Effect of jet-jet spacing on convective heat transfer to confined, impinging arrays of axisymmetric air jets

Abstract The effects of jet-jet spacing ( X n D ), low nozzle-plate spacings ( H D = 0.25, 1.0 and 6.0 ) and spent air exits located between the jet orifices were studied on the magnitude and uniformity of the convective heat transfer coefficients for confined 3 × 3 square arrays of isothermal axisymmetric air jets impinging normally to a heated surface. Local and average Nusselt numbers are presented for Reynolds number range of 3500–20 400. The local Nusselt numbers illustrate the (non)uniformity of the heat transfer and aid in understanding the variations in the average Nusselt number. The jet-jet spacing affects the convective coefficient by varying the influence of the adjacent jet interference and fraction of the impingement surface covered by the wall jet. The addition of spent air exits increased the convective coefficient and influenced the location of the optimum separation distance. In addition, significant enhancement of the uniformity and the convective coefficients was observed at H D = 0.25 and 1.0 when compared to H D = 6.0 .

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