Local heat (mass) transfer in a rotating square channel with ejection holes
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The objective of this experimental investigation was to examine the effects of rotation, flow ejection, channel orientation, and transverse ribs on the local heat (mass) transfer distribution for radial outward flow in a square channel, rotating about a perpendicular axis. The test channel was oriented so that the direction of rotation was perpendicular or at a 45 deg angle to the leading and trailing walls. There were eight ejection holes along the leading or trailing wall of the test channel. The diameter of each ejection hole was equal to one-fifth of the channel hydraulic diameter. The wall with the ejection holes was either smooth or roughened with seven transverse ribs. The ribs were located midway between two ejection holes. The height of the ribs was equal to one-tenth of the channel hydraulic diameter, and the spacing between two ribs was equal to 10 times the rib height. The Reynolds number was 5.5 103and the rotation number range was between 0.0 and 0.24. In a smooth normally oriented channel, rotation in the direction of the ejection flow significantly reduced the local heat/mass transfer on the leading wall, except in the vicinity of the ejection holes. Rotation in a direction opposite to that of the ejection flow widened the high heat/mass transfer regions near the ejection holes on the trailing wall, and reduced the heat/ mass transfer in the regions between the ejection holes. In a smooth diagonally oriented channel, the trend of higher heat/mass transfer near the leading side of the leading wall rather than near the trailing side was the opposite of the expected trend for the radial outward flow through a smooth diagonally oriented channel with no ejection holes. Flow attachment downstream of transverse ribs and flow acceleration toward ejection holes together caused very high heat/mass transfer in bell-shaped regions around the ejection holes. Rotation changed the shape of the local heat/mass transfer distribution more on the leading wall than on the trailing wall of a rib-roughened diagonally oriented channel. Copyright 1998 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved.
