Experimental Study and Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of Pulsating Flow in Straight and 90° Curved Square Pipes

Guanming Guo, Masaya Kamigaki, Yuuya Inoue, Keiya Nishida, Hitoshi Hongou, Masanobu Koutoku, Ryo Yamamoto, Hideaki Yokohata, Shinji Sumi and Yoichi Ogata
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Guanming Guo: Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 7390046, Japan
Masaya Kamigaki: Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 7390046, Japan
Yuuya Inoue: Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 7390046, Japan
Keiya Nishida: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 7390046, Japan
Hitoshi Hongou: Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima 7308670, Japan
Masanobu Koutoku: Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima 7308670, Japan
Ryo Yamamoto: Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima 7308670, Japan
Hideaki Yokohata: Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima 7308670, Japan
Shinji Sumi: Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima 7308670, Japan
Yoichi Ogata: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 7390046, Japan

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-20

Abstract: The turbulent pulsating flow and heat transfer in straight and 90° curved square pipes are investigated in this study. Both experimental temperature field measurements at the cross-sections of the pipes and conjugate heat transfer (CHT) simulation were performed. The steady turbulent flow was investigated and compared to the pulsating flow under the same time-averaged Reynolds number. The time-averaged Reynolds number of the pulsating flow, as well as the steady flow, was approximately 60,000. The Womersley number of the pulsating flow was 43.1, corresponding to a 30 Hz pulsating frequency. Meanwhile, the Dean number in the curved pipe was approximately 31,000. The results showed that the local heat flux of the pulsating flow was greater than that of the steady flow when the location was closer to the upstream pulsation generator. However, the total heat flux of the pulsating flow was less than that of the steady flow. Moreover, the instantaneous velocity and temperature fields of the simulation were used to demonstrate the heat transfer mechanism of the pulsating flow. The behaviors, such as the obvious separation between the air and pipe wall, the low-temperature core impingement, and the reverse flow, suppress the heat transfer.

Keywords: pulsating flow; curved pipe; temperature fields; conjugate heat transfer; local heat transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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