Liu, Yao-Hsien (2005-08). Effect of rib spacing on heat transfer and friction in a rotating two-pass rectangular (AR=1:2) channel. Master's Thesis.
Thesis
The research focuses on testing the heat transfer enhancement in a channel for different spacing of the rib turbulators. Those ribs are put on the surface in the two pass rectangular channel with an aspect ratio of AR=1:2. The cross section of the rib is 1.59 x 1.59 mm. Those ribs are put on the leading and trailing walls of the channel with the angle of flow attack to the mainstream of 45????. The rotating speed is fixed at 550-RPM with the channel orientation at ????=90????. Air is used as the coolant through the cooling passage with the coolant-to-wall density ratio ( ???? ???? ?????? ) maintained around 0.115 in the first pass and 0.08 in the second pass. The Reynolds numbers are controlled at 5000, 10000, 25000, and 40000. The rib spacing-to-height ratios (P/e) are 3, 5, 7.5, and 10. The heat transfer coefficient and friction factor are measured to determine the effect of the different rib distributions. Stationary cases and rotational cases are examined and compared. The result shows that the highest thermal performance is P/e=5 for the stationary case and P/e=7.5 for the rotating case.
