Heat Transfer in Round Tube with Rectangular-Winglet Vortex Generators

Abstract:

Effect of 30° rectangular-winglet vortex generators (WVGs) mounted in the central core of a circular tube on convection heat transfer and friction loss is experimentally investigated in the present work. The rectangular-WVGs with two different winglet-height to tube-diameter ratios (called blockage ratio, BR = b/D = 0.1 and 0.2) and three winglet-pitch to tube-diameter ratios (PR=P/D=0.5, 1.0, and 1.5) are introduced. In the experiment, air at ambient condition is passed through the uniform heat-fluxed circular tube for Reynolds numbers (Re) in a range of 500024,000. The use of WVGs is to generate longitudinal vortex flows in the tube. The experimental results of heat transfer and pressure loss presented in terms of Nusselt number and friction factor are compared between the inserted and the smooth tubes. It is found that the BR and PR provide a significant effect on the thermal performance of the test tube. The results reveal that at smaller PR, the WVG with BR=0.2 provides the highest heat transfer and friction factor but the one with BR=0.2, PR=1.5 yields the best thermal performance.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 931-932)
• Pages: 1173-1177
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.931-932.1173
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Sompol Skullong*, Pongjet Promvonge
• Keywords: Circular Tube, Heat Transfer, Rectangular-Winglet, Thermal Performance, Turbulator

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