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Oon, CS, Al-Shamma'a, A, Kazi, SN, Chew, BT, Badarudin, A and Sadeghinezhad, E (2014) Simulation of heat transfer to separation Air flow in a concentric pipe. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 57. pp. 48-52. ISSN 0735-1933
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Abstract
Flow separations occur in various engineering applications. Computational simulation by using standard k-ε turbulence model was performed to investigate numerically the characteristic of backward-facing step flow in a concentric configuration. This research is focused on the variation of Reynolds number, heat flux and step height in a fully developed turbulent air flow. The design consists of entrance tube, inner and outer tubes at the test section. The inner tube is placed along the entrance tube at the test section with an outer tube to form annular conduit. The entrance tube diameter was varied to create step height, s of 18.5 mm. The Reynolds number was set between 17050 and 44545 and heat flux was set between 719 W/m2 and 2098 W/m2 respectively. It is observed that the higher Reynolds number with step flow contribute to the enhancement of heat transfer. The reattachment point for q=719 W/m2 is observed at 0.542 m, which is the minimum surface temperature. The experimental data shows slightly lower distribution of surface temperature compared to simulation data. As for the same case in experimental result, the minimum surface temperature is obtained at 0.55 m. The difference between numerical and experimental result is 0.008 m. Finally, it can be inferred that utilizing the computational fluid dynamic package software, agreeable results could be obtained for the present research.
Keywords: Numerical Simulation; Heat Transfer; Turbulent Flow; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Backward Facing Step
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| Additional Information: | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 57, October 2014 DOI:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.07.008 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0913 Mechanical Engineering |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Civil Engineering and Built Environment |
| Publisher: | Elseiver |
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| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2015 15:37 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 14:43 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2014.07.008 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/364 |
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