Heat transfer and friction factor characteristic of spherical and inclined teardrop dimple channel subjected to forced convection

An experimental and numerical investigation is performed in order to determine the outcome of dimple geometries on the heat transfer and friction factor in a dimple cooling channel subjected to turbulent flow. Two geometries taken into consideration are spherical and inclined teardrop. In order to have a better comparison between the two different dimple channel, the dimple depth, total wetted area of dimple, and dimple pitch have been kept constant. In case of spherical and inclined teardrop dimple channels, heat transfer augmentation, friction losses, and flow pattern have been obtained for a Reynolds Number range from 14,000 to 65,000. The investigation shows that the dimple geometry has a significant contribution to increasing the heat transfer augmentation and determining the flow pattern. The inclined teardrop dimple arrangement shows the maximum heat transfer that is 17% higher than the spherical dimple channel, whereas inclined teardrop dimple results in the rise of friction factor of about 5.93–16.14% times as compared to the spherical dimple within the specified Reynolds number. The inclined teardrop and spherical dimple channel show the heat transfer enhancement of 2.74 to 3.20 times and 2.38 to 2.68 times than that of smooth channels provided thermal boundary conditions and flow conditions are kept same. The numerical study has been performed, which provided a detailed insight into the flow structures and vortex formations in spherical and inclined teardrop dimple channel.     

Opposed-flow ignition and flame spread over melting polymers with Navier-Stokes gas flow

A numerical model is constructed to predict transient opposed-flow flame spread behaviour in a channel flow over a melting polymer. The transient flame is established by initially applying a high external radiation heat flux to the surface. This is followed by ignition, transition and finally steady opposed-flow flame spread. The physical phenomena under consideration include the following: gas phase: channel flow, thermal expansion and injection flow from the pyrolyzed fuel; condensed phase: heat conduction, melting, and discontinuous thermal properties (heat capacity and thermal conductivity) across the phase boundary; gas-condensed phase interface: radiation loss. There is no in-depth gas radiation absorption in the gas phase. It is necessary to solve the momentum, species, energy and continuity equations in the gas along with the energy equation(s) in the liquid and solid. Agreement is obtained between the numerical spread rate and a flame spread formula. The influence of the gas flow is explored by comparing the Navier-Stokes (NS) and Oseen (OS) models. An energy balance analysis describes the flame-spread mechanism in terms of participating heat transfer mechanisms.     

纵向涡强度衰减及其干涉的数值分析

本文以空气为介质,在Re=600-2100的范围内对布置有三角翅片的平行通道内的初始段层流状态下涡干涉的流动及换热进行了数值模拟。展示了旋向相反的涡在流道中的产生及发展情况,说明了涡产生器在横向位置变化时对横截面上平均Nu数和涡旋强度(?)的影响,并对单个涡产生器的有效换热区域长度进行了探讨。     

A numerical analysis on flow field and heat transfer by interaction between a pair of vortices in rectangular channel flow

This paper is a numerical study of the effect of flow field and heat transfer created by interactions between a pair of vortices generated by a vortex generator in a rectangular channel flow. In order to analyze the vortices produced by the vortex generator, the pseudo-compressibility method is introduced into the Navier–Strokes (NS) equation of a three-dimensional unsteady, incompressible viscous flow. A two-layer k–ε turbulence model is used on the flat plate three-dimensional turbulence boundary to predict the turbulence characteristics of the vortices. The computational results accurately predict the vortex characteristics, which are related to Reynolds stress, turbulent kinetic energy, and flow field. Also, in the prediction of thermal boundary layers, skin friction characteristics, and heat transfers, the present results are reasonably close to the experimental results obtained by other researchers.     

Numerical and Experimental Comparative Study on Nanofluids Flow and Heat Transfer in a Ribbed Triangular Duct

Numerical and experimental investigation is carried out to study the effect of combined vortex generator and nanofluids on turbulent heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in an equilateral triangular duct. A triangular duct provides a lower heat transfer rate and lower pressure drop compared to other duct configurations. The improvement of heat transfer of these ducts increases their importance for providing higher heat transfer and lower pressure drop. Two different types of nanoparticles, namely Al₂O₃ and SiO₂, suspended in distilled water with two particle concentrations are successfully prepared and experimentally tested. The numerical and experimental results show dramatic heat transfer enhancement by using a vortex generator and nanofluids, simultaneously accomplished with a moderate increase in the friction factor. A low deviation has been seen between the present numerical and experimental results.     

