Study of a Cooling Feed Pipe With a Covering Plate on a Ribbed Turbine Case

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangyuan Liu ◽  
Junkui Mao ◽  
Chao Han ◽  
Yuanjian Liu ◽  
Xingsi Han ◽  
...  

Considering the complicated geometry in an active clearance control (ACC) system, the design of an improved cooling feed pipe with a covering plate for a high pressure ribbed turbine case was investigated. Numerical calculations were analyzed to obtain the interactions between the impinging jet arrays fed by the pipe. Experimental tests were performed to explore the effect of the Reynolds number (2000–20,000) and the jet-to-surface spacing ratio (6–10) on the streamwise-averaged Nusselt numbers. Additionally, the effect of the crossflow produced by the configuration was investigated. Results showed a confined curved channel was formed by the pipe and ribbed case, which resulted in crossflow. The crossflow evolved into vortices and the streamwise-averaged Nusselt number on the high ribs was subsequently increased. Furthermore, the distribution of the heat transfer on the entire surface became more uniform compared with that of traditional impinging jet arrays. A higher Nusselt number was achieved by decreasing the jet-to-surface spacing and increasing the Reynolds number. This investigation has revealed a cooling configuration for controlling the wall flow and evening the heat transfer on the case surface, especially for the ribs.

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Ligrani ◽  
G. I. Mahmood

Spatially resolved Nusselt numbers, spatially averaged Nusselt numbers, and friction factors are presented for a stationary channel with an aspect ratio of 4 and angled rib turbulators inclined at 45 deg with perpendicular orientations on two opposite surfaces. Results are given at different Reynolds numbers based on channel height from 10,000 to 83,700. The ratio of rib height to hydraulic diameter is .078, the rib pitch-to-height ratio is 10, and the blockage provided by the ribs is 25% of the channel cross-sectional area. Nusselt numbers are given both with and without three-dimensional conduction considered within the acrylic test surface. In both cases, spatially resolved local Nusselt numbers are highest on tops of the rib turbulators, with lower magnitudes on flat surfaces between the ribs, where regions of flow separation and shear layer reattachment have pronounced influences on local surface heat transfer behavior. The augmented local and spatially averaged Nusselt number ratios (rib turbulator Nusselt numbers normalized by values measured in a smooth channel) vary locally on the rib tops as Reynolds number increases. Nusselt number ratios decrease on the flat regions away from the ribs, especially at locations just downstream of the ribs, as Reynolds number increases. When adjusted to account for conduction along and within the test surface, Nusselt number ratios show different quantitative variations (with location along the test surface), compared to variations when no conduction is included. Changes include: (i) decreased local Nusselt number ratios along the central part of each rib top surface as heat transfer from the sides of each rib becomes larger, and (ii) Nusselt number ratio decreases near corners, where each rib joins the flat part of the test surface, especially on the downstream side of each rib. With no conduction along and within the test surface (and variable heat flux assumed into the air stream), globally-averaged Nusselt number ratios vary from 2.92 to 1.64 as Reynolds number increases from 10,000 to 83,700. Corresponding thermal performance parameters also decrease as Reynolds number increases over this range, with values in approximate agreement with data measured by other investigators in a square channel also with 45 deg oriented ribs.


Author(s):  
Pratik S. Bhansali ◽  
Srinath V. Ekkad

Abstract Heat transfer over rotating surfaces is of particular interest in rotating machinery such as gas turbine engines. The rotation of the gas turbine disc creates a radially outward flow on the disc surface, which may lead to ingress of hot gases into the narrow cavity between the disc and the stator. Impingement of cooling jet is an effective way of cooling the disc and countering the ingress of the hot gases. Present study focusses on investigating the effect of introducing pin-fins over the rotating disc on the heat transfer. The jet Reynolds number has been varied from 5000 to 18000, and the rotating Reynolds number has been varied from 5487 to 12803 for an aluminum disc of thickness 6.35mm and diameter 10.16 cm, over which square pins have been arranged in an inline fashion. Steady state temperature measurements have been taken using thermocouples embedded in the disc close to the target surface, and area average Nusselt number has been calculated. The effects of varying the height of the pin-fins, distance between nozzle and the disc surface and the inclination of the impinging jet with the axis of rotation have also been studied. The results have been compared with those for a smooth aluminum disc of equal dimensions and without any pin-fins. The average Nusselt number is significantly enhanced by the presence of pin fins. In the impingement dominant regime, where the effect of disc rotation is minimal for a smooth disc, the heat transfer increases with rotational speed in case of pin fins. The effect of inclination angle of the impinging jet is insignificant in the range explored in this paper (0° to 20°).


Author(s):  
Weihong Li ◽  
Xueying Li ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongde Jiang ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
...  

