Increasing Heat and/or Mass Transfer Rates in Impinging Jets

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tesař, V. | Trávníček, Z.

Affiliations: Process Fluidics Group, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Str., Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom. E-mail: v.tesar@sheffield.ac.uk | Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 5, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic

Abstract: First part of a survey drawing together findings of authors' research over a period of two decades on enhancing performance of impinging jets. The limiting factor is stagnant near-wall layer across which the transfer takes place by conduction. Results of research aimed at removing this limitation have been partly published but mostly in literature inaccessible to international readers. Flow visualizations played an important role in identifying the problem areas, leading to a number of novel implementation concepts to be described in the second part.

Keywords: Visualization, Heat and mass transfer, Impinging jets

Journal: Journal of Visualization, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 91-98, 2005