A study on heat transport phenomena in a developed thermal boundary layer of drag reducing channel flow

K. Watanabe, Y. Kaiho, S. Hara, T. Tsukahara, Y. Kawaguchi

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Abstract

The heat transport phenomena in a developed thermal boundary layer of surfactant solution flow were investigated experimentally. The experiment was conducted under different surfactant additive concentrations. The temperature fluctuations in a thermal boundary layer in a smooth channel flow were measured by fine-wire thermocouple probe. Heat transfer reducing rate and temperature fluctuation characteristics including mean temperature distribution, intensity, wave form, spectral density function, and skewness factor were studied. The results showed that the turbulent transport is obstructed by additives, and the temperature field shows dramatic changes. High frequency component of temperature fluctuation of surfactant solution flow was decreased due to suppression of turbulence and viscoelasticity. Large temperature fluctuations occur in the thermal boundary layer because the development of the thermal boundary layer is obstructed, and large temperature fluctuations appear to concentrate the temperature gradient in the near-wall region (10 < y+< 60). In contrast, viscous sublayer expands due to viscoelasticity, and the temperature gradient and turbulence fluctuation are small in the near-wall region of y+ < 10. As a result, two layers having significantly different characteristics seem to coexist. The heat transfer reduction is constant with variation of additive concentration condition, but heat transport phenomena were microscopically influenced by viscoelasticity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSymposia
Subtitle of host publicationFluid Mechanics (Fundamental Issues and Perspectives; Industrial and Environmental Applications); Multiphase Flow and Systems (Multiscale Methods; Noninvasive Measurements; Numerical Methods; Heat Transfer; Performance); Transport Phenomena (Clean Energy; Mixing; Manufacturing and Materials Processing); Turbulent Flows - Issues and Perspectives; Algorithms and Applications for High Performance CFD Computation; Fluid Power; Fluid Dynamics of Wind Energy; Marine Hydrodynamics
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791850299
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventASME 2016 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels - Washington, United States
Duration: 10 Jul 201614 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM
Volume1B-2016
ISSN (Print)0888-8116

Conference

ConferenceASME 2016 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period10/07/1614/07/16

Keywords

  • Fine-wire thermocouple probe
  • Heat transfer reduction
  • Thermal boundary layer
  • Viscoelastic fluid

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