Numerical simulation of laminar forced convection of water-CuO nanofluid inside a triangular duct

In this article, distilled water and CuO particles with volume fraction of 1%, 2% and 4% are numerically studied. The steady state flow regime is considered laminar with Reynolds number of 100, and nano-particles diameters are assumed 20 nm and 80 nm. The hydraulic diameter and the length of equilateral triangular channel are 8 mm and 1000 mm, respectively. The problem is solved for two different boundary conditions; firstly, constant heat flux for all sides as a validation approach; and secondly, constant heat flux for two sides and constant temperature for one side (hot plate). Convective heat transfer coefficient, Nusselt number, pressure loss through the channel, velocity distribution in cross section and temperature distribution on walls are investigated in detail. The fluid flow is supposed to be one-phase flow. It can be observed that nano-fluid leads to a remarkable enhancement on heat transfer coefficient. Furthermore, CuO particles increase pressure loss through the channel and velocity distribution in fully developed cross section of channel, as well. The computations reveal that the size of nano-particles has no significant influence on heat transfer properties. Besides, the study shows a good agreement between provided outcomes and experimental data available in the literature.     

Liquid crystal heat transfer measurements in a rectangular channel with solid and slit rib

An experimental investigation on the heat transfer effectiveness of solid and slit ribs mounted on the bottom surface of a rectangular channel has been carried out at Reynolds numbers of 13400, 22600, 32100 and 40800. The rib height to hydraulic diameter ratio (e/D _h)set during experiment is equal to 0.0624. The surface Nusselt number results from transient liquid crystal thermography are presented. The heat transfer enhancement performance analysis has been carried out using entropy generation principle. The slit rib is superior to solid rib from both heat transfer augmentation and pressure penalty point of view. The performance of the slit rib is a function of the open area ratio (β) and the location of the slit (b) from the bottom test surface. The optimum open area ratio is 20% and the slit located symmetrically from the top and bottom surface of the rib is the optimum location of the slit. The heat transfer augmentation of the slit rib (β=20%) is 61% in comparison to 40% for the solid rib at Re=32100 and the pressure penalty for the slit rib is 7% lower than the solid rib. The entropy generation for the slit rib is 33% less than that of the solid rib.     

The numerical investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop of turbulent flow in a triangular microchannel

In this presentation, the flow and heat transfer inside a microchannel with a triangular section, have been numerically simulated. In this three-dimensional simulation, the flow has been considered turbulent. In order to increase the heat transfer of the channel walls, the semi-truncated and semi-attached ribs have been placed inside the channel and the effect of forms and numbers of ribs has been studied. In this research, the base fluid is Water and the effect of volume fraction of Al₂O₃ nanoparticles on the amount of heat transfer and physics of flow have been investigated. The presented results are including of the distribution of Nusselt number in the channel, friction coefficient and Performance Evaluation Criterion of each different arrangement. The results indicate that, the ribs affect the physics of flow and their influence is absolutely related to Reynolds number of flow. Also, the investigation of the used semi-truncated and semi-attached ribs in Reynolds number indicates that, although heat transfer increases, but more pressure drop arises. Therefore, in this method, in order to improve the heat transfer from the walls of microchannel on the constant heat flux, using the pump is demanded.     

Electric Field Enhancement of Nano Gap of Silver Prisms

Using numerical calculation, we examine the effects of gap distance of a pair of nano gap silver prisms with rounded corners on the local light intensity enhancement. Two peaks due to localized surface plasmon （LSP） excitation are observed in a wavelength range from 900nm to 300nm. The results demonstrate that peaks at a longer and a shorter wavelength corresponded to dipole-like and quadrupole-like LSP resonances, respectively. It is found that a gap distance up to 20 nm provides larger light intensity enhancement than that of a single silver nano prism with rounded corners. Furthermore, nano gap silver prisms are fabricated by direct focused ion beam processing, and we measure the scattering light spectrum of a pair of nano prisms by a confocal optical system. However, the two LSP peaks are not observed in visible range because the sizes of the nano gap and prisms are too large.     

