Civil and Environmental Engineering Publications
CHAOTIC HEAT TRANSFER IN A LAMINAR PULSATING FLOW WITH CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2014
Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME FLUIDS ENGINEERING DIVISION SUMMER MEETING 2014
Volume
1B: SYMPOSIA
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2014-21358
Abstract
The correlation between heat transfer enhancement and secondary flow structures in laminar flows through a chaotic heat exchanger is discussed. The geometry consists of three bends; the angle between curvature planes of successive bends is 90 degrees. Numerical simulations are performed for both steady and pulsating flows when the walls are subjected to a constant temperature. The temperature profiles and secondary flow patterns at the exit of bends are compared in order to characterize the flow. Simulations are carried out for the Reynolds numbers range 300 <= Re <= 800, velocity amplitude ratios (the ratio of the peak oscillatory velocity component to the mean flow velocity) 1 <=beta <= 2.5, and wall temperatures 310 <= T-w(K) <= 360. The results show that in the steady flow, heat transfer enhancement occurs with increasing Reynolds number and wall temperature. However, heating homogenization becomes almost independent of Reynolds number when homoclinic connections exist in the flow. Moreover, at high values of wall temperature, heat transfer enhancement is greater than mixing improvement due to the presence of homoclinic connections. In the pulsating flow, Nusselt number improves with beta, and beta >= 2 is a sufficient condition for heat transfer enhancement. The formation and development of homoclinic connections are correlated with the heating homogenization.