Entropy Generation through Non-Equilibrium Ordered Structures in Corner Flows with Sidewall Mass Injection

Abstract: Additional entropy generation rates through non-equilibrium ordered structures are predicted for corner flows with sidewall mass injection. Well-defined non-equilibrium ordered structures are predicted at a normalized vertical station of approximately eighteen percent of the boundary-layer thickness. These structures are in addition to the ordered structures previously reported at approximately thirty-eight percent of the boundary layer thickness. The computational procedure is used to determine the entropy generation rate for each spectral velocity component at each of several stream wise stations and for each of several injection velocity values. Application of the procedure to possible thermal system processes is discussed. These results indicate that cooling sidewall mass injection into a horizontal laminar boundary layer may actually increase the heat transfer to the horizontal surface.