Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling Channel

In order to extend the cooling capacity of thermal protection in various advanced propulsion systems, dimple as an effective heat transfer enhancement device with low-pressure loss has been proposed in regenerative cooling channels of a scramjet. In this paper, numerical simulation is conducted to i...

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Main Authors: Lihan Li, Xin Li, Jiang Qin, Silong Zhang, Wen Bao
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7694510
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description In order to extend the cooling capacity of thermal protection in various advanced propulsion systems, dimple as an effective heat transfer enhancement device with low-pressure loss has been proposed in regenerative cooling channels of a scramjet. In this paper, numerical simulation is conducted to investigate the effect of the dimple depth-diameter ratio on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of supercritical hydrocarbon fuel inside the cooling channel. The thermal performance factor is adopted to evaluate the local synthetically heat transfer. The results show that increasing the dimple depth-diameter ratio h/dp can significantly reduce wall temperature and enhance the heat transfer inside the cooling channel but simultaneously increase pressure loss. The reason is that when h/dp is rising, the recirculation zones inside dimples would be enlarged and the reattachment point is moving downstream, which enlarge both the high Nu area at rear edge of dimple and the low Nu area in dimple front. In addition, when fluid temperature is nearer the fluid pseudocritical temperature, local acceleration caused by dramatic fluid property change would reduce the increment of heat transfer and also reduce pressure loss. In this study, the optimal depth-diameter ratio of dimple in regenerative cooling channel of hydrocarbon fueled is 0.2.
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spelling doaj-art-ca6701ad3ea143299a6aa5b4849e22fc2025-08-20T03:24:03ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59742021-01-01202110.1155/2021/7694510Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling ChannelLihan Li0Xin Li1Jiang Qin2Silong Zhang3Wen Bao4Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin Institute of TechnologyIn order to extend the cooling capacity of thermal protection in various advanced propulsion systems, dimple as an effective heat transfer enhancement device with low-pressure loss has been proposed in regenerative cooling channels of a scramjet. In this paper, numerical simulation is conducted to investigate the effect of the dimple depth-diameter ratio on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of supercritical hydrocarbon fuel inside the cooling channel. The thermal performance factor is adopted to evaluate the local synthetically heat transfer. The results show that increasing the dimple depth-diameter ratio h/dp can significantly reduce wall temperature and enhance the heat transfer inside the cooling channel but simultaneously increase pressure loss. The reason is that when h/dp is rising, the recirculation zones inside dimples would be enlarged and the reattachment point is moving downstream, which enlarge both the high Nu area at rear edge of dimple and the low Nu area in dimple front. In addition, when fluid temperature is nearer the fluid pseudocritical temperature, local acceleration caused by dramatic fluid property change would reduce the increment of heat transfer and also reduce pressure loss. In this study, the optimal depth-diameter ratio of dimple in regenerative cooling channel of hydrocarbon fueled is 0.2.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7694510
spellingShingle Lihan Li
Xin Li
Jiang Qin
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Wen Bao
Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling Channel
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling Channel
title_full Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling Channel
title_fullStr Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling Channel
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling Channel
title_short Effect of Dimple Depth-Diameter Ratio on the Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Regenerative Cooling Channel
title_sort effect of dimple depth diameter ratio on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of supercritical hydrocarbon fuel in regenerative cooling channel
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7694510
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