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TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER IN AN AXIALLY ROTATING PIPE AT HIGH ROTATION RATE: A NUMERICAL STUDY

Obed Y.W. Abotsi, John P. Kizito^*

Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, 27411, USA

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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 14, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.14.24

Abstract

In this paper, turbulent water flow and heat transfer are studied numerically in a pipe which is rotating about its longitudinal axis. Computations were conducted for axial Reynolds numbers ranging from 10000 to 30000 at different rotation rates. Rotation rate (N) is the ratio of the rotational Reynolds number to the axial Reynolds number. Predictions showed that the Nusselt number (Nu) of the stationary pipe (N=0) was augmented by 50-58% at N=5, 105-132% at N=10, 150-201% at N=15, 208-265% at N=20, and 320-373% at N=30. Improvements in the heat transfer rate was linked to the introduction of tangential velocity components from the moving pipe wall which created secondary flow.

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