FULLY DEVELOPED HEAT TRANSFER IN A ROTATING NON-ALIGNED STRAIGHT TUBE

Abstract

Fully developed heat transfer in fluids flowing steadily through a rotating non-aligned straight tube is studied theoretically. A regular perturbation solution of the governing energy equation is developed for a constant wall flux boundary condition; this solution is valid only for “sufficiently mild” Coriolis disturbances. The asymptotic Nusselt number, complete to third order, is obtained from these results. Within the estimated region of validity of this solution the convective heat transfer coefficient depends on three independent dimensionless parameters. The first parameter serves as a Peclet number for energy transfer in the plane of the tube cross-section whereas the second and third parameters are proportional to the axial and transverse components of the Coriolis acceleration. Increasing the Coriolis acceleration will lead to transport enhancement relative to an analogous stationary straight tube exchange device.

KEYWORDS:

• Heat Transfer
• Rotating tube
• Convection