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A Comparison of The Transient and Heated-Coating Methods For The Measurement of Local Heat Transfer Coefficients On A Pin Fin
A Comparison of The Transient and Heated-Coating Methods For The Measurement of Local Heat Transfer Coefficients On A Pin Fin
Baughn
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of California,
Davis, CA 95616
A Comparison of the Transient
Mem. ASME
and Heated-Coating Methods for
P. T. Ireland
St. Anne's College and Department of
the Measurement of Local Heat
Engineering Science,
Oxford University,
Oxford, United Kingdom OX26HS
Transfer Coefficients on a Pin Fin
Fellow ASME
Measurements of the local heat transfer coefficients on a pin fin {i.e., a short
cylinder in crossflow) in a duct have been made using two methods, both of which
T. V. Jones employ liquid crystals to map an isotherm on the surface. The transient method uses
Professor, the liquid crystal to determine the transient response of the surface temperature to a
St. Catherine's College and Department of change in the fluid temperature. The local heat transfer coefficient is determined
Engineering Science, from the surface response time and the thermal properties of the substrate. The
Oxford University, heated-coating method uses an electrically heated coating (vacuum-deposited gold
Oxford, United Kingdom 0X26HS in this case) to provide a uniform heat flux, while the liquid crystal is used to locate
an isotherm on the surface. The two methods compare well, especially the value ob-
N. Saniei tained near the center stagnation point of the pin fin where the difference in the ther-
mal boundary condition of the two methods has little effect. They are close but dif-
Lecturer, fer somewhat in other regions.
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of California,
Davis, CA 95616
Introduction
The measurement of local heat transfer coefficients for ment. For example, Ireland and Jones (1986) have used the
complex geometries with their correspondingly complex flows transient method with a chiral nematic (thermochromic) liquid
is important in many applications. For example, in gas tur- crystal on the surface of a plastic (Perspex) substrate. These
bines local heat transfer coefficients are needed for designing were also the methods used by Jones and Hippensteele (1987).
blade coolant passages, and in electronic and computer Baughn et al. (1986a) have used the heated-coating method by
packages local heat transfer coefficients are needed to design applying the same liquid crystal directly on the surface of an
cooling systems to prevent chip overheating. Measurements of ultrathin (vacuum-deposited) electrically heated gold coating.
the local heat transfer coefficient provide both needed design An apparatus that was previously used for a study of pin fin
data and a check on computational models for the prediction heat transfer using the transient method (see Ireland and
of heat transfer for such complex flows. Jones, 1986) was selected for the present comparison for
Two experimental techniques that have been used for the several reasons: it provides an interesting and important com-
global measurement of local heat transfer coefficients over a plex flow; a full set of transient data existed; and a heated-
surface are the transient method (Ireland and Jones, 1985) and coating pin fin could be easily substituted in the existing ap-
the heated-coating method (Baughn et al., 1985). Other paratus for the transient method pin fin previously used. Flow
techniques for local measurements include the heat flux sensor around a pin fin (or pedestal, i.e., a short cylinder mounted
method (Baughn et al., 1987), which uses a sensor at selected across a duct with flow in the duct) is a complex three-
positions, and the naphthalene method (Sparrow et al., 1984), dimensional flow with flow separation and vortices. It is a
which makes global measurements of mass transfer that are geometry of interest in such areas as internal blade cooling in
then related to heat transfer by analogy. Direct comparisons gas turbines and electronic cooling systems.
of different methods under identical flow conditions are im-
portant. A recent comparison of the transient method and the
heated-coating method for heat transfer to the curved wall of
0 = 60,,
a wind tunnel by Jones and Hippensteele (1987) has shown
that these two methods produce consistent results for similar
flows, although there were large differences in the
measurements due to their differing thermal boundary
conditions.
This paper deals with a comparison of the transient and the
heated-coating methods for the case of flow around a pin fin
in a duct where a center line stagnation point exists. At the
stagnation point the heat transfer coefficient should be in-
dependent of the thermal boundary condition. Significant im-
provements in these two methods have recently been made by
adapting liquid crystals for the surface temperature measure-
Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division and presented at the 33rd Interna-
tional Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The •• Flow during by-pass stage
Netherlands, June 6-9,1988. Manuscript received by the Heat Transfer Division
March 31, 1988; revision received January 23, 1989. Paper No. 88-GT-180. -^ FIOUJ during test stage
Keywords: Finned Surfaces, Flow Separation, Measurement Techniques. Fig. 1 Diagram of the apparatus
A. Transient Method
Duct Center Line
t 12 s 0.1 0.8
pck 569 29 5.0
'Lc ~ 'a 14 K 0.5 3.6
T- — T 41.5 K 0.3 0.7
Nu uncertainty = 7.2 percent
Position of crystal
color play B. Heated-Coating Method
I 0.86 A 0.01 1.2
V 7.6 V 0.1 1.3
Liquid Crystal
temperature A 0.0226 m 2 0.00045 2.0
below color play
temperatures.
f 1.0 0.02 2.0
e 0.5 0.1 2.4
Fig. 3 Sketch of the pin fin from video frame showing location of the TLC ~ Ta 10.2 K 0.15 1.0
liquid crystal color play for the transient method (viewed from the side, T 31.6°C 0.2 2.0
0 = 90 deg) Nu uncertainty = 4.7 percent
Re == 18,000
.0 -- H L/D = 2
z / D = 0.75
/ D
0.5 f1
17
\
en 0.6
V J /
Temperature distribution (sc)
\ «EB- %
frf
0.4 -
! "~^X
? \ Transient
Gold cooling
i ] 0.2 _ o -- transient method -- pin fin
D - heated—coating me thod - p in fin
-
i 40
_
50
^ ^
60 70
i , , i i i i i i i i
Ta(y> 0.0
0 30 60 90 120 150 180
Fig. 5 Typical velocity and temperature distribution upstream of the
pin fin
Fig. 7 Comparison of transient and heated-coating methods for a pin
fin at Z/D = 0.75
1.2
2.0
ta^c. Re 18,000
1.0 l 2
" %%
, ^ /P
z/D = 0
1.6
Re = 18,000
Ag L/D = 2
0.8
\
\ V
1.2
"0.6
\ /V
'/ en -o -O-B Q- _e -^j^^fr-
V
0.4
ystsooj
0.8