Numerical heat transfer study in a round tube with inclined rectangular rings

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Published: Aug 7, 2018
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Numerical analysis Heat transfer Vortex ring Turbulent flow

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N. Koolnapadol
Department of Automotive Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, Chachoengsao 24000, Thailand
S. Sripattanapipat
Mechanical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Mahanakorn University of Technology, Bangkok, 10530, Thailand
S. Skullong
Energy Systems Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Sriracha, Kasetsart University Sriracha Campus, Chonburi 20230, Thailand
P. Wiriyavitsajjar
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand
W. Thungwinyoo
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand
C. Suppasubsiri
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand

Abstract

This paper deals with a numerical study on heat transfer and flow characteristics in a round tube inserted with inclined rectangular rings (IRR). The IRR elements at attack angle of 45 were mounted periodically into the test tube. Air was employed as the test fluid with Reynolds number from 3,000 to 18,000. The study reveals that the insertion of IRR elements can create two counter-rotating vortices along the tube that help increase the turbulence intensity apart from conveying the colder fluid from the core region to the heated-wall region. The IRR insert provides the high heat transfer and pressure drop increase than the smooth tube alone. Also, the tube fitted with IRR has considerably higher thermal performance than the smooth tube. The highest thermal performance for using the 45 IRR is found to be 2.12 at BR=0.2 and PR=0.5.

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Koolnapadol, N., Sripattanapipat, S., Skullong, S., Wiriyavitsajjar, P., Thungwinyoo, W., & Suppasubsiri, C. (2018). Numerical heat transfer study in a round tube with inclined rectangular rings. Journal of Research and Applications in Mechanical Engineering, 4(2), 183–191. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jrame/article/view/138662
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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016)
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RESEARCH ARTICLES

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