Abstract:
The flow and heat transfer characteristics of three different micro-wavy tubes with different configuration parameters(the curve radius is 32 mm,and the curve angles are 45°,60° and 75°,respectively) in low-velocity(0.0033m/s≤
u≤0.05m/s) flow are considered,using software Fluent for computing fluid dynamics.The results show that the curve angle plays an important role in the flow and heat transfer characteristics of micro-wavy tubes.The
Nu numbers and friction coefficients
f are much larger compared with that of straight tube with the same diameter,
f increases when the amplitude
A becomes larger and the ratio of
μplays a decisive role in Nu numbers.When 20≤
Re≤300,the
Nu number and the friction coefficient f are in-creased by as much as 166.3% and 52.6%,respectively.