Effect of guide wall on jet impingement cooling in blade leading edge channel

The characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer, which are affected by the guide wall in a jet impinged leading edge channel, have been investigated numerically using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes analysis via the shear stress transport turbulence model and gamma theta transitional turbulence model. A constant wall heat flux condition has been applied to the leading edge surface. The jet-to-surface distance is constant, which is three times that of the jet diameter. The arrangement of the guide wall near the jet hole is set as a variable. Results presented in this study include the Nusselt number contour, velocity vector, streamline with velocity, and local Nusselt number distribution along the central line on the leading edge surface. The average Nusselt number and average pressure loss between jet nozzle and channel exit are calculated to assess the thermal performance. The application of the guide wall is aimed at improving heat transfer uniformity on the leading edge surface. Results indicated that the streamwise guide wall ensures the vertical jet impingement flow intensity and prevents the flow after impingement to reflux into jet flow. Thus, a combined rectangular guide wall benefits the average heat transfer, thermal performance and heat transfer distribution uniformity.     

Effect of cross-flow velocity on flow and heat transfer characteristics of impinging jet with low jet-to-plate distance

An effect of cross-flow velocity on flow and heat transfer characteristics of impinging jet in the case of low jet-to-plate distance at H = 2D was experimentally and numerically investigated. In the experiments, the air jet from orifice impingement on the wall of wind tunnel while a cross-flow was simultaneously induced normal to the jet flow. The jet velocity was fixed while the cross-flow velocity was varied corresponding to velocity ratios (jet velocity/cross-flow velocity) VR = 3, 5 and 7. The temperature distribution on an impinged surface was visualized by using thermochromic liquid crystal sheet (TLCs), and Nusselt number distribution was evaluated by using image processing method. The flow pattern on impingement surface was visualized by using oil film technique. The numerical simulation was carried out for a better understanding of the jet flow in the cross-flow. The results show that Nusselt number peak shifts downstream and the Nusselt number peak increases with increasing cross-flow velocity.     

An efficient way of convection heat transfer measurement on a curved surface

Accurate determination of convective heat transfer coefficients on complex surfaces with high spatial resolution is essential in the design and analysis of thermal systems. This study focuses on the implementation of a recently developed true color image-processing technique for the quantitative interpretation of liquid crystal images obtained from a curved surface. The interpretation includes the use of a linear hue versus temperature relation as an accurate temperature measuring tool, a color image analysis system and a transient heat transfer model for the conversion of time accurate temperature information into heat transfer coefficient maps. A square to rectangular transition duct is used as a heat transfer model representative of a curved geometry. The transient heat transfer experiments are performed with ambient temperature air in the transition duct model which is preheated by a custom designed electric heater. The measurements are performed on the curved bottom surface of the transition duct. Two dimensional surface distributions of heat transfer coefficient on the curved surface are presented with high spatial resolution. The hue-capturing technique provides extremely fine details of heat transfer coefficient when compared to other conventional discrete sensor methods. The technique is a highly automated heat transfer measurement method which reduces lengthy data reduction processes and significantly improves spatial resolution.     

Heat/mass transfer measurement on concave surface in rotating jet impingement

The objective of this paper is to investigate the heat/mass transfer characteristics on a concave surface for rotating impinging jets. The jet with Reynolds number of 5,000 is applied to the concave surface and the flat surface, respectively. The rotating experiments have been carried out at the rotating speed of 560RPM which is corresponding to Ro number of 0.075. The two jet orientation (front and trailing orientation) are considered. Detailed heat/mass transfer coefficients on the target plate were measured using a naphthalene sublimation method. The result indicates that the rotation leads to change in local heat/mass transfer distributions and the slight increase in the Sh level. The front orientation induces asymmetric Sh distributions, whereas the trailing orientation shows the shifted heat/mass transfer feature due to rotation-induced flow behavior. The crossflow effect on heat/mass transfer is also observed as the streamwise direction increases. Compared to flat surface, the heat/mass transfer on the concave surface is enhanced with increasing the spanwise direction due to the curvature effect, providing the higher averaged Sh value. It is proved that the difference of surface geometry affects somewhat the local and averaged heat/mass transfer regardless of rotation condition. This paper was presented at the 9^th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery (AICFM9), Jeju, Korea, October 16–19, 2007.     

