Turbulence models for fluid flow and heat transfer between cross-corrugated plates

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 410-440

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Che, Defu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLBURN FACTORS; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; F VALUES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; MODEL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; NEAR-WALL TREATMENT; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; TURBULENT VISCOSITY; WALL BOUNDED FLOWS; WALL TREATMENT;

FLOW SIMULATION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; WALL FLOW;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80052609519     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2011.600583     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. A. Muley and R. M. Manglik, Experimental Study of Turbulent Flow Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Plate Heat Exchanger with Chevron Plates, J. Heat Transf-Trans. ASME, vol. 121, pp. 110-117, 1999. (Pubitemid 29346072)
2. F. S. K. Warnakulasuriya and W. M. Worek, Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Properties of High Viscous Solutions in Plate Heat Exchangers, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 51, pp. 52-67, 2008. (Pubitemid 350234935)
3. Q. W. Wang, D. J. Zhang, and G. N. Xie, Experimental Study and Genetic-Algorithm-Based Correlation on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Performances of a Cross-Corrugated Primary Surface Heat Exchanger, J. Heat Transfer-Trans. ASME, vol. 131, pp. 061802, 2009.
4. T. S. Khan, M. S. Khan, M.-C. Chyu, and Z. H. Ayub, Experimental Investigation of Single Phase Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in a Corrugated Plate Heat Exchanger for Multiple Plate Configurations, Appl. Therm. Eng., vol. 30, pp. 1058-1065, 2010.
5. M. Kim, Y. J. Baik, S. R. Park, H. S. Ra, and H. Lim, Experimental Study on Corrugated Cross-Flow Air-Cooled Plate Heat Exchangers, Exp. Therm. Fluid Sci., vol. 34, pp. 1265-1272, 2010.
6. W. W. Focke and P. G. Knibbe, Flow Visualization in Parallel-plate Ducts with Corrugated Walls, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 165, pp. 73-77, 1986. (Pubitemid 16550148)
7. D. Dović, B. Palm, S. Švaić, Generalized Correlations for Predicting Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Plate Heat Exchanger Channels of Arbitrary Geometry, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 52, pp. 4553-4563, 2009.
8. W. W. Focke, J. Zacharides, and I. Oliver, The Effect of the Corrugation Inclination Angle on the Thermohydraulic Performance of Plate Heat Exchangers, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 28, pp. 1469-1479, 1985. (Pubitemid 15564975)
9. J. Stasiek, M. Ciofalo, and M. W. Collins, Investigation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Corrugated Passages, I. Experimental Results, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 39, pp. 149-164, 1996. (Pubitemid 126405870)
10. A. G. Kanaris, A. A. Mouza, and S. V. Paras, Flow and Heat Transfer in Narrow Channels with Corrugated Walls: A CFD Code Spplication, Chem. Eng. Res. and Design, vol. 83, pp. 460-468, 2005.
11. M. Ciofalo, J. Stasiek, and M. W. Collins, Investigation of Flow, and Heat Transfer in Corrugated Passages, II. Numerical Simulations, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 39, pp. 165-192, 1996. (Pubitemid 126405871)
12. L. Z. Zhang, Numerical Study of Periodically Fully Developed Flow and Heat Transfer in Cross-Corrugated Triangular Channels in Transitional Flow Regime, Numer. Heat Transfer A, vol. 48, pp. 387-405, 2005.
13. L. Z. Zhang, Turbulent Three-Dimensional Air Flow and Heat Transfer in a Cross-Corrugated Triangular Duct, J. Heat Transfer-Trans. ASME, vol. 127, pp. 1151-1158, 2005.
14. L. Z. Zhang and Z. Y. Chen, Convective Heat Transfer in Cross-Corrugated Triangular Ducts Under Uniform Heat Flux Boundary Conditions, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 54, pp. 597-605, 2011.
15. B. Sunden, Computational Fluid Dynamics in Research and Design of Heat Exchangers, Heat Transfer. Eng., vol. 28, pp. 898-910, 2007. (Pubitemid 47171551)
16. S. Etemad and B. Sunden, CFD-Analysis of Fully Developed Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in a Unitary Cell of a Cross Corrugated Plate Pattern Heat Exchanger, ASME-JSME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp. 531-540, 2007. (Pubitemid 351665949)
17. S. Freund and S. Kabelac, Investigation of Local Heat Transfer Coefficients in Plate Heat Exchangers with Temperature Oscillation IR Thermography and CFD, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 53, pp. 3764-3781, 2010.
18. A. G. Kanaris, A. A. Mouza, and S. V. Paras, Flow and Heat Transfer Prediction in a Corrugated Plate Heat Exchanger using a CFD Code, Chem. Eng. Tech., vol. 29, pp. 923-930, 2006. (Pubitemid 44275565)
19. A. G. Kanaris, A. A. Mouza, and S. V. Paras, Optimal Design of a Plate Heat Exchanger with Undulated Surfaces, Int. J. Therm. Sci., vol. 48, pp. 1184-1195, 2009.
