NUMERICAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT IN NARROW RECTANGULAR CHANNEL WITH ROTATED ELLIPTIC DIMPLE WITH INCLINED SLIT

In order to enhance heat transfer performance of the reactor core coolant in the narrow rectangular channel of nuclear power system and ensure the safety of the reactor core without local high temperature as well as not cause excessive pressure loss, three different shapes of protruded elliptic dimple were adopted in the channel for numerical research. Firstly, the angle between long axis of the elliptic dimple and direction of the mainstream was rotated, which was defined as a rotated angle θ ranging from 0° to 90°. Secondly, streamwise (in line with the mainstream) slit was processed on the dimple. The last, inclined slit was processed on the dimple. There were five quantitative and two qualitative indicators to account for comprehensive effects of heat transfer, flow resistance and temperature distribution on the wall of the channel, namely, Nu for heat transfer capacity, f for flow resistance, performance evaluation criteria PEC for combination of heat transfer and flow resistance, T max and Tavg for maximum and average temperature on the outer wall respectively, velocity field near the inner wall and temperature distribution on the outer wall to show more detail information of the flow and heat transfer characteristics. The study results showed that with increase of θ, heat transfer efficiency and flow resistance all increased. Dimple with whether streamwise slit or inclined slit helped to reduce flow resistance. The dimple with streamwise slit performed best in flow resistance performance and the dimple with inclined slit performed best in heat transfer performance.