Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis in the Trailing Region of a Gas Turbine Vane

Conjugate heat transfer calculations are performed on cambered converged channels with and without pin fins, simulating the trailing region internal cooling passages of a gas turbine vane. Simulations are carried out for an engine representative Reynolds number of 20,000, based on the hydraulic diameter at the entry of coolant channel. The effect of conjugation is brought out by varying the solid to fluid thermal conductivity ratio from 7 to 16,016. The interaction between the complex flow pattern and conjugate heat transfer is highlighted. The local values of pressure, wall and fluid temperature, area-averaged values of friction factor, and Nusselt number of the smooth and pinned channels are compared.     

几种带冷却结构的双层管换热及流动对比

对相同质量流量下的光管、双层光管、带冷却结构（肋、扰流柱、凹坑、螺旋通道）的双层管等不同结构的管流动进行了流固耦合三维数值模拟,获取了固体壁温的分布特征;对各结构下,外层壁冷热侧温差、冷气温升、流动特性及综合换热效率进行了研究分析。研究结果表明：相同质量流量下,带螺旋通道双层管的外层壁冷热侧温差最小、综合换热效率最高;凹坑结构双层管与双层光管的流动及换热特性相似,流阻较小但换热效果也较差;扰流柱和肋结构双层管的流动换热特性相近,其温度分布均匀性、换热量介于双层光管和螺旋通道双层管之间,其流阻大且综合换热效率低。     

Numerical simulation and optimization of turbulent flows through perforated circular pin fin heat sinks

In this study, the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of turbulent forced convection of air flow through perforated circular pin fin heat sinks with constant heat flux are investigated numerically. Circular perforated pin fins are shown to have 8% larger averaged Nusselt numbers than the corresponding solid pin cases. In addition, after the validation of the numerical results, the numerical optimization of this problem is also presented by using the response surface methodology (RSM) coupled with genetic algorithm (GA). The difference between the optimal thermal performance factor (η) which is calculated by regression function and obtained by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is less than 2%, and the numerical optimization shows that the enhancement of the objective function (η) can achieve 34%.     

Thermal/structural analysis of radiators for heavy-duty trucks

A thermal/structural coupling approach is applied to analyze thermal performance and predict the thermal stress of a radiator for heavy-duty transportation cooling systems. Bench test and field test data show that non-uniform temperature gradient and dynamic pressure loads may induce large thermal stress on the radiator. A finite element analysis (FEA) tool is used to predict the strains and displacement of radiator based on the solid wall temperature, wall-based fluid film heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop. These are obtained from a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. A 3D simulation of turbulent flow and coupled heat transfer between the working fluids poses a major difficulty because the range of length scales involved in heavy-duty radiators varies from few millimeters of the fin pitch and/or tube cross-section to several meters for the overall size of the radiator. It is very computational expensive, if not impossible, to directly simulate the turbulent heat transfer between fins and the thermal boundary layer in each tube. In order to overcome the computational difficulties, a dual porous zone (DPZ) method is applied, in which fins in the air side and turbulators in the water side are treated as porous region. The parameters involved in the DPZ method are tuned based on experimental data in prior. A distinguished advantage of the porous medium method is its effectiveness of modeling wide-range characteristic scale problems. A parametric study of the impact of flow rate on the heat transfer coefficient is presented. The FEA results predict the maximum value of stress/strain and target locations for possible structural failure and the results obtained are consistent with experimental observations. The results demonstrate that the coupling thermal/structural analysis is a powerful tool applied to heavy-duty cooling product design to improve the radiator thermal performance, durability and reliability under rigid working environment.     

有扰流片的矩形通道内空气流动和传热过程的数值模拟

以高温透叶片尾部区内部冷却为应用背景，对带顺排、错排扰流片肋的通道内空气流动和传热过程进行了数值模拟。计算结果表明，在相同雷诺数下，错排扰流片的阻力系数比针肋和顺排绕流片的阻力因子均增大约2%，而冷却能力分别增大约50%和9%。     

Thermal Analysis for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Perforated Pin Fins of Various Shapes with Staggered Arrays

The present work investigates the enhancement of heat transfer rate through staggered pin fins of different shapes with different perforation geometries, namely circular, diamond shaped and elliptical type. Three dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation has been carried out to analyze the effects of fin geometry and dimension of perforation as well as the shape of fin to enhance heat transfer rate against pressure loss. Results show that the heat transfer rates of perforated fins up to certain perforation number and size are always greater than the solid ones and with the change of fin shape and perforation geometry heat transfer rate also improves significantly. On the other hand pressure drop through heat sink decreases not only with increasing perforation number but also with the size of perforation. Moreover, variation of pressure drop of perforated fins is influenced with fin geometry.     

