Heat Transfer Resulting From the Interaction of a Vortex Pair With a Heated Wall

Abstract

The motion of a two-dimensional vortex pair moving toward a wall is studied numerically. The case for which the wall is heated is analyzed. The equations of momentum and energy conservation are solved using a finite volume scheme. In this manner, the instantaneous heat transfer from the wall is obtained and is related to the dynamics of the fluid vortex interacting with the wall. It was found that, as expected, when the fluid vortex approaches the wall, the heat transfer increases significantly. The heat transfer changes in a nonmonotonic manner as a function of time: When the vortex first reaches the wall, a volume of heated fluid is convected from the wall; this fluid volume circulates in the vicinity of the wall, causing the rate of heat transfer to decrease slightly, to then increase again. A wide range of Prandtl and Reynolds numbers were tested. A measure of the effective heat transfer coefficient, or Nusselt number, is proposed.