Enhanced heat transfer due to curvature-induced lateral vortices in laminar flows in sinusoidal corrugated-plate channels

• Published in: International journal of heat and mass transfer Vol. 47; no. 10; pp. 2283 - 2292
• Main Authors: Metwally, H.M., Manglik, R.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2004; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Devices using thermal energy; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Heat exchangers (included heat transformers, condensers, cooling towers); Temperature distribution; Forced convection; Nusselt number; Pipe flow; Laminar flow; Pressure drop; Heat exchanger; Compact heat exchanger; Numerical simulation; Wavy wall; Stream line; Vortex; Curvature; Heat transfer; Finite difference method; Parallel plate

Laminar periodically developed forced convection in sinusoidal corrugated-plate channels with uniform wall temperature, and single-phase constant property flows is considered. Numerical solutions are obtained using the control-volume finite-difference method for a wide range of channel corrugation a...