A numerical study on entropy generation induced by turbulent forced convection in curved rectangular ducts with various aspect ratios

Abstract The present paper analyzes the entropy generation induced by turbulent forced convection in a curved rectangular duct with external heating by numerical methods. The problem is assumed as steady, three-dimensional and turbulent. The flow features, including the secondary flow motions, the distribution of local entropy generation as well as the overall entropy generation in the whole flow fields, are analyzed. For a baseline case with Re  = 20,000, external heat flux q ⁎ = 0.112 and aspect ratio γ  = 1, the results show the entropy generation induced by the frictional irreversibility concentrates within the regions adjacent to the duct walls, whereas the entropy generation resulted from the heat transfer irreversibility only significantly occurs near the outer wall of the duct where the external heat flux imposed. Except the baseline case, two additional cases with aspect ratio equal to 0.25 and 4 are calculated. Through the comparison of the three aspect-ratio cases, it is seen that the resultant entropy generations in the flow fields for the three cases are all dominated by the frictional irreversibilities. Among the three aspect-ratio cases, the resultant entropy generation is minimal in the γ  = 1 case. Accordingly, the case with γ  = 1 is concluded to be the optimal aspect ratio under the current flow condition based on the minimal entropy generation principle.

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