Sven-Inge Möller
Head of research administration
The enhancement of heat transfer in the tail pipe of a pulse combustor
Author
Editor
- AR Burgess
- FL Dryer
Summary, in English
For pulse combustors of the Helmholtz type, a heat transfer of the order two to five times higher than expected has been reported. Experiments, where the temperature profile in the tail pipe of a pulse combustor has been measured, give Ilo indication why the heat transfer should be enhanced. The interaction between the oscillating velocity field and the oscillating temperature field might explain the observed enhanced heat conduction.
In order to examine this interaction, a thermomechanical pulsating flow between two parallel plates has been considered. The governing equations were coupled with the classical constitutive assumptions of linearly viscous fluid and Fourier's law for heat conduction. The pressure and temperature gradients in the axial direction were approximated as harmonically oscillating functions in time, where the coefficients were estimated from experimental data. By neglecting the viscous net power term in the energy balance equation, the postulated general equations of motion were solved analytically in the transversal direction. The solutions obtained for the velocity and temperature fields were found to be in good agreement with experimental results.
The analytical expression for the temperature field was then used to determine the heal transfer at the plates. The heat transfer at the plates was found to be dependent on the phase difference between the pressure and temperature gradients.
In order to examine this interaction, a thermomechanical pulsating flow between two parallel plates has been considered. The governing equations were coupled with the classical constitutive assumptions of linearly viscous fluid and Fourier's law for heat conduction. The pressure and temperature gradients in the axial direction were approximated as harmonically oscillating functions in time, where the coefficients were estimated from experimental data. By neglecting the viscous net power term in the energy balance equation, the postulated general equations of motion were solved analytically in the transversal direction. The solutions obtained for the velocity and temperature fields were found to be in good agreement with experimental results.
The analytical expression for the temperature field was then used to determine the heal transfer at the plates. The heat transfer at the plates was found to be dependent on the phase difference between the pressure and temperature gradients.
Department/s
- Mechanics
- Combustion Physics
Publishing year
1998
Language
English
Pages
3215-3220
Publication/Series
TWENTY-SEVENTH SYMPOSIUM (INTERNATIONAL) ON COMBUSTION
Volume
1 & 2
Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
COMBUSTION INSTITUTE, 5001 BAUM BLVD, SUITE 635, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213-1851 USA
Topic
- Applied Mechanics
- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Conference name
TWENTY-SEVENTH SYMPOSIUM (INTERNATIONAL) ON COMBUSTION
Conference date
1998-08-02 - 1998-08-07
Conference place
Boulder, CO, United States
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- IDS Number: BN87V