20. T. P. Ashok Babu and M. S. Talekala, Evaluation of Heat Transfer Surfaces for Compact Recuperator using a CFD Code, Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 45, pp. 767-774, 2009.
21. Fluent Inc., FLUENT 6.0 User's Guide, 2001.
22. S. Jain, A. Joshi, and P. K. Bansal, A New Approach to Numerical Simulation of Small Sized Plate Heat Exchangers with Chevron Plates, J. Heat Transfer-Trans. ASME, vol. 129, pp. 291-297, 2007. (Pubitemid 47315819)
23. Y. C. Tsai, F. B. Liu, and P. T. Shen, Investigations of the Pressure Drop and Flow Distribution in a Chevron-Type Plate Heat Exchanger, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 36, pp. 574-578, 2009.
24. F. B. Liu and Y. C. Tsai, An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Fluid Flow in a Cross-Corrugated Channel, Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 46, pp. 585-593, 2010.
25. X. H. Han, L. Q. Cui, S. J. Chen, G. M. Chen, and Q. Wang, A Numerical, and Experimental Study of Chevron, Corrugated-Plate Heat Exchangers, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 37, pp. 1008-1014, 2010.
26. G. M. Zhang, M. C. Tian, and S. J. Zhou, Simulation and Analysis of Flow Pattern in Cross-Corrugated Plate Heat Exchanger, J. Hydrodynamics, Ser. B, vol. 18, pp. 547-551, 2006.
27. L. Zhang and D. Che, Influence of Corrugation Profile on the Thermalhydraulic Performance of Cross-Corrugated Plates, Numer. Heat Transfer. A, vol. 59, pp. 267-296, 2011.
28. H. Blomerius, C. Holsken, and N. K. Mitra, Numerical Investigation of Flow Field and Heat Transfer in Cross-Corrugated Ducts, J. Heat Transfer-Trans. ASME, vol. 121, pp. 314-321, 1999. (Pubitemid 29419230)
29. H. Blomerius and N. K. Mitra, Numerical Investigation of Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Wavy Ducts, Numer. Heat Transfer A, vol. 37, pp. 37-54, 2000.
30. L. Z. Zhang, Heat and Mass Transfer in a Total Heat Exchanger: Cross-Corrugated Triangular Ducts with Composite Supported Liquid Membrane, Numer. Heat Transfer A, vol. 53, pp. 1195-1210, 2008.
31. D. R. Sawyers, M. Sen, and H.-C. Chang, Heat Transfer Enhancement in Three-Dimensional Corrugated Channel Flow, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 41, pp. 3559-3573, 1998.
32. T. H. Ko, Numerical Analysis of Entropy Generation and Optimal Reynolds Number for Developing Laminar Forced Convection in Double-Sine Ducts with Various Aspect Ratios, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 49, pp. 718-726, 2006. (Pubitemid 43177718)
33. C. S. Fernandes, R. P. Dias, J. M. Nóbrega, and J. M. Maia, Laminar Flow in Chevron-Type Plate Heat Exchangers: CFD Analysis of Tortuosity, Shape Factor and Friction Factor, Chem. Eng. Process., vol. 46, pp. 825-833, 2007. (Pubitemid 47211500)
34. R. K. Shah and W. W. Focke, Plate Heat Exchangers, and their Design Theory, in R. K. Shah, E. C. Subbarao, and R. A. Mashelkar (eds.), Heat Transfer Equipment Design, Hemisphere, New York, pp. 227-254, 1988.
35. P. Vlasogiannis, G. Karagiannis, P. Argyropoulos, and V. Bontozoglou, Air-Water Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer in a Plate Heat Exchanger, Int. J. Multiph are Flow, vol. 28, pp. 757-772, 2002. (Pubitemid 34557482)
36. G. Croce and P. D'Agaro, Numerical Analysis of Forced Convection in Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers, Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow, vol. 12, pp. 756-771, 2002. (Pubitemid 34979903)
37. A. Muley and R. M. Manglik, Enhanced Heat Transfer Characteristics of Single-Phase Flows in a Plate Heat Exchangers with Mixed Chevron Plates, J. Enhanc. Heat Transfer, vol. 4, pp. 187-201, 1997. (Pubitemid 127639010)
38. C. K. G. Lam and K. A. Bremhorst, A Modified Form of the k-e Model for Predicting Wall Turbulence, J. Fluids Eng.-Trans. ASME, vol. 103, pp. 456-460, 1981. (Pubitemid 12439953)
39. D. C. Wilcox, Turbulence Modeling for CFD, DCW Industries, Inc., La Canada, California, 1998.
40. F. R. Menter, Two-Equation Eddy-Viscosity Turbulence Models for Engineering Applications, AIAA J., vol. 32, pp. 1598-1605, 1994. (Pubitemid 283214)
41. J. Smagorinsky, General Circulation Experiments with the Primitive Equations, I. The Basic Experiment, Mon. Weather Rev., vol. 91, pp. 99-164, 1963.
42. D. K. Lilly, On the Application of the Eddy Viscosity Concept in the Inertial Sub-range of Turbulence, NCAR Manuscript 123, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, C.O., 1966.
43. M. Ciofalo, Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Flow with Heat Transfer in Simple and Complex Geometries using Harwell-Flow3-D, Appl. Math. Model., vol. 20, pp. 262-271, 1996. (Pubitemid 126404170)
44. M. Wolfstein, The Velocity and Temperature Distribution of One-Dimensional Flow with Turbulence Augmentation and Pressure Gradient, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 12, pp. 301-318, 1969.
45. T. Jongen, Simulation and Modeling of Turbulent Incompressible Flows, Ph.D. thesis, EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1992.
46. B. Kader, Temperature and Concentration Profiles in Fully Turbulent Boundary Layers, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 24, pp. 1541-1544, 1993.