Design and Manufacturing of Heat Exchangers
Fundamentals of Related Transport Processes
Heat
Transfer Enhancement
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If a heat transfer surface geometry features an ability to
excite and sustain traveling waves in a low Re number flow
in compact fluid flow ducts, the self-sustained oscillatory
flows may significantly enhance heat transfer.
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| Instantaneous
isotherm plots of a self sustained temperature oscillation field;
holographic interferometric visualization (left) and numerical
simulation (flow of fluid from right to left through a communicating
channels flow field) (Source: Amon, C. H. Majumdar, D., Herman,
C.V., Mayinger, F., Mikic, B.B., and Sekulic, D.P., Numerical
and Experimental Studies of Self-Sustained Oscillatory Flows
in Communicating Channels, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer,
Vol. 35, No. 11, pp. 3115-3129.) |
• Fundamentals
of Related Transport Processes Home
• Complex
Flow Arrangements
• Multifluid
Heat Exchangers
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| Contact Dr.
Dusan P. Sekulic, UK Center for Manufacturing, 210A CRMS
Bldg., College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington,
KY 40506. Phone 859-257-2972 or 859-257-6262
Ext. 425, Fax 859-257-1071, e-mail: sekulicd@engr.uky.edu
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