An experimental study of convective heat transfer in radially rotating rectangular ducts

Journal Article · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2910608· OSTI ID:5697061

Soong, C Y; Lin, S T; Hwang, G J ^[1]

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1. National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)

The paper presents an experimental study of convective heat transfer in radially rotating isothermal rectangular ducts with various height and width aspect ratios. The convective heat transfer is affected by secondary flows resulting from Coriolis force and the buoyancy flow, which is in turn due to the centrifugal force in the duct. The growth and strength of the secondary flow depend on the rotational Rayleigh number. The aspect ratio of the duct may affect the secondary flow and the buoyancy flow, and therefore is also a critical parameter in the heat transfer mechanism. In the present work the effects of the main flow, the rotational speed, and the aspect ratio {gamma} on heat transfer are subjects of major interest. Ducts of aspect ratios {gamma} = 5, 2, 1, 0.5, and 0.2 at rotational speed up to 3,000 rpm are studied. The main flow Reynolds number ranges from 700 to 20,000 to cover the laminar, transitional, and turbulent flow regimes in the duct flow. Thest data and discussion are presented.

• OSTI ID: 5697061
• Journal Information: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States) Vol. 113:3; ISSN 0022-1481; ISSN JHTRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420400* -- Engineering-- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
ASPECT RATIO
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CONFIGURATION
CONVECTION
CORIOLIS FORCE
DUCTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS TRANSFER
MOTION
ORIENTATION
RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION
REYNOLDS NUMBER
ROTATION