Heat transfer in turbulent natural convection on a vertical permeable surface

A theoretical and experimental study is presented for heat transfer in turbulent natural convection on vertical surfaces with uniform and homogeneous air injection and withdrawal.     

Heat transfer in a turbulent boundary layer with stepped injection

The asymptotic theory of a turbulent boundary layer has been applied to derive relationships for the heat and mass transfer when there is injection and consequent nonuniformity in the gas composition. Experimental studies are reported on heat and mass transfer with stepped injection of homogeneous and inhomogeneous gases; the results confirm the equations for the heat and mass transfer at a permeable surface when a foreign gas is blown in.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 4, pp. 124–129, July–August, 1973.     

Heat and mass exchange in a turbulent boundary layer on a disintegrating plate surface

Heat- and mass-exchange processes in a turbulent boundary layer on a disintegrating surface during aerodynamic heating are investigated. The flow in the layer is considered frozen, and the gas composition is determined only by the reactions on the disintegration surface. The problem is solved under the usual assumptions for turbulent-boundary-layer theory. Computation of the disintegration of an asbestos-textolite surface is presented as an example.     

Heat transfer enhancement in a turbulent natural convection boundary layer along a vertical flat plate

An experimental study on heat transfer enhancement for a turbulent natural convection boundary layer in air along a vertical flat plate has been performed by inserting a long flat plate in the spanwise direction (simple heat transfer promoter) and short flat plates aligned in the spanwise direction (split heat transfer promoter) with clearances into the near-wall region of the boundary layer. For a simple heat transfer promoter, the heat transfer coefficients increase by a peak value of approximately 37% in the downstream region of the promoter compared with those in the usual turbulent natural convection boundary layer. It is found from flow visualization and simultaneous measurements of the flow and thermal fields with hot- and cold-wires that such increase of heat transfer coefficients is mainly caused by the deflection of flows toward the outer region of the boundary layer and the invasion of low-temperature fluids from the outer region to the near-wall region with large-scale vortex motions riding out the promoter. However, heat transfer coefficients for a split heat transfer promoter exhibit an increase in peak value of approximately 60% in the downstream region of the promoter. Flow visualization and PIV measurements show that such remarkable heat transfer enhancement is attributed to longitudinal vortices generated by flows passing through the clearances of the promoter in addition to large-scale vortex motions riding out the promoter. Consequently, it is concluded that heat transfer enhancement of the turbulent natural convection boundary layer can be substantially achieved in a wide area of the turbulent natural convection boundary layer by employing multiple column split heat transfer promoters. It may be expected that the heat transfer enhancement in excess of approximately 40% can be accomplished by inserting such promoters.     

Heat and mass transfer study of impinging turbulent premixed flames

 Impinging jet combusting flows on granite plates are studied. A mathematical model for calculating heat release in turbulent impinging premixed flames is developed. The combustion including radiative heat transfer and local extinction effects, and flow characteristics are modeled using a finite volume computational approach. Two different eddy viscosity turbulence models, namely the standard k–ɛ and the RNG k–ɛ model with and without radiation (discrete transfer model) are assessed. The heat released predictions are compared with experimental data and the agreement is satisfactory only when both radiative heat transfer and local extinction modeling are taken into account. The results indicate that the main effect of radiation is the decrease of temperature values near the jet stagnation point and along the plate surface. Radiation increases temperature gradients and affects predicted turbulence levels independently of the closure model used. Also, the RNG k–ɛ predicts higher temperatures close the solid plate, with and without radiative heat transfer. Received on 13 November 2000 / Published online: 29 November 2001     

Heat and mass transfer in a system of plane turbulent jets with diffusion combustion

We consider turbulent motion of premixed chemically active gases in an infinite system of plane turbulent jets in the presence of diffusive combustion. The proposed calculation method permits determining the distribution of all the parameters in the mixing zone, including the longitudinal pressure. Numerical examples of the calculation of hydrogen combustion in air are presented.The study of heat and mass transfer in jet flows presents major difficulties at the present time. Therefore all the existing methods for calculating jet flows with heat and mass transfer and chemical processes [1–5] are based on an extension of the known semiempirical theories of free turbulence to the more complex cases of flow with chemical reactions. The present study is no exception in this sense; it covers an investigation of the motion in an infinite system of plane turbulent jets with diffusive combustion.     