FC-72在竖直壁面上及微小三角型通道内的沸腾传热

本文对浸在FC-72液池中的竖直壁面及两个微小三角形通道进行了沸腾实验研究,考虑了管道尺寸对沸腾传热特性的影响。两个微小三角形通道的边长分别为1.5和2.5 mm,水力直径分别为0.87和1.44 mm,长度50 mm,采用铜块上开V型沟槽,再覆盖上透明的玻璃片构成。热流密度由贴在铜块背后的膜状加热器提供。实验得到了沸腾曲线和传热系数,并用DV摄影机拍摄到了沸腾状况。实验结果显示,管道尺寸对沸腾传热特性有显著的影响,CHF值随通道尺寸的减小而减小,小通道在低热流密度时传热系数较大。     

On aberrations in saw‐tooth refractive X‐ray lenses and on their removal

The X‐ray lens, which is composed of opposing canted saw‐tooth structures, originally assembled from cut‐out pieces from long‐playing records, is understood by recognizing that an incident plane X‐ray wave will traverse a varying number of triangular prisms in them. The refraction will deflect any beam towards the prism tips and the variation of the deflection angle, which grows linearly with the number of traversed prisms, can result in X‐ray focusing. The structure offers focusing flexibility by simply changing the taper angle. This report will discuss the aberrations arising in the saw‐tooth structure in its simplest form with identical prisms. It is found that the saw‐tooth structures in low‐Z materials with focal length below 1 m provide less flux density in the focal spot than stacks of one‐dimensionally focusing refractive lenses with identical transmission function. This is due to excessive aberrations in the regular structure, which are absent in stacks of concave lenses, and which limit the focusing to spot sizes of just submicrometre dimensions, as measured experimentally for some lenses. It will be shown that this limitation can be overcome by appropriately modifying the prism shape. Then the image size could be reduced by about an order of magnitude to the diffraction limit with competitive numbers even below 0.1 µm. Microfabrication techniques are identified as the appropriate means for producing the structures.     

基于Dyson同心光学系统的消色差Féry棱镜高光谱成像仪的设计

为实现高光谱成像系统小型化、轻量化和高成像质量的要求,并使全工作波段具有更高的光学效率,提出以Féry棱镜组合作为分光元件的Dyson高光谱成像仪系统,系统中引入消色差棱镜组合以减小光谱的非线性色散,使棱镜系统色散的线性度达到较高。结果表明,可见近红外（VNIR）光谱通道的光学调制传递函数（MTF）达到0.9以上,光谱分辨率为4.2～6.8 nm。短波红外（SWIR）光谱通道的MTF达到0.73～0.87,光谱分辨率为6.4～12.5 nm。通过消色差Féry棱镜组合的设计,该光学成像系统两个光谱通道内的相对谱线弯曲均小于0.05%,色畸变小于0.13%。     

Numerical investigation of using micropolar fluid model for EHD flow through a smooth channel

In this paper, a numerical method is presented to investigate the Electrohydrodynamic effect using micropolar fluid model. The EHD flow for the forced convection heat transfer in a smooth channel is simulated. The computed results were compared with the fully turbulent flow approach. It is found that the micropolar model can be used to simulate the hydraulically laminar flow. In addition, the heat transfer enhancement has the same efficiency for both the micropolar and the k-ε models. The change of the applied voltage and the Reynolds number caused various deviations of the results obtained from the two approaches up to a maximum of 20.79%, and a minimum of 0.03%.     

Heat transfer in a flow of gas mixture with low Prandtl number in triangular channels

We investigated heat transfer in a channel with a triangular cross-section. The working medium is a helium–xenon mixture with a low Prandtl number. This channel configuration corresponds to one of possible cases of fuel cells layout in a gas-cooled nuclear reactor. New experimental data on heat transfer in helium–xenon mixtures were obtained. Results of numerical modeling were compared with the experimental data and the known empirical correlations.     