Orthotropic thermal conductivity effect on cylindrical pin fin heat transfer

Analytical equations for temperature distribution and heat transfer rate from a cylindrical pin fin with orthotropic thermal conductivity, encountered in the use of thermally enhanced polymer composites, are derived and validated using detailed finite-element results. The thermal performance of such fins was found to depart from the classical fin solution with increasing radial conductivity-based Biot number. The in depth analysis of developed orthotropic axi-symmetric pin fin temperature and heat transfer rate equation is carried out to better understand the heat flow rate in such fins.     

The effects of micro-structured surfaces on multi-nozzle spray cooling

Experiments were conducted to investigate heat transfer characteristics of spray cooling with eight nozzles for micro-structured surfaces included cubic pin fins and straight pin fins of different sizes. Liquid volume flow rate ranged from 2.46 × 10⁻² m³/s/m² to 3.91 × 10⁻² m³/s/m² and the corresponded inlet pressures changed from 0.28 MPa to 0.6 MPa by keeping the inlet water temperature between 20.4 °C and 24.31 °C. And the input power of heat block varied from 180 W to 1080 W. The results show that the heat transfer performances of straight fins2 and straight fins3 are the best in single phase zone, but the cubic pin fins is better in two phase zone. Notably, the critical point between single phase zone and two phase zone shifts to left with the increasing of liquid volume flow rate. Moreover, with the liquid volume flow rate increasing, the heat transfer coefficient increases as well, but straight fins1 and polished surface are not sensitive to this change. For a deeper analysis of the heat transfer enhancement, a dimensionless number (DM) is created to characterize heat transfer performance of different microstructures in single phase heat transfer. We verified the dimensionless number using experimental results in this study and previous literature. Furthermore, the micro-structured surfaces have negligible effects on temperature distribution except for cubic pin fins.     

不同冷气/燃气温比下高温涡轮叶片旋流冷却流固耦合特性研究

采用流固耦合方法对燃气轮机高温涡轮叶片旋流冷却结构进行数值模拟分析。探究了不同冷气/燃气温度比条件下旋流冷却的流动与传热特性、叶片前缘区域固体温度、热应力以及热应变分布。研究表明：在进气腔入口雷诺数固定的条件下,随着温度比升高,冷气密度降低,冷气流速逐渐提升,同时湍动能升高,靶面努塞尔数逐渐升高;当温度比较低时冷气的流速较低、单位时间冷气带走的热量较少,当温度比较高时冷气温度较高、单位质量冷气所能吸收的热量有限,靶面处热流密度先升高后降低。受靶面热流密度分布影响,随着温度比升高,叶片前缘固体的温度、热应力以及热应变先降低后升高。     

Heat transfer characteristics of an external-fin-assisted two-phase closed thermosyphon: An experimental study

In the current paper, the performance of an external-fin-assisted thermosyphon is investigated experimentally. The thermosyphon is produced with a copper tube and includes three parts—the evaporator, the adiabatic, and the condenser. The condenser part is enhanced with external longitudinal fins. In this study, different number of fins, filling ratios (FRs), coolant flow rates, a wide range of heat inputs, and initial absolute pressures are considered. The experiments are carried out by measurement of temperature distribution of the thermosyphon's wall and the temperature difference of the coolant. The results depict that increasing the heat input and FR reduces the thermal resistance, while raising the coolant flow rate augments the thermal resistance. Adding external fins to the condenser causes further condensation, which enhances the thermosyphon thermal performance by a reduction of 26.32% in thermal resistance and an increment of 28.55% in the thermosyphon efficiency.     