射流条件下采用纳米流冷却液对柴油机缸盖冷却的研究

为提高柴油机缸盖的散热性能,提出一种将纳米流冷却液作为冷却工质,利用射流技术提高缸盖进排气门鼻梁处传热系数的方法。试验研究发现,相同射流参数下,不同体积分数的纳米流冷却液较传统冷却液都可有效提升传热系数,但体积分数增加的作用有限。同体积分数的纳米流冷却液会因为不同射流参数而表现出不同的传热性能,同时也会因为其本身黏性的增加而耗费更大的驱动功率。采用纳米流冷却液可以有效提高缸盖鼻梁处的传热系数。     

Conjugated heat transfer and temperature distributions in a gas turbine combustion liner under base-load operation

Prediction of temperature distributions on hot components is important in development of a gas turbine combustion liner. The present study investigated conjugated heat transfer to obtain temperature distributions in a combustion liner with six combustion nozzles. 3D-numerical simulations using FVM commercial codes, Fluent and CFX were performed to calculate combustion and heat transfer distributions. The temperature distributions in the combustor liner were calculated by conjugation of conduction and convection (heat transfer coefficients) obtained by combustion and cooling flow analysis. The wall temperature was the highest on the attachment points of the combustion gas from combustion nozzles, but the temperature gradient was high at the after shell section with low wall temperature.     

Analysis of the compression characteristics of vapor jet injected into high vacuum

The working principle of diffusion pump, a kind of vacuum pumps, is to use the high momentum of vapor jet which is injected into high vacuum. Since flow regime inside the diffusion pump consists of continuum, transition and free molecular, a continuum approach is not valid to calculate the flow field. In this paper, the compression characteristics of a vapor jet into high vacuum were simulated using the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method. The hard sphere model is used as a molecular model and the no time counter (NTC) scheme is employed as a collision sampling technique. Steady state flow characteristics such as velocity, temperature, density distributions of the pumped gas and oil vapor are calculated by simulating about hundreds of thousand molecules. The main result is that the pumping speed of a single stage pump can be described based on the transmission probabilities which have nearly constant values irrespective of pressures at the inlet and outlet. Using these features, compression characteristics of diffusion pump can also be described by transmission probability concept as in the case of other high vacuum pump.     

Numerical investigation on developing laminar forced convective heat transfer and entropy generation in an annular helicoidal tube

In this study, numerical investigations are conducted for forced convective heat transfer in an annular helicoidal tube under uniform wall temperature condition for laminar flow including developing region. The numerical computations reveal the developments and distributions of heat transfer and flow fields in the annular helicoidal tube when the outer tube wall is heated and the inner tube wall is insulated. The effects of Reynolds number, curvature ratio, and coil pitch on the circumferential average friction factor and Nusselt number at different axial locations, and the non-dimensional entropy generation number of laminar convection in an annular helicoidal tube are investigated. In addition, the differences of flow and heat transfer characteristics between the annular helicoidal tube and circular helicoidal tube are also described.     

A suggestion of a new method for the calculation of the coating thickness in continuous hot-dip galvanizing

It is known that the distributions of the impinging pressure gradient and the shear stress at the strip surface play a decisive key role in the decision of the coating thickness in hot-dip galvanizing. So, to predict the exact coating thickness, it is essential that the distributions of the impinging wall jet pressure and the shear stress acting between the liquid film and jet stream are measured (or calculated) exactly for each specific coating condition. So far, to obtain the impinging wall jet pressure, it was assumed that the jet issuing from an air-knife is similar to the Hiemenz plane stagnation flow, and the wall shear stress could be predicted by an equation using the assumption of a non-negative Gaussian profile in impinging wall jet pressure in general, so that it cannot be reliable for some impinging wall jet regions and nozzle systems intrinsically. Nevertheless, one cannot find a suitable method to cope with the difficulties in measuring/calculating of the shear stress and the impinging wall jet pressure. Such a difficulty which will cause an inaccuracy in the coating thickness prediction. With these connections, in the present study, we suggest a new method named as a two-step calculation method to calculate the final coating thickness, which consists of the air jet analysis and coating thickness calculation. And, from the comparison of the results one may confirm the validation of the new suggested method.     

Water film thickness measurement system for oil-water pipe flow

A new technique development for high spatial and temporal resolution film-thickness measurement in oil-water flow is presented in this work. A capacitance measurement system is proposed to measure thin water films or local water fractions near to the pipe wall. The measurement system is based in a planar sensor which is flexible and can be placed close to and following the curvature of the inner wall of the tube. Experimental results of the capacitive technique showed that the system is able to measure film thickness between 400 μm and 2200 μm. Dispersed and core-annular flows were studied in a vertical 12-m-height glass pipe with 50.8 mm of internal diameter, using mineral oil (860 kg/m3 of density and 220 mPa s of viscosity) and tap water. Local time-domain signals and axial and circumferential distributions of water film thickness near to the pipe wall and 3-D images of water film are presented. The measured film thickness, obtained by the proposed technique, was compared with that obtained through a camera-based imaging technique and the agreement was good, with a deviation less than 20%. The new technique allows the observation and characterization of average interfacial topologies in separated flows, and high frequency phenomena related to dispersed flows that occur in liquid-liquid flow near the pipe wall.     

