Numerical analysis of jet impingement cooling with elongated nozzle holes on a curved surface roughened with V-shaped ribs

Abstract

Numerical studies were performed in this study to analyze the effect of dimensionless elongated injection holes (G/d = 0.5, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0) on heat and flow characteristics on rib-roughened surfaces with an array of inclined impingement jets. Experimental and numerical data from existing literature were used to validate the numerical solution procedure’s heat transfer and flow characteristics in the semicircular test section. The turbulence equations were solved using the SST k-ω turbulence model by varying the Reynolds number from 5000 to 25,000. The curvature effect and staggered array pattern created an additional stagnation region between adjacent impinging jets on smooth surfaces, leading to a low heat transfer zone. Rectangular cross-sectional V-shaped ribs (VSR) were placed in regions where the stagnation point occurs to eliminate this disadvantage. The effect of different normalized rib heights (Hr/d = 0, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) and rib angles (α = 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°) on the curved surface was also investigated to increase convective heat transfer performance and achieve more homogenous heat transfer distribution by relatively reducing the effect of thermal stresses. Flow properties, area-averaged and local Nusselt number variations on smooth and ribbed surfaces, and the thermal performance criterion (TPC) were investigated in detail. The results indicated an increase in overall heat transfer and a more evenly distributed measurement region compared to the conventional (unextended jet and smooth surface) jet impingement configuration. The most significant heat transfer enhancement from combining the elongated jets with VSR was 47.23% at Hr/d = 0.2 by reducing the G/d to 0.5. In addition, the highest TPC was determined as 1.07 on the proposed model with G/d = 2.0 and Hr/d = 0.2 at Re = 25,000.