Heat transfer from multiple row arrays of low aspect ratio pin fins

Pin fin arrays are used in many applications to enhance heat transfer. In modern gas turbines, for example, airfoils are designed with sophisticated internal and external cooling techniques. One method for cooling is routing air from the compressor through intricate cooling channels embedded in turbine airfoils. Heat transfer from the blade to the coolant air can be increased by installing arrays of cylindrical pedestals often referred to as pin fins. Pin fin arrays increase heat transfer by increasing the flow turbulence and surface area of the airfoil exposed to the coolant.For the current study, experiments were conducted to determine the effects of pin spacing on heat transfer and pressure loss through pin fin arrays for a range of Reynolds numbers between 5000 and 30,000. Results showed that spanwise pin spacing had a larger effect than streamwise spacing on array pressure loss while streamwise spacing had a larger effect than spanwise spacing on array heat transfer.     

Effect of geometric configuration on the laminar flow and heat transfer in microchannel heat sinks with cavities and fins

A numerical simulation is performed to investigate the characteristics of flow and heat transfer in microchannels with cavities and fins. Nine microchannels with various shaped cavities and fins are presented and compared to the smooth microchannel. The effect of cavity and fin shapes on the flow field and temperature field is analyzed. Results show that the presence of cavity and fin can increase the heat transfer area, intensify mainstream disturbance, and induce chaotic advection, which result in obvious heat transfer enhancement. The shape of cavity or fin has a great influence on the hydrodynamic and thermal performance for such micro heat sinks. Based on the performance evaluation criterion (PEC), the overall performance of the microchannel is evaluated. The combination of cavities and fins leads to lower bottom temperature, lower net temperature gradient of fluid, and better heat transfer performance, which has the potential to meet the increased heat removal requirement.     

扰流空心翅片式微流道液冷板流动换热特性研究

液冷板冷却技术是解决高功率芯片热管理问题最有前途的技术之一,带翅片结构的液冷板具有低流阻、低热阻的优势,因而受到广泛关注。目前翅片结构多以实心为主,空心交错翅片对液冷板散热能力和压降等冷却特性的影响尚未得到系统的研究。对此,设计了空心交错翅片液冷板,采用数值模拟的方法研究进口温度和流量对液冷板流动换热特性的影响。模拟结果表明,空心翅片式液冷板具有良好的散热性能,随着进口温度的升高,液冷板温度不均匀性逐渐降低,但降低趋势有所减缓,而流量的增大对降低平均热阻有显著的作用,当进口流量超过1.2 L/min时,液冷板的平均热阻可低于0.04℃/W;然而,流量的增大也提高了流动阻力,当流量增大至1.7 L/min时,流体出口区域形成涡旋,产生回流区,不利于液冷板的散热效果,且流动阻力增大。     

A simple design of fins for boiling heat transfer

This study presents the thermal characteristics of a fin with excavation at base when various types of boiling occur simultaneously at adjacent locations on its surface experimentally and analytically. The heat transfer coefficient of each boiling mode is taken as a power function of wall superheat. Continuity of temperature and the heat transfer rate at the intersection of the two different modes on fin surface are employed to obtain the one-dimensional temperature distribution and total heat transfer of the excavated fin. Both heating and cooling cases are investigated in the analysis. Compared with solid pin fins, the proposed fins can extend the operating condition to a higher temperature of the heat transfer surface. In addition, the experimental data compare favorably with the analytical results.     

带扰流片的矩形通道的实验研究

以高温透平叶片冷却为应用背景，对带有顺排、错排扰流片的矩形通道进行了实验研究。实验结果表明：在相同的雷诺数下，错排扰流片比顺排扰流片具有更好的强化换热效果，即便保持相同的流动阻力，错排扰流片的冷却效果仍强于顺排扰流片。     

High efficient configuration design and simulation of platelet heat exchanger in solar thermal thruster

Solar thermal propulsion system includes solar thermal propulsion and nuclear thermal propulsion, and it is a sig- nificant issue to improve the heat transfer efficiency of the solar thermal thruster. This paper proposes a platelet configuration to be used in the heat exchanger core, which is the most important component of solar thermal sys- tem. The platelet passage can enhance the heat transfer between the propellant and the hot core heated by the concentrated sunlight. Based on fluid-solid coupled heat transfer, the paper utilized the platelet heat transfer characteristic to simulate the heat transfer and flow field of the platelet passage. A coupled system includes the coupled flow and heat transfer between the fluid region and solid region. The simulation result shows that the propellant can be heated to the design temperature of 2300K in platelet passage of the thermal propulsion system, and the fluid-solid coupled method can solve the heat transfer in the platelet structure more precisely.     

