Lattice Boltzmann simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in a parallel-plate channel with transverse rectangular cavities

Rasul Mohebbi and Hanif Heidari ()
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Rasul Mohebbi: School of Engineering, Damghan University, P. O. Box 3671641167, Damghan, Iran
Hanif Heidari: School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2017, vol. 28, issue 03, 1-20

Abstract: The aim of this paper is investigating the forced convection heat transfer in a channel with transverse rectangular cavities using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) which is not available in the literature yet. The effects of the Reynolds number (100–400), cavity aspect ratio (AR=0.25, 0.5, 1.0), distance of cavities from each other (S′=0,2,4,6) in fixed depth of cavity (A′=0.5) on the velocity and temperature profiles are studied. Moreover, the flow patterns such as deflection and re-circulation zone inside the cavities are obtained. The local and averaged Nusselt numbers on the channel walls are achieved. The results show that the channel with cavities achieves heat transfer enhancements relative to the smooth channel. For the constant cavity aspect ratio, the maximum value of averaged Nusselt number in the channel is obtained in the case of S′=2. Heat transfer to the working fluids increases significantly by increasing the aspect ratio. The existed results are used to ascertain the validity of the numerical code and excellent agreement between results was found.

Keywords: LBM; parallel-plate channel; rectangular cavities; forced convection; vortex formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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