Heat transfer from a perforated, sinusoidal plate with suction to air flowing over the plate, perpendicular to the corrugations, has been studied numerically and experimentally. This study used a numerical model, validated by wind tunnel tests and hot wire anemometer/resistance thermometer measurements, to determine the heat loss to the air stream over the plate as a function of wind speed, suction velocity, and plate geometry. Both attached and separated flow regimes were observed, and the criterion for flow attachment was determined to be ReV0,P⩾6.93 ReU∞,A0.5. Correlations were developed for heat transfer to the air stream for each flow regime. For attached flow, the heat transfer can be represented as Nuatt=Nuflat{1+0.81A/P0.5}. For separated flow, the following correlation applies: Nusep=2.05A/P1.40 Re1.63.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
solar absorber-convertors, heat losses, wind, heat transfer, anemometry, resistance thermometers, thermal variables measurement, external flows, flow separation
Topics:
Computer simulation, Flow (Dynamics), Heat losses, Suction, Boundary layers, Wind, Heat transfer
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