Heat transfer distribution and flow characteristics in a channel with perforated-baffles

The current paper reports the prediction of heat transfer performance of a channel with a modified perforated-baffle in a square wings (SW-PB) form. Numerical results include flow/temperature field, local heat transfer distribution, and thermal performance of a channel installed with the transverse solid baffle (TB), perforated-baffle (PB), and perforated-baffle with square wings (SW-PB). The simulation results demonstrated that TB brought a large recirculation flow, PB induced small recirculation and SW-PB produced several impinging jets as well as recirculation flows. Heat transfer rates given by PB were lower than those provided by TB and SW-PB by around 6.8% and 7.3%, respectively which were accompanied by lower friction losses by about 11.8% and 3.6%, respectively. Although, SW-PB gave higher heat transfer, the assessment of thermal performance factor (TPF) showed that the benefit from lower friction losses was more important. Under the same pumping power, TPFs assisted by SW-PB were higher than that assisted by PB and TB by 6.0% and 3.3%, respectively. The highest TPF of 1.2 was captured by SW-PB at Re = 9,000

Effect of pitch distance of rotational twisted tape on the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics

Numerical simulation is performed to evaluate the privilege of inserting stationary or rotating twisted tape inside a tube as a heat transfer enhancement technique. The main emphasis of this work is placed on understanding the effect of pitch distance on the hydrothermal performance of such a system. The obtained results are validated with published experimental findings. The results of numerical study shows that the heat transfer, pressure drop and total energy consumption are increased by inserting a twisted tape inside a tube. Under the stationary condition, decreasing the pitch distance results in higher Nusselt number together with more friction factor. As the twisted tape starts to rotate (RTT1 case), both Nusselt number and friction factor are further increased. However, decreasing the pitch distance from L/2 to L/6 exhibits a marginal impact on the Nusselt number and friction factor. Further increase in the angular velocity (RTT3 case), although improved the average Nusselt number, comes at the expense of much more friction factor as well as energy consumption. Considering performance evaluation criterion (PEC) as a metric to assess the interaction between heat transfer and energy consumption, it is found that rotating twisted tape is beneficial at lower Reynolds number. Among the design parameters analysed in this research, the highest PEC number of 1.5 corresponds to the case of stationary twisted tape at Reynolds number of 1000 and twisted tape pitch of L/6