Question 6.4: Consider the rapid cooling of the plastic sheet discussed in...

Consider the rapid cooling of the plastic sheet discussed in Example 6.3, again using water, but here with a perpendicular high-speed, jet flow. Use a single, impinging jet with a jet nozzle diameter D and average nozzle flow velocity \left\langle u_{f}\right\rangle , with nozzle exit temperature T_{f,∞} and surface at T_{s}. This is depicted in Figure (b). In the calculation of \left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}, use a surface with a square area 2L × 2L. As before, 2L = 20 cm, T_{s} = 95^{\circ }C, and T_{f,∞} = 20^{\circ }C. The nozzle diameter is D = 2.5 cm and it is at L_{n} = 10 cm from the surface. The average nozzle flow velocity \left\langle u_{f}\right\rangle = 25 m/s.

(a) Draw the thermal circuit diagram.
(b) Determine the rate of surface-convection cooling.
(c) Determine the average surface-convection resistance \left\langle R_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}.
(d) Compare the results with that of the parallel flow cooling of Example 6.3 and comment on the difference.
Evaluate properties at T = 330 K.

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(a) The thermal circuit diagram is shown in Figure (c).
(b) The rate of surface-convection heat transfer is that given by A_{ku}=Lw,       \left\langle Q_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}=\frac{T_{s}-T_{f,\infty }}{\left\langle R_{ku}\right\rangle_{L} } =A_{ku}\left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}\frac{k_{f}}{L} (T_{s}-T_{f,\infty }), i.e.,

 \left\langle Q_{ku}\right\rangle _{L} =A_{ku}\left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}\frac{k_{f}}{L} (T_{s}-T_{f,\infty })

Where

A_{ku}=4L^{2}

For a single, normal jet, the Nusselt number is found from \left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}=2Re_{D}^{1/2}Pr^{0.42}(1+0.005Re_{D}^{0.55})^{1/2}\frac{1-1.1D/L}{1+0.1(L_{n}/D-6)D/L}      for    7.5\gt \frac{L}{D}\gt 2.5 , i.e.,

\left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}=2Re_{D}^{1/2}Pr^{0.42}(1+0.005Re_{D}^{0.55})^{1/2}\frac{1-1.1D/L}{1+0.1(L_{n}/D-6)D/L}

where from Re_{D}=\frac{\left\langle u_{f}\right\rangle D}{v_{f}}

Note that here L is the radius of the circle on the surface. As in Example 6.3, the thermophysical properties are obtained from Table, and we have

ν_{f} = 505 × 10^{−9} m^{2}/s                             Table
k_{f} = 0.648 W/m-K                                 Table
Pr = 3.22                                               Table

Then

  Re_{D}=\frac{25(m/s) × 0.025(m)}{505 × 10^{−9} (m/s^{2})} = 1.238 × 10^{6}

Note that this Re_{D} is outside the range of the data used in the correlation \left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}=2Re_{D}^{1/2}Pr^{0.42}(1+0.005Re_{D}^{0.55})^{1/2}\frac{1-1.1D/L}{1+0.1(L_{n}/D-6)D/L}     for    7.5\gt \frac{L}{D}\gt 2.5 . Due to lack of an alternative correlation, we will use \left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}=2Re_{D}^{1/2}Pr^{0.42}(1+0.005Re_{D}^{0.55})^{1/2}\frac{1-1.1D/L}{1+0.1(L_{n}/D-6)D/L}     for     7.5\gt \frac{L}{D}\gt 2.5 . Now we evaluate \left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L} and we note that 2L = 20 cm.

\left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}= 2(1.238 × 10^{6} )^{1/2}(3.22)^{0.42}[1 + 0.005(1.238 × 10^{6})^{0.55}]^{1/2}×

 

\frac{1 − 1.1[0.025(m)/0.10(m)]}{1 + 0.1[0.10(m)/0.025(m) − 6][0.025(m)/0.10(m)] }

 

= 3.637 × 10^{9} × 3.496 × 0.7632

 

= 9.702 × 10^{4}

The surface-convection heat transfer rate is

\left\langle Q_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}= (0.2)^{2}(m^{2} ) × 9.702 × 10^{4} ×\frac{0.648(W/m-K)}{0.1(m)} (95 − 20)(K)

= 1.886 × 10^{6} W.

(c) The average surface-convection resistance \left\langle R_{ku}\right\rangle _{L} is given by A_{ku}=Lw,       \left\langle Q_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}=\frac{T_{s}-T_{f,\infty }}{\left\langle R_{ku}\right\rangle_{L} } =A_{ku}\left\langle Nu\right\rangle _{L}\frac{k_{f}}{L} (T_{s}-T_{f,\infty }) , i.e.,

 \left\langle R_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}=\frac{T_{s}-T_{f,\infty }}{\left\langle Q_{ku}\right\rangle_{L} } =\frac{(95 − 20)(^{\circ }C)}{1.886 × 10^{6} (W)} = 3.976 × 10^{−5\circ }C/W

 

A_{ku} \left\langle R_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}= (0.2)^{2}(m^{2}) × 3.976 × 10^{5} (^{\circ }C/W) = 1.590 × 10^{−6\circ }C/(W/m^{2}).

(d) Although the amount of water used in the impinging-jet cooling is much less than that for parallel flow, for the conditions used, the heat transfer rate is larger for the single jet, i.e.,

\left\langle Q_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}= 4.535 × 10^{4} W                          forced, turbulent parallel flow

\left\langle Q_{ku}\right\rangle _{L}= 1.886 × 10^{6} W                              forced, turbulent single jet.

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