Effects of a three-lobe swirl generator on the thermal and flow fields in a heat exchanging tube: An experimental and numerical approach

被引：33
作者：
Jafari, Mohammad [1 ,2 ]
Dabiri, Sadegh [3 ]
Farhadi, Mousa [1 ]
Sedighi, Kurosh [1 ]
机构：
[1] Babol Noshirvani Univ Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Babol Sar, Iran
[2] Purdue Univ, Dept Mech Engn, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
[3] Purdue Univ, Sch Mech Engn, Dept Agr & Biol Engn, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
来源：
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT | 2017年 / 148卷
关键词：
Forced convection; Passive heat transfer enhancement; Large Eddy Simulation (LES); Sub-grid scale; Swirling flow; Swirl number; OpenFOAM; PisoFoam; TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; DECAYING FLOW; TRANSFER AUGMENTATION; SWCNT-NANOFLUID; FLUID-DYNAMICS; CHANNEL; SIMULATION; INSERT;
D O I：
10.1016/j.enconman.2017.06.074
中图分类号：
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
The current experimental study primarily focuses on the effects of an injected swirling flow on the thermal performance of the test tube. The swirl generator is a helically twisted tube with a three-lobe cross section. To evaluate the thermal performance of the test tube equipped with the swirl generator, the Nusselt number and the friction factor are considered as the target outcomes. The study is carried out for different values of twist-angle (90 <= theta <= 360) and length (1 <= l <= 4) as the main geometrical parameters of the swirl generator, and the Reynolds number varies from 5000 to 30000. The experimental study is accompanied by a comprehensive Large Eddy Simulation (LES). The generated swirling flow and its dissipation rate along the test tube are numerically investigated in details. The numerical results clarify the potential of the swirl generator to enhance the convection rate. The Smagorinsky approach is used to model the effects of the sub-grid scales on the flow field. The simulation is performed using an open source CFD code named OpenFOAM. The results show that the swirl generator leads to a significant enhancement in Nusselt number accompanied by an acceptable increase in the friction factor. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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