Effective heat transfer surfaces of tubes and plates with spiral vortex generators – inclined oval-trench dimples

Abstract

Abstract Numerical simulation of laminar heat transfer enhancement at the hydrodynamic stabilization length of the tube with 8 inclined longitudinal oval-trench dimples (OTDs) in the transformer oil flow has revealed an optimal inclination angle of dimples, at which a value of thermal and hydraulic performance (THP) is achieved. Heat transfer of a dimpled tube increases by a factor of 28 in comparison with a smooth tube at practically invariable hydraulic losses. Heat transfer enhancement is calculated in turbulent air flow around a flat plate with a package of 16 one-row dimples inclined at an angle of 60° on the longitudinal section of 40 in length and 4 in width under the symmetry conditions at the side boundaries of the plate section and at a dimple step of 2.4. The dimple is 1 in width, 4.5 in length, and 0.2 in depth. Its rounding radius is 0.3. The boundary layer thickness at the section inlet is 0.175. The effect of abnormal separated flow intensification and heat transfer enhancement in dimples has been confirmed. (f/f pl )min=-3, (Nu/Nu pl )max = 4. Relative heat transfer grows by a factor of 1.43 in comparison with the smooth plate and the drag coefficient increases by a factor of 2.08. However the thermal and hydraulic performance defined in terms of heat load growth is 1.12.