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CFD in Heat Transfer Equipment Professor Bengt Sunden Division of Heat Transfer Department of Energy Sciences Lund University email: [email protected]
CFD in Heat Transfer Equipment
Professor Bengt Sunden
Division of Heat Transfer
Department of Energy Sciences
Lund University
email: [email protected]
CFD ?
• CFD = Computational Fluid Dynamics;
Numerical solution methodology of
governing equations for mass
conservation, momentum and heat
transfer
• Focus on thermal issues; Computational
Heat Transfer or Numerical Heat
Transfer more appropriate names
Flow and Heat Transfer in Heat Transfer Equipment -
Governing Equations, steady state, Reynolds averaging
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Turbulence Models
• Zero-equation models
• One-equation models
• Two-equation models
• Reynolds stress models
• Algebraic stress models
• Large Eddy Simulations (LES)
• Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS)
Turbulence models, RANS based
• Standard k-ε model
• RNG k-ε model
• Realizable k-ε model
• Standard k-ω model
• SST k-ω model
• Reynolds Stress Model
• v2f
Turbulence Models - Wall Effects
• Wall Functions Approach
• Low Reynolds Number Modelling
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EXAMPLE OF A TWO-EQUATION
TURBULENCE MODEL
• Low-Re version k- model
EXAMPLE OF A TWO-EQUATION
TURBULENCE MODEL
• Low-Re version k- model, turbulent kinematic viscosity
/2kCft
μt= ρνt
• Abe et al. model
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Damping functions
The general equation
• Arbitrary variable
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NUMERICAL METHODS FOR PDEs -General
Purpose
• FDM - finite difference method
• FVM - finite volume method
• FEM - finite element method
• CVFEM - control volume finite element method
• BEM -boundary element
Control volume method-FVM
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Divergence theorem
Discretization - Sum over all the CV faces
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Sum up
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Computational grid and a control volume
• Two-dimensional case
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Terms to be determined
• Convection flux Cf
• Diffusion flux Df
• Scalar value at a face Φf
CONVECTION-DIFFUSION TERMS
• CDS - central difference scheme
• UDS - upstream scheme
• HYBRID - hybrid scheme
• Power law scheme
• QUICK
• van Leer
PRESSURE - VELOCITY COUPLING
• SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit-Method-Pressure-
Linked-Equations)
• SIMPLEC (SIMPLE-Consistent)
• SIMPLEX (SIMPLE-extended)
• PISO (Pressure-Implicit-Splitting-
Operators)
• SIMPLER (SIMPLE-revised)
General algebraic equation, 2D case
aP P = aE E + aW W + aN N + aS S + b
Discretization - grid
Cartesian grid Body-fitted grid Unstructured grid
A typical multi-block BFC grid
0 2 4 6 8 10x/e
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1
2
3
y/e
Why multi-block?
• To ease the grid-generation of complex
geometries
• Natural way for domain decomposition
used by parallel computation
• Better cache usage: smaller blocks are
easier to fit in the cache
Strategy for multi-blocking
• Keep most of the single-block code unchanged
• Same way of thinking as a single-block code
• Hide the multi-blocking from the end-user to ease the implementation of physical models
• Introduce no difference in the results
Grids - examples
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6x/e0
1
2
3
y/e
0 2 4 6 8 10x/e
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y/e
0 2 4 6 8 10x/e
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Orthogonal-mb
Non-Orthogonal-mb
Non-Orthogonal-sb
Effect of multi-blocking
• On final results
• On convergence
• Execution speed
COMMERCIAL CFD COMPUTER CODES
• ANSYS FLUENT
• ANSYS CFX
• STAR CCM+
• COMSOL
• PHOENICS
• NUMECA
• CONVERGENT
• OPEN FOAM
• In-house codes
Examples of CFD in Heat Transfer
• Plate heat exchangers
• Radiators
• Impinging jet
• Impinging jet in cross flow
Ways to adopt CFD in heat exchanger analysis
and design
• 1) entire heat exchanger. a) detailed
simulations with large scales meshes,