三维方管层流冲击射流流动与传热的数值研究

通过求解三维稳态不可压缩N-S方程和能量方程,对半封闭层流方管冲击射流的流动与传热特性进行了数值研究。根据计算结果分析了射流中四个偏心速度峰值形成的原因,在层流范围内考察了射流雷诺数和冲击高度对流场结构和传热性能的影响。计算结果表明,冲击射流的传热特性受流场结构的控制,冲击面附近水平断面上四个偏心速度峰值的形成,导致在相应断面上形成温度分布的四个偏心最小值,以及在冲击面上形成局部Nu数的四个偏心峰值。     

Accurate wall positioning of the hot-wire sensor using a high aspect-ratio rectangular nozzle

Accurate measurement of wire distance from the wall is vital especially during hot-wire (HW) anemometry of the boundary layer flows. In such flows the length scales are comparable to the diameter of the sensor and there are large gradients of flow properties near the wall. Thus, the accuracy of calculating the wall dependence parameters from the hot-wire experimental data is strongly dependent on the accuracy of the wire positioning technique. Advanced graduated microscopes, digital camera systems, utilization of electro/mechanical probe stops, using of the wall-effects of the HW sensors and finally laser based devices are known methods for initial positioning of HW sensors. In this paper, the flow characteristics of a high-aspect-ratio (HAR) rectangular nozzle are used as a main base for proposing a new method for initial wire positioning. For validating of the method, the characteristics of jet flow from HAR rectangular nozzles and behaviors of some flat plate transitional boundary layers are studied experimentally. Comparisons show that high accuracy, easy performing and low-cost equipments are main characteristics of the proposed method. It is immediately applicable for researchers using hot-wire anemometry in boundary layer flows over both of electrically conductive and non-conductive test surfaces.     

茹卡乌斯卡斯横掠错排管束实验模型的数值模拟

茹卡乌斯卡斯实验关联式在换热器的设计中有着广泛的应用。针对茹卡乌斯卡斯研究流体横掠错排管束流动与换热特性的实验段为原型,经过适当的简化,建立三维模型,运用大型CFD软件Fluent对该模型内流体的流动与换热特性进行了数值模拟研究。将数值模拟结果与公式计算结果进行对比,误差较小。通过考察特殊管排的局部换热特性,对模型壁面对换热的影响、末排管与中间管排的换热特性差异进行了分析;并将使用茹卡乌斯卡斯公式进行计算的误差与管排数的关系进行分析,在实际的设计计算中有一定的参考意义。     

排尘孔涡轮冷却叶片叶顶流动与传热研究

涡轮叶片叶顶排尘孔用于清除冷气中掺杂的尘粒,以保证气膜孔和冲击孔的可靠工作,但排尘孔射流引起叶顶流动和传热问题。采用参数化方法建立有、无排尘孔涡轮冷却叶片几何模型,基于包含叶片主体、主燃气通道和三腔回流式内冷却通道的全局模型,采用流热耦合数值分析,开展排尘孔对涡轮冷却叶片叶顶流动与传热问题的初步研究。研究结果表明,对比有、无排尘孔叶片,排尘孔射流可降低叶顶平均温度约25 K;冷却通道对流换热作用和叶顶排尘孔射流可使叶顶平面降温400～600 K,冷却效果与冷却通道冷气流量和尘孔结构在叶顶位置相关;排尘孔叶顶射流对叶顶间隙高温燃气泄漏具有阻碍作用,可以提高叶片总压恢复系数约0.5%～1.5%,随着冷气流量的增大,这种作用增强;尘孔结构设计应兼顾射流对叶顶流动与传热的共同影响。     

Experimental study on flow and mass transfer in rotor-stator disk cavities

An experimental study has been performed in an attempt to seek some possibilities of obtaining the solutions of heat transfer problems related to rotor-stator disk cavity systems of gas turbine engines by analogy with corresponding problems in mass transfer which arises from using naphthalene sublimation technique. Measurements are made to examine the effects of rotational Reynolds number, the flow rate and the gap ratio on the radial pressure distributions. Pressure inversion phenomenon has been verified to exist for the case of shrouded disks with radial clearance, which perform better in terms of heat transfer, too, than those with axial clearance. The stator flow reattachment points are determined directly by the dual sensor pressure probes and compared well with those estimated from the distributions of static pressure and mass transfer coefficients.     