Effects of Thermal Radiation for Electronic Cooling on Modified PCB Geometry under Natural Convection

In this study, the discrete ordinates method (DOM) model is employed to estimate the effect of thermal radiation from multiple heat sources in a natural-convection flow field. It is found that the flow field around the chips can be altered by natural convection as induced by radiative heat transfer. The influence of thermal radiation is higher than 65% when the chipboard is in a vertical orientation. Furthermore, even if the chip surface temperature is only 317 K, the influence of radiative heat transfer is still up to 18%. Therefore, radiative heat transfer cannot be ignored for electronic component computational fluid dynamics simulation under natural convection.     

The heat transfer characteristics of liquid cooling heat sink with micro pin fins

This paper numerically and experimentally investigated the liquid cooling efficiency of heat sinks containing micro pin fins. Aluminum prototypes of heat sink with micro pin fin were fabricated to explore the flow and thermal performance. The main geometry parameters included the diameter of micro pin fin and porosity of fin array. The effects of the geometrical parameters and pressure drop on the heat transfer performance of the heat sink were studied. In the experiments, the heat flux from base of heat sink was set as 300 kW/m². The pressure drop between the inlet and the outlet of heat sink was set < 3000 Pa. Numerical simulations with similar flow and thermal conditions were conducted to estimate the flow patterns, the effective thermal resistance. It was found that the effective thermal resistance would reach an optimum value for various pressure drops. It was also noted that the effective thermal resistance was not sensitive to porosity for sparsely packed pin fins.     

Performance prediction of plate-fin radiator for low temperature preheating system of proton exchange membrane fuel cells using CFD simulation

The objective of this paper is to analyze the heat transfer characteristics of plate-fin radiator for the cold air heating system of a PEMFC engine and to find the optimal parameter combination in order to reduce the power consumption. The effect of the coolant mass flow and temperature on the heat exchange performance of the radiator was investigated based on 3D porous medium model. The results, including the amount of heat transferred and temperature change and heat exchanger effectivity with the increasing of the air flow rate at different coolant flow rate were obtained using CFD method. Good agreement is found by comparing the simulation values with the test data and the deviation is less than 7% which indicate simulation model validation and research method feasibility used in this study. The simulation results indicate that bigger coolant flow rate and temperature result in higher outlet air temperature and the amount of heat transferred. The variation of the heat exchanger effectivity is predicted for different working conditions. Based on the Taguchi method, the influence of structural parameters of the corrugated fins on the heat transfer and pressure drop of the radiator is analyzed qualitatively. It is shown that fin length has the greatest impact on the comprehensive heat transfer performance of the radiator. This research provides a guide for optimizing the air preheating system and improving the amount of heat transferred.     

Numerical study of the inlet/outlet arrangement effect on microchannel heat sink performance

In this study, fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannel heat sinks are numerically investigated. The three-dimensional governing equations for both fluid flow and heat transfer are solved using the finite-volume scheme. The computational domain is taken as the entire heat sink including the inlet/outlet ports, inlet/outlet plenums, and microchannels. The particular focus of this study is the inlet/outlet arrangement effects on the fluid flow and heat transfer inside the heat sinks.The microchannel heat sinks with various inlet/outlet arrangements are investigated in this study. All of the geometric dimensions of these heat sinks are the same except the inlet/outlet locations. Because of the difference in inlet/outlet arrangements, the resultant flow fields and temperature distributions inside these heat sinks are also different under a given pressure drop across the heat sink. Using the averaged velocities and fluid temperatures in each channel to quantify the fluid flow and temperature maldistributions, it is found that better uniformities in velocity and temperature can be found in the heat sinks having coolant supply and collection vertically via inlet/outlet ports opened on the heat sink cover plate. Using the thermal resistance, overall heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop coefficient to quantify the heat sink performance, it is also found these heat sinks have better performance among the heat sinks studied. Based on the results from this study, it is suggested that better heat sink performance can be achieved when the coolant is supplied and collected vertically.