds numbers ranging from 4,000 to 14,000. The experimental results reveal that the use of coiled circular wires leads to a considerable increase in heat transfer coefficients compared with a smooth wall tube for both parallel and counter water flows. The mean Nusselt number increases with Reynolds number and pitch. The convective heat transfer coefficient for a turbulent water flow increases for all coiled wire pitches, with the highest enhancement of about 450% for counter flow and 400% for the parallel flow. New correlations for mean relative Nusselt numbers at different coiled wire pitches are provided.     

Natural convective heat transfer of Ag-water nanofluid flow inside enclosure with center heater and bottom heat source

A numerical study on natural convective heat transfer inside an enclosure with center heater using nanofluid has been carried out. The effect of different length of center heater on the flow and temperature fields is analysed for different Rayleigh numbers. Results are displayed in terms of streamlines, isotherms, mid height velocity profile and average Nusselt number. The numerical results reveal heat transfer increases with increasing heater length at both vertical and horizontal positions for increasing values of Rayleigh numbers. In particular, a higher increase in heat transfer is obtained with heater situated with vertical position of maximum length. Also it is obtained that enhancement of heat transfer is high for Ag - water nanofluid than CuO -water and Al₂O₃ -water nanofluids.     

肋片双面带涡产生器的扁管管片式散热器数值研究

采用数值模拟的方法,研究了流道内上下两肋片均布置有涡产生器的扁管管片式散热板芯的传热与阻力特性,并与流道单面布置涡产生器的换热板芯进行了对比.结果表明,采用双面带涡产生器的肋片表面能在提高Nu的同时,降低流动阻力,换热性能得到了明显的提高,在Re=1500时,平均Nu数提高了8.6%,横向平均Nu最大提高了30%,阻力下降了6.5%.     

RECIPROCATING IMPINGEMENT JET HEAT TRANSFER WITH SURFACE RIBS

This article presents the experimental heat transfer results of an impinging jet onto a flat surface with discrete ribs in a reciprocating confinement. The test flows were systemically varied from static to reciprocating conditions with oscillating frequencies of 0.83, 1.25, and 1.67 Hz. Parametric ranges of tests in terms of Reynolds, pulsating, and buoyancy numbers were 10,000-25,000, 0-0.15, and 0-4.12 x 10^-7, respectively. It was found that the nonreciprocating heat transfer close to and away from the stagnation point was respectively reduced and improved from the smooth-walled values, which led to the more spatially uniform heat transfer distribution. An empirical correlation was developed to permit the evaluation of nonreciprocating local Nusselt numbers. Under reciprocating environment with relatively weak pulsating force effects, a tendency of heat transfer deterioration from static reference developed, which trend could lead to about 20% of heat transfer reduction. Further increase of pulsating force ratio caused the subsequent heat transfer recovery, and the local reciprocating Nusselt number could be enhanced to a level about 240% of the equivalent static value at a pulsating number of 0.014. Considerable influence of reciprocating buoyancy interaction on heat transfer was detected to impede local heat transfer. As the present flow system in a reciprocating confinement could result in higher and more spatially uniform heat transfer rates in general, it could be an applicable cooling method for pistons.     

LBM simulation on natural convection flow in a triangular enclosure of green house under winter day conditions

Natural convection flow of roof top cross section in a green house has been numerically investigated using a thermal lattice Boltzmann method (TLBM). Two types of thermal boundary condition are considered; uniform and nonuniform bottom heating with symmetrically cold inclined walls. The results are presented as velocity and temperature profiles as well as stream function and temperature contours for different Rayleigh number, Ra, ranging from 103 to 105 with other controlled parameters. The intensity of circulation is found to be higher and symmetric for lower values of Ra and the asymmetric behavior of the flow about the geometric centre line is seen for higher values of Ra in the case of uniform bottom heating. However, for nonuniform case, multiple circulation cells are observed for different Ra maintaining the symmetrical fluid properties. In addition, the average rate of heat transfer in terms of Nusselt number indicated the lower heat transfer rates for the nonuniform case compared to the uniform heating case. Finally, the results have been compared with the previous published works and found a good agreement.     

格子Boltzmann方法分析加热尺寸和瑞利数对可变形开口腔内自然对流的影响

采用格子Boltzmann方法对可变形腔体内自然对流问题进行数值研究，给出平均努赛尔数的经验关系式.腔体左壁加热长度分为左壁面的整个区域（H）和左壁面的中间区域（0.5H）两种情况，右壁向外界环境开放，上下边界绝热且可以上下移动，以此调节右出口尺寸.主要研究瑞利数（10⁴ ≤ Ra ≤ 10⁶），右出口尺寸（1.0H ≤ L ≤ 2.0H），左壁加热尺寸（L_h=0.5H或L_h=H）对腔体内等温线、流线、局部努塞尔数和平均努赛尔数的影响.结果表明：腔体内换热随着瑞利数的增大越来越强烈，表现为椭圆形准静止区域更加靠近上绝热壁，且热分层厚度逐渐变小，平均努赛尔数增加.而右出口尺寸的增加，对于两种加热尺寸下腔内的换热效果有不同程度影响，其中与加热尺寸为左壁面的全部区域L_h=H相比，加热尺寸为左壁面的中间情况L_h=0.5H时，右侧开口尺寸的增加对换热效果的影响不显著.此外，左壁加热尺寸为0.5H时显示出比加热尺寸为H时更高的平均传热效率.最后，针对不同的加热尺寸，提出加热面平均努赛尔数与Ra数及右壁面开口尺寸L^*之间函数关系的经验预测，拟合效果满足工程实践与设计需要.     

微方肋冷却系统的换热特性

采用去离子水为冷却介质,对自行设计的不同结构微方肋散热器内的换热特性进行实验研究,结果表明:在进口温度为20 ℃、进口流量为57.225 L/h、底面平均温度为73.4 ℃时,散热器散热量可达2.83106 W/cm2,可以满足当前高热流密度散热需求;当散热面温度一定时,散热量随着散热器进口流量的增加而增加,但增速随散热器底面温度的增加变缓;努谢尔特数随雷诺数的增加而成幂次方增加,常规针肋结构和微针肋结构换热关系式不满足微方肋散热器特性。为了更好地表达微方肋散热器内的换热特性,拟合了微方肋散热器内对流换热关系式。     

壁面轴向导热对微细管内对流换热的影响

本文通过数值解析的方法研究了考虑壁面轴向导热时微细管内的对流换热。结果表明,当管外为对流换热边界条件时,管内充分发展对流换热的Nu依然在3.66～4.36之间。但若忽略壁面轴向导热,采用一维热阻模型整理微细管内对流换热的实验数据将会导致错误的结论。