Experimental visualization of temperature fields and study of heat transfer enhancement in oscillatory flow in a grooved channel |
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Authors: | C Herman E Kang |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical Engineering The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218, USA e-mail: herman@titan.me.jhu.edu, US |
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Abstract: | An experimental study was conducted of incompressible, moderate Reynolds number flow of air over heated rectangular blocks
in a two-dimensional, horizontal channel. Holographic interferometry combined with high-speed cinematography was used to visualize
the unsteady temperature fields in self- sustained oscillatory flow. Experiments were conducted in the laminar, transitional
and turbulent flow regimes for Reynolds numbers in the range from Re = 520 to Re = 6600. Interferometric measurements were
obtained in the thermally and fluiddynamically periodically fully developed flow region on the ninth heated block. Flow oscillations
were first observed between Re = 1054 and Re = 1318. The period of oscillations, wavelength and propagation speed of the Tollmien–Schlichting
waves in the main channel were measured at two characteristic flow velocities, Re = 1580 and Re = 2370. For these Reynolds
numbers it was observed that two to three waves span one geometric periodicity length. At Re = 1580 the dominant oscillation
frequency was found to be around 26 Hz and at Re = 2370 the frequency distribution formed a band around 125 Hz. Results regarding
heat transfer and pressure drop are presented as a function of the Reynolds number, in terms of the block-average Nusselt
number and the local Nusselt number as well as the friction factor. Measurements of the local Nusselt number together with
visual observations indicate that the lateral mixing caused by flow instabilities is most pronounced along the upstream vertical
wall of the heated block in the groove region, and it is accompanied by high heat transfer coefficients. At Reynolds numbers
beyond the onset of oscillations the heat transfer in the grooved channel exceeds the performance of the reference geometry,
the asymmetrically heated parallel plate channel.
Received on 26 April 2000 |
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