TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This study aims to focus on the surface curvature, jet to target spacing and jet Reynolds number effects on the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of a slot jet impinging on a confined concave target surface at constant jet to target spacing.Design/methodology/approach Numerical simulations are used in this research. Jet to target spacing, H/B is varying from 1.0 to 2.2, B is the slot width. The jet Reynolds number, Rej, varies from 8,000 to 40,000, and the surface curvature, R2/B, varies from 4 to 20. Results of the target surface heat transfer, flow parameters and fluid flow in the concave channel are performed.Findings It is found that an obvious backflow occurs near the upper wall. Both the local and averaged Nusselt numbers considered in the defined region respond positively to the Rej. The surface curvature plays a positive role in increasing the averaged Nusselt number for smaller surface curvature (4-15) but affects little as the surface curvature is large enough (> 15). The thermal performance is larger for smaller surface curvature and changes little as the surface curvature is larger than 15. The jet to target spacing shows a negative effect in heat transfer enhancement and thermal performance.Originality/value The surface curvature effects are conducted by verifying the concave surface with constant jet size. The flow characteristics are first obtained for the confined impingement cases. Then confined and unconfined slot jet impingements are compared. An ineffective point for surface curvature effects on heat transfer and thermal performance is obtained.
VL  - 29
IS  - 8
SN  - 0961-5539
DO  - 10.1108/HFF-07-2018-0354
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-07-2018-0354
AU  - Qiu Dandan
AU  - Luo Lei
AU  - Wang Songtao
AU  - Sunden Bengt Ake
AU  - Zhang Xinhong
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow of a slot jet impinging on a confined concave surface with various curvature and small jet to target spacing
T2  - International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 2885
EP  - 2910
Y2  - 2024/09/25
ER  -