Author(s)

Nawaf H. SAEID

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Numerical investigation of the unsteady two-dimensional slot jet impingement cooling of a horizontal heat source is carried out in the present article. The jet velocity is assumed to be in the laminar flow regime and it has a periodic variation with the flow time. The solution is started with zero initial velocity components and constant initial temperature, which is same as the jet temperature. After few periods of oscillation the flow and heat transfer process become periodic. The performance of the jet impingement cooling is evaluated by calculation of friction coefficient and Nusselt number. Parametric study is carried out and the results are presented to show the effects of the periodic jet velocity on the heat and fluid flow. The results indicate that the average Nusselt number and the average friction coefficient are oscillating following the jet velocity oscillation with a small phase shift at small periods. The simulation results show that the combination of Re =200 with the period of the jet velocity between 1.5 sec and 2.0 sec and high amplitude (0.25 m/s to 0.3 m/s) gives average friction coefficient and Nusselt number higher than the respective steady-state values.

Heat Transfer, Unsteady Convection, Jet Impingement, Periodic Oscillation, Numerical Study

N. SAEID, "Effect of Oscillating Jet Velocity on the Jet Impingement Cooling of an Isothermal Surface," Engineering, Vol. 1 No. 3, 2009, pp. 133-139. doi: 10.4236/eng.2009.13016.