Numerical investigation of 3D turbulent forced convective heat transfer and friction characteristics of a square duct

Experimental Investigation on Turbulent Heat Transfer, Nusselt Number and Friction Factor Characteristics of Square Ducts

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation of heat transfer to the airflow in the square duct. The main purpose of this study is influence of square ducts on the convective heat transfer mechanism. Under this investigation friction factor and the Nusselt Number were calculated. The reason that square ducts increase the fluid flow turbulence near the wall and also increase ...

A NUMERICAL STUDY OF SINGLE-PHASE FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER WITH FLOW FRICTION IN MICROCHANNELS (RESEARCH NOTE)

Three-dimensional simulations of the single-phase laminar flow and forced convective heat transfer of water in microchannels with small rectangular sections having specific hydraulic diameters and distinct geometric configurations were investigated numerically. The numerical results indicated that the laminar heat transfer was to be dependent upon the aspect ratio and the ratio of the hydraulic...

CFD Study of the Turbulent Forced Convective Heat Transfer of Non-Newtonian Nanofluid

CuO/water Nanofluid Convective Heat Transfer Through Square Duct Under Uniform Heat Flux

Sometimes the need for non-circular ducts arises in many heat transfer applications because of lower pressure drop of non-circular cross section such as square duct compared to circular tube, particularly in compact heat. But square cross section has poor heat transfer performance and it is expected that using a nanofluid as a new heat transfer media may improve the heat transfer performance of...

Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Mass Transfer in a 90° Bend

This paper presents a numerical study of local mass transfer coefficients in a 90° bend using the RNG version of k–e model to include the influence of curvature on the turbulent transport. Simulations were performed for flow through a 90°, 3-D bend for Reynolds numbers of 13500, 90000, and 390000, Schmidt numbers of 2.53 and 700 and curvature ratios of 1.5, 2, and 2.5. The differences betwe...