Open Access
ARTICLE
CORRELATION FOR TURBULENT CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER IN ELLIPTICAL TUBES BY NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS
Mo Yanga,*, Xiaoming Wanga, Zhiyun Wanga, Zheng Lib
, Yuwen Zhangb
a
School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 20093, China
b
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, MO 65211, USA
* Corresponding Author: Email: .
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2018, 11, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.11.7
Abstract
Turbulent convective heat transfer in an elliptical pipe are investigated numerically in this paper. The RSM model is employed in the simulations of
elliptical tubes with different aspect ratio a/b and Reynolds numbers within the range of 10,000~120,000. It is found that the maximum deviation
between the numerical result and the one from Dittus-Boelter equation contained a hydraulic diameter is 28.4%. Based on simulation results, the
correlation between the Nusselt number and Reynolds number in the fully developed fluid section of the elliptical tube is obtained.
Keywords
Cite This Article
Yang, M., Wang, X., Wang, Z., Li, Z. (2018). CORRELATION FOR TURBULENT CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER IN ELLIPTICAL TUBES BY NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 11(1), 1–6.