HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE LOSS MEASUREMENTS IN A TURBULATED HIGH ASPECT RATIO CHANNEL WITH LARGE REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Experiments to investigate heat transfer and pressure loss are performed in a rectangular channel with an aspect ratio of 6 at very high Reynolds numbers under compressible flow conditions. Reynolds numbers up to 1.3 million are tested. The presence of a turbulated wall and the resultant heat transfer enhancement against a smooth surface is investigated. Three dimpled configurations including spherical and cylindrical dimples are studied on one wide wall of the channel. The presence of discrete ribs on the same wide wall is also investigated. A steady state heat transfer measurement method is used to obtain the heat transfer coefficients while pressure taps located at several streamwise locations in the channel walls are used to record the static pressures on the surface. Experiments are performed for a range of Reynolds numbers from 100,000 to 1,300,000 to cover the incompressible as well as compressible flow regimes. Results for low Reynolds numbers are compared to existing heat transfer data available in open literature for similar configurations. Heat transfer enhancement is found to decrease at high Re with the discrete rib configurations providing the best enhancement but highest pressure losses. Local measurements using the steady state, hue-detection based liquid crystal technique are also performed in the fully developed region for case 1 with dimples. Good comparison is obtained between averaged local heat transfer coefficient measurements and from thermocouple measurements.

name of conference

  • Volume 3A: Heat Transfer

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME TURBO EXPO: TURBINE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, 2013, VOL 3A

author list (cited authors)

  • Mhetras, S., Han, J., & Huth, M.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Mhetras, Shantanu||Han, Je-Chin||Huth, Michael

publication date

  • June 2013