3D numerical analysis on mechanisms of flow and heat transfer in a square channel with right triangular wavy surfaces

Numerical investigations on thermo-hydraulic performance and mechanisms of flow and heat transfer in a square channel heat exchanger inserted with right triangular wavy surfaces are examined. The influence of the flow attack angles (30°, 45° and 60°) is investigated for laminar flow (Re = 100–2000). The configurations of the right triangular wavy surfaces are varied as inclined and V-shaped wavy surfaces (the pointing of V-tip with downstream and upstream called “V-downstream” and “V-upstream”, respectively). The insertions of the wavy surfaces in the channel heat exchanger are divided into two types: middle and diagonal insertions. The computational results reveal that the maximum thermal enhancement factor, TEF, is around 2.31 for the 30° V-downstream wavy surface with diagonal insertion at Re = 2000.     

彩色莫尔等高术

本文提出了用棱镜色散产生莫尔等高线条纹假彩色编码的方法.研究了单棱镜和互补双棱镜两种典型系统.给出了实验验证.     

星间激光通信光束微弧度跟瞄性能检测装置的设计原理

基于矢量折射定理,研究了透射光束通过双棱镜实现微弧度量级偏转的设计原理,解决了星间激光通信精跟瞄检测的难题。推导了正交双棱镜实现光束偏转的精确公式,提出以水平张角和垂直张角表达光束视场,并说明了单棱镜实现光束偏转的一般情况。根据设计指标和计算结果确定了棱镜的主要参量,进而对光束的偏转结果进行了数值模拟。最后的实验结果与模拟结果基本一致。结果表明:取棱镜棱角α为4°时,棱镜每旋转1′,透射光束变化约1μrad;分别控制双棱镜在其最小偏向角一侧小角度偏转,可以实现光束在水平方向和垂直方向500μrad范围内的精确扫描,装置的扫描精度可以达到0.2μrad。     

管外流诱导管束振动强化传热试验研究

本文提出了利用管外流体诱导振动实现强化传热的新方法.采用了一种新的传热元件-弹性管束,它对管外流体流动具有良好的振动响应特性.提出了正置三角柱脉动流发生装置,该装置可诱导起弹性管束一定频率的周期性振动,并对强化传热具有显著的促进作用.在恒热流条件下,对管外水流诱导振动强化对流换热规律进行了试验研究,得到了管外对流换热的准则方程式.     

脉动流动强化换热的数值研究

对脉动流动强化凸块散热进行了数值研究,讨论了雷诺数Re,斯德鲁哈尔数St,脉动振幅A等参数对凸块散热性能和通道中压力损失的影响。数值结果表明,脉动流动加强了流体的扰动和掺混作用,增强了流体的传热能力,进而强化了凸块的散热。凸块散热的强化效果随着Re数和A的增大而增大,并且对于该模型存在最佳的St数。另外,通道中瞬时压力损失满足正弦规律变化,其周期平均的压力损失与稳态时差异不大。     

On the use of clessidra prism arrays in long‐focal‐length X‐ray focusing

Clessidra (hour‐glass) X‐ray lenses have an overall shape of an old hour glass, in which two opposing larger triangular prisms are formed of smaller identical prisms or prism‐like objects. In these lenses, absorbing and otherwise optically inactive material was removed with a material‐removal strategy similar to that used by Fresnel in the lighthouse lens construction. It is verified that when the single prism rows are incoherently illuminated they can be operated as independent micro‐lenses with coinciding image positions for efficient X‐ray beam concentration. Experimental data for the line width and the refraction efficiency in one‐dimensional focusing are consistent with the expectations. Imperfections in the structures produced by state‐of‐the‐art deep X‐ray lithography directed only 35% of the incident intensity away from the image and widened it by just 10% to 125 µm. An array of micro‐lenses with easily feasible prism sizes is proposed as an efficient retrofit for the refocusing optics in an existing beamline, where it would provide seven‐fold flux enhancement.