b) local volume averaging or porous
media approach including distribution
of resistances
• 2) Modules or group of modules are
identified and streamwise periodic or
cyclic boundary conditions are
imposed
Gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchanger
Plate Heat Exchanger
Surface Configurations of Plate Heat Exchangers
cross-corrugated surfaces PHE
Surface Configurations of Plate Heat Exchangers -
cross-corrugated surfaces PHE
Surface Configurations of Plate Heat Exchangers -
cross-corrugated surfaces
Surface Configurations of Plate Heat Exchangers -
cross-corrugated surfaces – unit cell
Reynolds number
Definition:
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m
2Re
w
m
2Re
w
m
2Re
w
m
2Re
w
m
2Re
Re = 2m/
Surface Configurations of Plate Heat Exchangers -
cross-corrugated surfaces
Plate Heat Exchangers : cross-corrugated surfaces,
hexahedron cells and boundary layer grid
Plate Heat Exchangers - cross-corrugated surfaces
• Re = 3000-5000
• Grid density ~ 89 500-985 000
computational cells
Plate Heat Exchangers - cross-corrugated surfaces;
Flow distribution
Plate Heat Exchangers - cross-corrugated surfaces; whole plate
calculations - flow field in neighborhood of contact points
Plate Heat Exchangers - cross-corrugated surfaces;
Fanning friction factor
Plate Heat Exchangers - cross-corrugated surfaces;
Heat transfer coefficient
Surface Configurations of a Compact Heat Exchanger -
triangular duct with bumps for regenerators
Secondary flow velocity vectors in a cross- sectional
plane midway over a bump in a triangular duct
Radiator in vehicles
Radiator – flat tubes and multilouvered fin geometry
HP
Hw
Radiator – porous media concept
Copper fin – brass tube in a radiator - brazing joint
Copper fin – brass tube in a radiator - brazing joint
Brazing joints in radiators - example temperature
distribution
Multilouvered fin - sketch
Setup in Numerical Solution
Grid structure - inlet section
Grid structure - louver section
Grid structure - flow reverting section
Computed results - louvered fins
(a) Velocity at ReLp = 171 ( U = 2.5m/s )
(b) Temperature at ReLp = 171
(c) Velocity at ReLp = 513 ( U = 7.5 m/s )
(d) Temperature at ReLp = 513
Computed results – louvered fins
(a) Velocity at ReLp= 376 ( U=5.5 m/s )
(a) Temperature at ReLp= 376 ( U=5.5 m/s )
(c) Velocity vektors at ReLp=376
Computed results – louvered fins
Impinging jet
Re=20,000
D
4D
V2F CALC-MPV2F Fluent
Mean velocities – comparisons with ANSYS
FLUENT
U
V
CALC-MP Fluent
Turbulence properties - Comparison with Fluent
TKE
ED
CALC-MP Fluent
Nusselt number on the impingement wall
0 1 2 3 4 50
50
100
150
200 Exp. Lee et al.
V2F Fluent
V2F CALC-MP
Nu
r/D
Jet Impinging on a Flat Surface
Re = 11000,
H/B = 4.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Present simulation (EASM)
Present simulation (V2F Durbin 1995)
Exp. Gau & Lee (1992)
Exp. Schlunder (1977)
Exp. Gardon (1966)
Nu
x/B
The secondary peak of the Nusselt number is
predicted faithfully, using V2F.
Impinging jet in cross flow
Impingement cooling
Aircraft vertical take off and landing
Flow structure with cross flow
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Z
Y
Jet
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Flow at the symmetry plane
M = 0.1 M = 0.2
Flow at two cross sections
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0
1
2
3
4
y/D
X = 1.5D
-4 -2 0 2 4z/D
0
1
2
3
4
y/D
Cross flow
Jet flow (Re = 20,000)
X = 20D
Horse shoe vortices
RANS LES
Cross flow
Jet flow (Re = 20,000)
Y/D = 3.2
Y/D = 2.3
Reynolds stresses
RANS
LES
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Nusselt number at symmetry line
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
50
100
150
200
250M = 0.1
LES
V2F
Nu
x/D
TOPICS NOT TREATED
• Implementation of boundary conditions
• Complex geometries
• Adaptive grid methods
• Local grid refinements
• Solution of algebraic equations
• Convergence and accuracy
• Parallel computing
Summary
CFD might be a useful tool in engineering R & D in
heat transfer
Arbitrary geometries can be handled decently but
may require a huge amount of grid points
Computer demanding for complete real
geometries
Turbulence modeling is critical or a weakness
