THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Hussein Togun

,

Tuqa Abdulrazzaq

,

Salim Newaz Kazi

,

Ahmad Badarudin

AUGMENTED OF TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER IN AN ANNULAR PIPE WITH ABRUPT EXPANSION

ABSTRACT
This paper presents a study of heat transfer to turbulent air flow in the abrupt axisymmetric expansion of an annular pipe. The experimental investigations were performed in the Reynolds number range from 5000 to 30000, the heat flux varied from 1000 to 4000 W/m2, and the expansion ratio was maintained at D/d=1, 1.25, 1.67 and 2. The sudden expansion was created by changing the inner diameter of the entrance pipe to an annular passage. The outer diameter of the inner pipe and the inner diameter of the outer pipe are 2.5 and 10 cm, respectively, where both of the pipes are subjected to uniform heat flux. The distribution of the surface temperature of the test pipe and the local Nusselt number are presented in this investigation. Due to sudden expansion in the cross section of the annular pipe, a separation flow was created, which enhanced the heat transfer. The reduction of the surface temperature on the outer and inner pipes increased with the increase of the expansion ratio and the Reynolds number, and increased with the decrease of the heat flux to the annular pipe. The peak of the local Nusselt number was between 1.64 and 1.7 of the outer and inner pipes for Reynolds numbers varied from 5000 to 30000, and the increase of the local Nusselt number represented the augmentation of the heat transfer rate in the sudden expansion of the annular pipe. This research also showed a maximum heat transfer enhancement of 63-78% for the outer and inner pipes at an expansion ratio of D/d=2 at a Re=30000 and a heat flux of 4000W/m2.
KEYWORDS
sudden expansion, separation flow, turbulent heat transfer, annular passage
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2014-08-16
PAPER REVISED: 2014-11-17
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2014-11-28
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2014-12-14
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI140816138T
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2016, VOLUME 20, ISSUE Issue 5, PAGES [1621 - 1632]
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