Heat transfer and skin-friction in a turbulent boundary layer under a non-equilibrium longitudinal adverse pressure gradient

The experimental data on the effect of weak and moderate non-equilibrium adverse pressure gradients (APG) on the parameters of dynamic and thermal boundary layers are presented. The Reynolds number based on the momentum thickness at the beginning of the APG region was Re^** = 5500. The APG region was a slot channel with upper wall expansion angles from 0 to 14°. The profiles of the mean and fluctuation velocity components were measured using a single-component hot-wire anemometer. The friction coefficients were determined using two methods, namely, the indirect Clauser method and the direct method of weighting the lower wall region on a single-component strain-gage balance. The heat transfer coefficients were determined by a transient method using an IR camera. It is noticed that in the pressure gradient range realized the universal logarithmic region in the boundary layer profile is conserved. The values of the relative (divided by the parameters in zero gradient flow at the same value of Re^**) friction and heat transfer coefficients, together with the Reynolds analogy factor, are determined as functions of the longitudinal pressure gradient. The values of the relative friction coefficient reduced to c_f/c_f0 = 0.7 and those of the heat transfer to St/St₀ = 0.9. A maximum value of the Reynolds analogy factor (St/St₀)/(c_f/c_f0) = 1.16 was reached for the pressure gradient parameter β = 2.9.     

Displacement in the turbulent boundary layer on a permeable plate with supercritical injection

The displacement thickness in a turbulent boundary layer is determined for supercritical injection parameters. Experimental relations between the displacement thickness and the injection parameter are obtained for air, helium, and freon-12 injected into air.     

Eigenmode decomposition of the turbulent shear layer above a square rib

1D, 2D and fully 3D structural information is extracted from a large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow over a square rib, using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. In this paper, we focus on the shear layer separating at the leading edge and developing above and behind the top face of the flow obstacle. The two-point correlation tensor, required for the solution of the related eigenvalue problem, is provided from a large-eddy simulation for a Reynolds number of about 50 000 (based on obstacle height and incoming bulk velocity). The results indicate that the eigenmode decomposition is a very useful tool to extract organized structures even from very complex turbulent velocity fields at high Reynolds numbers. A significant amount of turbulent energy can still be captured by a relatively small number of modes.     

Heat transfer process in turbulent flows

A system of differential equations is proposed to describe turbulent flows of incompressible fluid boundary layer type with constant thermophysical characteristics A turbulent temperature conductivity is introduced which is expressed in terms of the energy and scale of turbulence, the dimensionless gradients of the mean velocity and turbulence energy, and the dimensionless distance, to the surface being streamlined. This system is integrated on an electronc computer by the mesh method for the flow in a flat-plate boundary layer with different Prandtl numbers (0.2P100) For air (P=0.71) the system is integrated for nonzero values of the transverse mean velocity component on the streamlined surface (0v_W/U0.0045).Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 18–24, July–August, 1972.     

Convective instability of a horizontal layer of fluid between permeable membranes

The equilibrium stability is investigated of a system consisting of two semi-infinite isothermal masses of fluid divided by a horizontal layer of finite thickness of the same fluid with a vertical temperature gradient directed downwards. The transition layer is separated by thin permeable membranes. Neutral stability curves are constructed for different membrane resistances. In the case of high permeability, the equilibrium is absolutely unstable with respect to monotonic-type longwave perturbations. For low permeability membranes, instability with respect to monotonic finite-wavelength perturbations is characteristic.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 171–173, July–August, 1985.     

Recovery factors for a permeable surface and a gas surface film in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer

The recovery factor on a permeable surface has been experimentally determined at various rates of injection of air into a supersonic turbulent boundary layer. On the basis of an analysis of the solutions of the integral momentum and energy equations for a turbulent boundary layer an expression is obtained for the recovery factor. The recovery factor in the region of a protective gas surface film in a supersonic external flow has been experimentally determined.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 131–136, March–April, 1972.