A new all-time model is developed to predict transient laminar forced convection heat transfer inside a circular tube under arbitrary time-dependent heat flux. Slug flow condition is assumed for the velocity profile inside the tube. The solution to the time-dependent energy equation for a step heat flux boundary condition is generalized for arbitrary time variations in surface heat flux using a Duhamel’s integral technique. A cyclic time-dependent heat flux is considered and new compact closed-form relationships are proposed to predict: i) fluid temperature distribution inside the tube ii) fluid bulk temperature and iii) the Nusselt number. A new definition, cyclic fully-developed Nusselt number, is introduced and it is shown that in the thermally fully-developed region the Nusselt number is not a function of axial location, but it varies with time and the angular frequency of the imposed heat flux. Optimum conditions are found which maximize the heat transfer rate of the unsteady laminar forced-convective tube flow. We also performed an independent numerical simulation using ANSYS to validate the present analytical model. The comparison between the numerical and the present analytical model shows great agreement; a maximum relative difference less than 5.3%.
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ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
July 14–19, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Heat Transfer Division
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978-0-7918-5547-8
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Transient Internal Forced Convection Under Arbitrary Time-Dependent Heat Flux
M. Fakoor-Pakdaman,
M. Fakoor-Pakdaman
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
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M. Andisheh-Tadbir,
M. Andisheh-Tadbir
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
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Majid Bahrami
Majid Bahrami
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
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M. Fakoor-Pakdaman
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
M. Andisheh-Tadbir
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
Majid Bahrami
Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, Canada
Paper No:
HT2013-17148, V001T03A027; 14 pages
Published Online:
December 21, 2013
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Fakoor-Pakdaman, M, Andisheh-Tadbir, M, & Bahrami, M. "Transient Internal Forced Convection Under Arbitrary Time-Dependent Heat Flux." Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. Volume 1: Heat Transfer in Energy Systems; Thermophysical Properties; Theory and Fundamental Research in Heat Transfer. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. July 14–19, 2013. V001T03A027. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2013-17148
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