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Influence of Pulsating Flow on Thermal Characteristics in a Triangular Sharp-Edged Wavy Channel

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The numerical study is focused on heat transfer enhancement of a triangular sharp-edged wavy channel using pulsating flow characteristics. The simulation has been performed using ANSYS 16.2 software to investigate the hydrodynamic and thermal characteristics of Newtonian fluids in two-dimensional wavy corrugated wall channels. Two different parameters such as horizontal pitch-to-module length ratio (b/L) and amplitude-to-wavelength ratio (a/λ) were considered, and their influences on heat transfer enhancement have been investigated. The dimensionless frequency of flow pulsation in the form of Strouhal number, St, have been studied at a range (St = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0). The study has been carried out for two different Reynolds numbers (Re = 100, 150) and Prandtl numbers (Pr = 4, 6.93). The results show that the role of the flow pulsation on heat transfer enhancement on the target surface is dependent on pulsation flow frequency and b/L ratios.

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Abbreviations

Aw:

Amplitude of the wavy wall

Nu:

Nusselt number

Pr:

Prandtl number

Re:

Reynolds number

St:

Strouhal number

S b :

Profile of the bottom wavy wall

S t :

Profile of the top wavy wall

T :

Temperature

T in :

Inlet flow temperature

T w :

Wall temperature of wavy channel

U :

Velocity vector

b/L:

Horizontal pitch-to-module ratio

n :

Power law index

p :

Pressure

t :

Time

u :

X-direction velocity

u avg :

Average inlet velocity

u in :

Inlet velocity

v :

Y-direction velocity

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    Rakesh Kumar, Kapil Dev, Ranjan Kumar & Dipak Sen

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Kumar, R., Dev, K., Kumar, R., Sen, P., Sen, D. (2022). Influence of Pulsating Flow on Thermal Characteristics in a Triangular Sharp-Edged Wavy Channel. In: Mahanta, P., Kalita, P., Paul, A., Banerjee, A. (eds) Advances in Thermofluids and Renewable Energy . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3497-0_9

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