Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1509782 Energy Procedia 2015 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

A three-dimensional numerical study of computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer simulations is conducted for a turbulent flow over rough surfaces. Numerical solutions were obtained using commercial software ANSYS FLUENT 6.3.26 for a Reynolds number Re=6760. The working fluid was air (Pr≅0.71). Mean velocity, turbulent kinetic energy and local Nusselt numbers are obtained. It is seen that present hydrodynamic results are in good agreement with (DNS) results. The thermal results obtained show that the use of the undulations has a great influence on the heat transfer. This undulation increases the heat exchange between the fluid in motion and the heated wall. The result shows that the double undulation compares to the simple undulation help to increase Nusselt number by 10%.

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