This study comprehensively illustrates the effect of Reynolds number, hole spacing, jet-to-target distance and hole inclination on the convective heat transfer performance of an impinging jet array. Highly resolved heat transfer coefficient distributions on the target plate are obtained utilizing transient liquid crystal over a range of Reynolds numbers varying between 5,000 and 25,000. Effect of streamwise and spanwise jet-to-jet spacing (X/D, Y/D: 4–8) and jet-to-target plate distance (Z/D: 0.75–3) are employed composing a test matrix of 36 different geometries. Additionally, the effect of hole inclination (θ: 0°–40°) on the heat transfer coefficient is investigated. Optical hole spacing arrangements and impingement distance are pointed out to maximize the area-averaged Nusselt number and minimize the amount of cooling air. Also included is a new correlation, based on that of Florschuetz et al., to predict row-averaged Nusselt number. The new correlation is capable to cover low Z/D∼0.75 and presents better prediction of row-averaged Nusselt number, which proves to be an effective impingement design tool.


Author(s):  
G. I. Mahmood ◽  
P. M. Ligrani ◽  
S. Y. Won

Spatially-resolved Nusselt numbers and flow structure are presented for a stationary channel with an aspect ratio of 4 and angled rib turbulators inclined at 45° with perpendicular orientations on two opposite surfaces. The flow structure results include time-averaged distributions of streamwise velocity and total pressure, surveyed over flow cross-sectional planes, as well as flow visualization images and friction factors. Results are given at different Reynolds numbers based on channel height from 270 to 90,000. The ratio of rib height to hydraulic diameter is .078, the rib pitch-to-height ratio is 10, and the blockage provided by the ribs is 25 percent of the channel cross-sectional area. Spatially-resolved local Nusselt numbers are highest on tops of the rib turbulators, with lower magnitudes on flat surfaces between the ribs, where regions of flow separation and shear layer re-attachment have pronounced influences on local surface heat transfer behavior. Also important are intense, highly unsteady secondary flows and vortex pairs, which increase secondary advection and turbulent transport over the entire channel cross-section. The resulting augmented local and spatially-averaged Nusselt number ratios (rib turbulator Nusselt numbers normalized by values measured in a smooth channel) generally increase on the rib tops as Reynolds number increases. Nusselt number ratios decrease on the flat regions away from the ribs, especially at locations just downstream of the ribs, as Reynolds number increases. Globally-averaged Nusselt number ratios vary from 3.36 to 2.82 as Reynolds number increases from 10,000 to 90,000. Thermal performance parameters also decrease somewhat as Reynolds number increases over this range, with values in approximate agreement with, or slightly higher than 60° continuous rib data measured by other investigators in a square channel.


2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihong Li ◽  
Minghe Xu ◽  
Jing Ren ◽  
Hongde Jiang

Comprehensive impingement heat transfer coefficients data are presented with varied Reynolds number, hole spacing, jet-to-target distance, and hole inclination utilizing transient liquid crystal. The impingement configurations include: streamwise and spanwise jet-to-jet spacing (X/D, Y/D) are 4∼8 and jet-to-target plate distance (Z/D) is 0.75∼3, which composed a test matrix of 36 different geometries. The Reynolds numbers vary between 5,000 and 25,000. Additionally, hole inclination pointing to the upstream direction (θ: 0 deg∼40 deg) is also investigated to compare with normal impingement jets. Local and averaged heat transfer coefficients data are presented to illustrate that (1) surface Nusselt numbers increase with streamwise development for low impingement distance, while decrease for large impingement distance. The increase or decrease variations are also influenced by Reynolds number, streamwise and spanwise spacings. (2) Nusselt numbers of impingement jets with inclined angle are similar to those of normal impingement jets. Due to the increase or decrease variations corresponding to small or large impingement distance, a two-regime-based correlation, based on that of Florschuetz et al., is developed to predict row-averaged Nusselt number. The new correlation is capable to cover low Z/D∼0.75 and presents better prediction of row-averaged Nusselt number, which proves to be an effective impingement design tool.


Author(s):  
Khwanchit Wongcharee ◽  
Somsak Pethkool ◽  
Chinaruk Thianpong

This paper describes an experimental study of turbulent convective heat transfer and flow friction characteristics in a double tube heat exchanger equipped with propellers (2 blade-type). The propellers are used as the decaying swirl generators in the inner tube. The experiments were performed using the propellers with four different interval lengths (l = 1D, 2D, 3D and 4D where D is diameter of the inner tube), for the Reynolds number ranging from 5000 to 32,000, using water with temperature of 27°C and 70°C as cold and hot working fluids, respectively. The data of the tube equipped with the propellers are reported together with those of the plain tube, for comparison. The obtained results demonstrate that the heat transfer rate in term of Nusselt number (Nu) and friction factor (f) in the tube with propellers are higher than those in the plain tube at the similar operating conditions. This is due to the chaotic mixing and efficient interruption of thermal boundary layer caused by the propellers. In addition, the Nusselt number and friction factor in the tube fitted with the propellers increase as the interval length decreases. Depending on Reynolds number and interval length, Nusselt numbers and friction factors in the tube fitted with the propellers are augmented to 1.95 to 2.3 times and 5.8 to 13.2 times of those in the plain tube. In addition, the correlations of the Nusselt number (Nu) and the friction factor (f) for tube fitted with the propellers are reported and the performance evaluation to access the real benefits of using the turbulators is also determined.


