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July 8, 2018, 12:16 |
The role of surface heat flux in the evaluation of Nusselt number
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Giovanni Roma
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Hello,
I’m considering a smooth duct with rectangular cross section with aspect ratio 1.5 and uniform heat flux. I should determine, by numerical tests, a Nu correlation as a function of the Re number in fully developed turbulent flow. I decided to study the Reynolds range [1e4, 1e6]. The convergence analysis has been carried at Re=1e6. I verified that y+ near wall was below 1. Computational domain: Rectangular cross section a=0.09 m b=0.06 m Boundary conditions: T_inlet=300 K, heat flux=1000 W/(m2*K), Imposed mass flowrate, outlet pressure P=0 Pa, fully developed interface, Topolgy: periodic. Model: SST k-omega. The problem is as follows. For Reynolds numbers higher than 8e5 the Nusselt number starts to decrease. For low Reynolds numbers the results are validated by Dittus-Boelter. Can the question be related to the low heat flux imposed? When I increase the imposed heat flux, the computed Nusselt number changes and this shouldn’t happen. Thank you in advance Ps: For Re=1e6 the difference between the mean surface temp and the bulk temp is only 0.571 K. |
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