Influence of pin-fin height and diameter on flow and cooling characteristics of three-layer porous laminates: An experimental study

ABSTRACT

Pin-fins play a very important role in heat-transfer enhancement in engine combustor liners. In this engineering-scale experimental study, the flow and cooling characteristics of two- and three-layer porous laminates with pin-fins were compared. The influence of the diameter and height of the pin-fin on the flow and cooling characteristics of three-layer porous laminates was also investigated. Adding a third (impingement) layer to the two-layer porous laminate in the study increased the heat-transfer coefficient by 66.00% and the cooling efficiency by 5.90%; both performance factors were further improved as the pin-fin diameter and height in the three-layer laminate were reduced. An empirical expression for the Nusselt number of a three-layer porous laminate was obtained, with a prediction error below 5%.

KEYWORDS:

• Three-layer porous laminate
• pin-fin
• cooling characteristics
• empirical correlation
• experimental study

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Funding

This work was supported by the The scientific research start-up funds for introducing talent in the Sichuan University [20822041C4013].