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A new method of acquiring perquisites of recirculation and vortex flow in sudden expansion solar water collector using vortex generator to augment heat transfer

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dc.contributor.authorRamanathan S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorThansekhar M.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKanna P.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGunnasegaran P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55811246800en_US
dc.contributor.authorid6504354111en_US
dc.contributor.authorid8882100100en_US
dc.contributor.authorid35778031300en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T08:09:06Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T08:09:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionAngle of attack; Aspect ratio; Computational fluid dynamics; Flow separation; Friction; Heat transfer; Heat transfer coefficients; Vorticity; Computational Fluid Dynamics codes; Enhancement of heat transfer; Heat transfer and fluid flow; Heat Transfer enhancement; Longitudinal vortices; Solar water collectors; Sudden expansion; Vortex generators; Vortex flowen_US
dc.description.abstractThe present study focuses on the heat transfer enhancement in sudden expansion channel (SEC) which is to be employed as solar water collector using vortex generator (VG) at different angles of attack. Expansion ratio (ER) of SEC is ascribed as 2:1. The analysis of heat transfer enhancement is carried out for various aspect ratios (AR) of ?, 8 and 6 of SEC. The angle of attack (?) of VG is varied from 30� to 90� by an increment of 15� in each case. The results of this study are compared with that of simple rectangular channel (SRC) with VG. The flow is assumed to be laminar, steady and incompressible in the Reynolds (Re) number range investigated. Finite volume based commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code FLUENT 16.2 has been used for solving three dimensional governing equations. The investigation shows that VGs are very effective in SEC than in SRC in enhancing the heat transfer against pressure drop at all angles of attack. Heat transfer rate increases with increase in AR of SEC while the change in friction factor with AR of SEC is negligible except at higher angle of attack. However with increasing angle of attack of VG, friction factor is on the rise. The results reveal that the enhancement of heat transfer rate is due to the combined effect of longitudinal vortex flow and flow separation. VG at ? = 30� and 60� is found to have an optimal heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in SEC. � 2020 Elsevier Masson SASen_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo106346
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106346
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85081129830
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25412
dc.identifier.volume153
dc.publisherElsevier Masson SASen_US
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleInternational Journal of Thermal Sciences
dc.titleA new method of acquiring perquisites of recirculation and vortex flow in sudden expansion solar water collector using vortex generator to augment heat transferen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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