Experimental Investigation of Impinging Heat Transfer of the Pulsed Chevron Jet on a Semicylindrical Concave Plate

Abstract

Impinging heat transferred by a pulsed jet induced by a six-chevron nozzle on a semicylindrical concave surface is investigated by varying jet Reynolds numbers (5000 ≤ Re ≤ 20,000), operational frequencies (0 Hz ≤ f ≤ 25 Hz), and dimensionless nozzle-to-surface distances (1 ≤ H/d ≤ 8) while fixing the duty cycle as DC = 0.5. The semicylindrical concave surface has a cylinder diameter-to-nozzle diameter ratio (D/d) of 10. The results show that the nozzle-to-surface distance has a significant impact on the impingement heat transfer of the pulsed chevron jet. An optimal nozzle-to-surface distance for achieving the maximum stagnation Nusselt number appears at H/d = 6. In the wall jet zone, the averaged Nusselt number is the largest at H/d = 2 and the smallest at H/d = 8. In comparison with the chevron steady jet impingement, the effect of nozzle-to-surface distance on the convective heat transfer becomes less notable for the pulsed chevron jet impingement. The stagnation Nusselt number under the pulsed chevron jet impingement is mostly less than that under the chevron steady jet impingement. However, at H/d = 8, the pulsed chevron jet is more effective than the steady jet. This study confirmed that the pulsed chevron jet produced higher azimuthally averaged Nusselt numbers than the steady chevron jet in the wall jet flow zone at large nozzle-to-surface distances. The stagnation Nusselt numbers by the pulsed chevron jet impingement have a maximum reduction of 21.0% (f = 20 Hz, H/d = 4, and Re = 2000) compared with that of the steady chevron jet impingement. Also, the pulsed chevron jet impingement heat transfer on a concave surface is less effective compared to a flat surface. The stagnation Nusselt numbers on the semicylindrical concave surface have a maximum reduction of about 37.7% (f = 20 Hz, H/d = 8, and Re = 5000) compared with that on the flat surface.