Numerical investigation of heat transfer augmentation through geometrical optimization of vortex generators

• Authors: Mofid Gorji , Hessam Mirgolbabaei , Amin Barari , Ganji Domairry
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper a two-dimensional numerical simulation of a steady incompressible and turbulent model has been carried out to study the effects of vortex generators in a compact heat exchanger in a curvilinear coordinate system. The mesh which is applied in this study is boundary fitted and has been smoothed by a Laplace operator. Experimental data of a former study has been applied to validate the numerical results. The effects of geometrical variation are studied by adjusting vortex generators’ inclination and relative cross location. The major issue of this study is the optimal trade-off by selecting an optimal geometric, considering the opposite influences of geometrical variation on Nusselt number and pressure drop.

Keywords

EN

compact heat exchanger; vortex generator (VG); turbulence modeling; thermal optimization; numerical investigation

• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 924-930

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2010

online

5 - 9 - 2010

Contributors

author

Mofid Gorji

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol University of Technology, P. O. Box 484, Babol, Iran

author

Hessam Mirgolbabaei

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Jouybar branch, Jouybar, Iran,

author

Amin Barari

• Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark,

author

Ganji Domairry

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol University of Technology, P. O. Box 484, Babol, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-010-0005-0