Numerical investigation of entropy generation and heat transfer of pulsating flow in a horizontal channel with an open cavity

作     者：Fatma Zamzari Zouhaier Mehrez Afif El Cafsi Ali Belghith Patrick Le Quéré 

作者机构：Faculty of Sciences of Tunis Laboratory of Energy Heat and Mass Transfer (LETTM) Department of Physics El Manar University Computer Science Laboratory for Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (LIMSI) 

出 版 物：《Journal of Hydrodynamics》 (水动力学研究与进展B辑（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第29卷第4期

页      面：632-646页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0701[理学-数学] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Pulsating flow entropy generation mixed convection heat transfer open cavity 

摘      要：In this study, the entropy generation and the heat transfer of pulsating air flow in a horizontal channel with an open cavity heated from below with uniform temperature distribution are numerically investigated. A numerical method based on finite volume method is used to discretize the governing equations. At the inlet of the channel, pulsating velocity is imposed for a range of Strouhal numbers Stpfrom 0 to 1 and amplitude Apfrom 0 to 0.5. The effects of the governing parameters, such as frequency and amplitude of the pulsation, Richardson number, Ri, and aspect ratio of the cavity, L/H, on the flow field, temperature distribution, average Nusselt number and average entropy generation, are numerically analyzed. The results indicate that the heat transfer and entropy generation are strongly affected by the frequency and amplitude of the pulsation and this depends on the Richardson number and aspect ratio of the cavity. The pulsation is more effective with the aspect ratio of the cavity L/H= 1.5 in terms of heat transfer enhancement and entropy generation minimization.