Heat transfer and pressure drop of an angled discrete turbulator at elevated Reynolds numbers Up to 900,000

Ghazi-Hesami, S; Wise, D; Taylor, K; Ireland, P; Robert, E

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Heat transfer and pressure drop of an angled discrete turbulator at elevated Reynolds numbers Up to 900,000

Abstract:: Turbulators are a promising avenue to enhance heat transfer in a wide variety of applications. An experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop of a broken V (chevron) turbulator is presented at Reynolds numbers ranging from approximately 300,000 to 900,000 in a rectangular channel with an aspect ratio (width/height) of 1.29. The rib height is 3% of the channel hydraulic diameter, while the rib spacing to rib height ratio is fixed at 10. Heat transfer measurements are performed on the flat surface between ribs using transient liquid crystal (LC) thermography. The experimental results reveal a significant increase of the heat transfer and friction factor of the ribbed surface compared with a smooth channel. Both parameters increase with Reynolds number, with a heat transfer enhancement ratio of up to 2.15 (relative to a smooth channel) and a friction factor ratio of up to 6.32 over the investigated Reynolds number range. Complementary computational fluid dynamics (CFD) Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulations are performed with the κ-ω shear-stress transport (SST) turbulence model in ansys fluent® 17.1, and the numerical estimates are compared against the experimental data. The results reveal that the discrepancy between the experimentally measured area-averaged Nusselt number and the numerical estimates increases from approximately 3% to 13% with increasing Reynolds number from 339,000 to 917,000. The numerical estimates indicate turbulators enhance heat transfer by interrupting the boundary layer as well as increasing near surface turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) and mixing.

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Peer review status:: Peer reviewed

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Ghazi-Hesami, S., Wise, D., Taylor, K., Ireland, P., & Robert, E. (2021). Heat transfer and pressure drop of an angled discrete turbulator at elevated Reynolds numbers Up to 900,000. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 14(7).

MLA Style

Ghazi-Hesami, S., et al. “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of an Angled Discrete Turbulator at Elevated Reynolds Numbers Up to 900,000.” Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, vol. 14, no. 7, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021.

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Ghazi-Hesami, S, D Wise, K Taylor, P Ireland, and E Robert. 2021. “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of an Angled Discrete Turbulator at Elevated Reynolds Numbers Up to 900,000.” Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 14 (7).
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