{"title":"Steady and unsteady numerical investigation of mixed convective heat transfer enhancement in a channel with baffles attached to the heated wall","authors":"H. Toumi, R. Henniche, A. Korichi","doi":"10.1134/S0869864324020069","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Numerical computation of aiding mixed convection and heat transfer characteristics in a channel with a baffled heated wall is carried out in this work. The equations of mass, momentum and energy, alongside the boundary conditions, are solved by the finite volume formulation using the open source OpenFOAM® code. Simulations are accomplished under different parameter combinations, including the Reynolds number, Grashof number, and baffle dimension. The results are presented in terms of streamlines, isotherm contours, Nusselt number, and friction factor. The results obtained revealed that the flow translates from steady to unsteady state at a relatively low value of Reynolds number. The unsteady flow behaviour contributes to improve heat transfer by disturbing the near-wall region. The augmentation of velocity and baffle dimension leads to a notable heat transfer enhancement; however, this enhancement is less sensitive to the heating intensity augmentation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":800,"journal":{"name":"Thermophysics and Aeromechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Thermophysics and Aeromechanics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0869864324020069","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Numerical computation of aiding mixed convection and heat transfer characteristics in a channel with a baffled heated wall is carried out in this work. The equations of mass, momentum and energy, alongside the boundary conditions, are solved by the finite volume formulation using the open source OpenFOAM® code. Simulations are accomplished under different parameter combinations, including the Reynolds number, Grashof number, and baffle dimension. The results are presented in terms of streamlines, isotherm contours, Nusselt number, and friction factor. The results obtained revealed that the flow translates from steady to unsteady state at a relatively low value of Reynolds number. The unsteady flow behaviour contributes to improve heat transfer by disturbing the near-wall region. The augmentation of velocity and baffle dimension leads to a notable heat transfer enhancement; however, this enhancement is less sensitive to the heating intensity augmentation.
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The journal Thermophysics and Aeromechanics publishes original reports, reviews, and discussions on the following topics: hydrogasdynamics, heat and mass transfer, turbulence, means and methods of aero- and thermophysical experiment, physics of low-temperature plasma, and physical and technical problems of energetics. These topics are the prior fields of investigation at the Institute of Thermophysics and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), which are the founders of the journal along with SB RAS. This publication promotes an exchange of information between the researchers of Russia and the international scientific community.