Channelling optics for high quality imaging of sensory hair

A long distance microscope (LDM) is extended by a lens and aperture array. This newly formed channelling LDM is superior in high quality, high-speed imaging of large field of views (FOV). It allows imaging the same FOV like a conventional LDM, but at improved magnification. The optical design is evaluated by calculations with the ray tracing code ZEMAX. High-speed imaging of a 2 × 2 mm(2) FOV is realized at 3.000 frames per second and 1 μm per pixel image resolution. In combination with flow sensitive hair the optics forms a wall shear stress sensor. The optics images the direct vicinity of twenty-one flow sensitive hair distributed in a quadratic array. The hair consists of identical micro-pillars that are 20 μm in diameter, 390 μm in length and made from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Sensor validation is conducted in the transition region of a wall jet in air. The wall shear stress is calculated from optically measured micro-pillar tip deflections. 2D wall shear stress distributions are obtained with currently highest spatiotemporal resolution. The footprint of coherent vortical structures far away from the wall is recovered in the Fourier spectrum of wall shear stress fluctuations. High energetic patterns of 2D wall shear stress distributions are identified by proper orthogonal decomposition (POD).     

Numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in a plasma spray gun

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for analyzing fluid flow patterns in a plasma spray gun is presented in this study. It is coupled with a heat transfer simulation of the plasma spray gun. Based on CFD and heat transfer theory, the numerical model of the nozzle in the plasma spray gun is developed, and the coupled simulation of the flow fluid and heat transfer is carried out with the semi-implicit method for pressure-linked equations (SIMPLE) method. Local turbulence, which will lead to appearance of a static-water region, is found at the front corner of the cooling channel in the nozzle. The locations insufficiently cooled are found in the wall near the heat source and in the gasket in the rear of the nozzle. Then, cooling processes with different parameters of cooling water are analyzed. The optimal velocity and direction of cooling water, which efficiently cool the nozzle and improve the service life of the plasma jet, are obtained .     

Numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in a plasma spray gun

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for analyzing fluid flow patterns in a plasma spray gun is presented in this study. It is coupled with a heat transfer simulation of the plasma spray gun. Based on CFD and heat transfer theory, the numerical model of the nozzle in the plasma spray gun is developed, and the coupled simulation of the flow fluid and heat transfer is carried out with the semi-implicit method for pressure-linked equations (SIMPLE) method. Local turbulence, which will lead to appearance of a static-water region, is found at the front corner of the cooling channel in the nozzle. The locations insufficiently cooled are found in the wall near the heat source and in the gasket in the rear of the nozzle. Then, cooling processes with different parameters of cooling water are analyzed. The optimal velocity and direction of cooling water, which efficiently cool the nozzle and improve the service life of the plasma jet, are obtained .     

基于Workbench的高压圆盘气体轴承共轭传热研究

高压圆盘气体轴承流道间隙内高速气流的对流换热与轴承圆盘内部热传导紧密耦合在一起,是一个典型的共轭传热问题。基于ANSYS Workbench工作平台的Fluid Flow(Fluent)模块对高压圆盘气体轴承进行共轭传热数值模拟,获得轴承流道间隙内的速度和压力分布、流体域与固体域的温度分布以及共轭传热时流固耦合壁面的热流密度分布,并将其与非共轭传热恒温壁面条件下的计算结果进行对比,得到高压圆盘气体轴承共轭传热的一些基本特性。结果表明：2种情况下的计算结果存在较大差异,非共轭传热恒温壁面条件下,间隙内的气体只吸热,流体域耦合壁面上的热流密度均为正值;而共轭传热条件下流体域耦合壁面热流密度存在正负值,间隙内气体的吸热和放热同时存在,显示出轴承圆盘的热传导与间隙内气体的对流换热具有复杂的共轭作用机制;相比之下,采用共轭传热模型可以得到更为符合实际的结果。研究结果为该类轴承的设计和制造提供了有益的指导。     

非均匀加热条件下微矩形槽道内的滑移流动换热特性

利用正交函数法对定热流密度加热、壁面温度在周向可任意变化条件下,气体在微矩形槽道内的热充分发展滑移流动的换热特性进行理论分析,获得相应条件下的Nu数计算方法及换热特性,并与大尺度槽道的换热特性进行比较,探讨了Kn数、槽道高宽比及不同加热条件对微矩形槽道内滑移流动换热性能的影响。结果表明,在任何加热条件下,微矩形槽道内的平均Nu数均低于相同加热条件下大尺度矩形槽道中的Nu数,且随Kn数的增加而减小。高宽比越小,平均Nu数下降越大。在相同的高宽比和Kn数下,单边加热条件下的换热性能相比相同加热条件的常规大槽道内的换热性能下降最小。