A numerical heat transfer study of slot jet impinging on an inclined plate

Abstract

Purpose

This paper seeks to conduct a numerical study to investigate heat transfer in turbulent, unconfined, submerged, and inclined impinging jet discharged from a slot nozzle, utilising finite volume code FLUENT.

Design/methodology/approach

Two re‐normalisation group k‐ε and the basic Reynolds stress models by using enhanced wall treatment for near wall turbulent modelling were applied and the local Nusselt numbers were compared with experiments. The enhanced wall treatment solves the fully turbulent region and viscous sublayer by considering a single blended function of both layers.

Findings

In inclined impinging jet by movement of stagnation point to the uphill side of the impinging plate, the location of the maximum Nusselt number moves to the uphill side of the plate. However, this movement increases by increasing of H/D and by decreasing of Reynolds number and inclination angle. For a flat plate impinging jet, the results were found to be less than 8 per cent different and for inclined impinging jet, more sensitive to H/D, 5‐20 per cent different in comparison with experiments. In addition, the flow streamlines were consistent with location of the heat transfer peak on the impinging surface.

Research limitations/implications

Reynolds numbers in range of 4,000‐16,000, the ratio of nozzle height to hydraulic diameter of the nozzle (H/D) in range of 4‐10, and inclination angle of air jet and plate in range of 40‐90° were considered.

Originality/value

A unique achievement of this study in comparison with experimental data was locating the exact peak of the local Nusselt number on impinging plate by change of Reynolds number, H/D, and inclination angle.

Citation

Ramezanpour, A., Mirzaee, I., Firth, D. and Shirvani, H. (2007), "A numerical heat transfer study of slot jet impinging on an inclined plate", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 17 No. 7, pp. 661-676. https://doi.org/10.1108/09615530710777949