2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Q. Lou ◽  
C. Yap ◽  
A. S. Mujumdar

Impinging jet heat transfer is a promising method to cool electronic components. In this paper, a numerical study has been carried out to examine the conjugate heat transfer under a confined impinging jet using a plate-fin heat sink as the target plate. Effects of geometric parameters such as fin number, fin height, and fin-to-spacing ratio are examined over a range of jet Reynolds numbers using dielectric fluid FC-72 as the fluid medium. Thermal resistance, pressure drop, and Nusselt number are the main criteria used to evaluate the thermal and fluid dynamic performance of this flow system. Furthermore, the effects of fin height, fin-to-spacing ratio, and jet Reynolds number on impinging jet heat transfer are obtained. The concept of an effective Nusselt number is introduced for computing the heat transfer effectiveness of heat sinks with different fin numbers.


Author(s):  
Chang Wang ◽  
Puzhen Gao ◽  
Chao Xu

Heat transfer characteristic of low frequency pulsating turbulent water flow in a vertical circular pipe which is heated at uniform heat flux, are experimentally studied under different conditions of Reynolds number, pulsation frequency and relative amplitude. The experiments are performed with the Reynolds number range of 3000 to 20000, pulsation frequency range of 0.033 to 0.1 Hz, and the relative amplitude range of 0.1 to 0.8. This pulsating flow situation is used to simulate the phenomenon happened in the ship power system which is induced by ocean conditions. The effects of pulsation on heat transfer characteristics are presented in terms of relative local and mean Nusselt numbers defined as the ratio of the local and mean Nusselt numbers for pulsation flow to that of the ordinary steady turbulent flow with the same time-averaged Reynolds number Reta. The results show that the relative local Nusselt number is strongly affected by Reynolds number, pulsation frequency and relative amplitude. The phenomena that the Nusselt number would increase or decrease with the increase of the Reynolds number are both observed and the variation is more notable in the entrance region than that in the fully developed region. The relative mean Nusselt number decreases initially as the Reta increases, and then recovers gradually, but finally it has the tendency to decrease again. With the increase of pulsation relative amplitude, the relative mean Nusselt number increases at first and then decreases. And for the Reynolds number range of 3176 to 6670, heat transfer enhancement is observed as the pulsation frequency raises, but complete contrary phenomena appears at Reynolds number range of 11904 to 15844. The obtained heat transfer results are analyzed and seem to be qualitatively in accordance with previous investigations.


2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Y. Won ◽  
N. K. Burgess ◽  
S. Peddicord ◽  
P. M. Ligrani

Spatially resolved Nusselt numbers, spatially-averaged Nusselt numbers, and friction factors are presented for a stationary channel with an aspect ratio of 4 and angled rib turbulators inclined at 45 deg with parallel orientations on two opposite surfaces. Results are given at different Reynolds numbers based on channel height from 9000 to 76,000. The ratio of rib height to hydraulic diameter is 0.078, the rib pitch-to-height ratio is 10, and the blockage provided by the ribs is 25 percent of the channel cross-sectional area. Nusselt numbers are determined with three-dimensional conduction considered within the acrylic test surface. Test surface conduction results in important variations of surface heat flux, which give decreased local Nusselt number ratios near corners, where each rib joins the flat part of the test surface, and along the central part of each rib top surface. However, even with test surface conduction included in the analysis, spatially-resolved local Nusselt numbers are highest on tops of the rib turbulators, with lower magnitudes on flat surfaces between the ribs, where regions of flow separation and shear layer re-attachment have pronounced influences on local surface heat transfer behavior. The augmented local and spatially averaged Nusselt number ratios (rib turbulator Nusselt numbers normalized by values measured in a smooth channel) decrease on the rib tops, and on the flat regions away from the ribs, especially at locations just downstream of the ribs, as Reynolds number increases. With conduction along and within the test surface considered, globally averaged Nusselt number ratios vary from 3.53 to 1.79 as Reynolds number increases from 9000 to 76,000. Corresponding thermal performance parameters also decrease as Reynolds number increases over this range.


2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Ichimiya ◽  
Yoshio Yamada

This paper describes the heat transfer and flow characteristics of a single circular laminar impinging jet including buoyancy force in a comparatively narrow space with a confined wall. Temperature distribution and velocity vectors in the space were obtained numerically by solving three-dimensional governing equations for the Reynolds number Re=umD/ν=400-2000 and the dimensionless space, H=h/D=0.25-1.0. After impingement, heat transfer behavior on the impingement surface is divided into a forced convection region, a mixed convection region, and a natural convection region in the radial direction. The local heat flux corresponding to these three regions was visualized using a thermosensitive liquid crystal. Moreover, with the increase in Reynolds number, Re, and dimensionless space, H, the recirculation flow on the impingement surface moves downstream and its volume increases correspondingly. The Nusselt number averaged from r=0 to the minimum point of peripherally averaged Nusselt number, Num, was evaluated as a function of Re and H.


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