Validation study for

Temperature Equation
implementation in Interfoam
Solver

Governing Equations

New Equation
added for
Temperature

The thermal conductivity of the mixture is computed as

k 1

Cp1
Cp
1 (1 ) 2 2 2
Pr1
Pr2

Validation Study
References:
1. Flow and Heat transfer on a flat plate normal to a two dimensional
laminar jet issuing from a nozzle of finite height , H. Miyazaki and E.
Silberman, International Journal of heat and mass transfer (1972)
2. Numerical study of momentum and heat transfer in unsteady
impinging jets ,Y.M. Chung a,*, K.H. Luo b, N.D. Sandham,
International Journal of heat and fluid flow (2002)
3. IMPINGEMENT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS DUE TO INITIALLY LAMINAR
SLOT JETS , E. M. SPARROW and T. C. WONG, International Journal of
heat and mass transfer (1975)

Flow Configurations

Re = 200 (laminar)
l = half-width of the nozzle
H = h/l = 3.0
X = x/l (0 to 6)
Fluids are water and air

Flow Configurations

Heat Transfer Characteristics

Finite Difference
solution of Ref
(1); Solved
single phase jet
impingement

My simulation
results with two
phase jet
impingement

Single Phase Jet Impingement with InterTempSolver

Reference: A numerical study of the flow and heat transfer

characteristics of an impinging laminar slot-jet including crossflow
effects ,SAMI AL-SANEA, IJHMT

Heat Transfer Characteristics

Heat Transfer Characteristics for Falling Films

Qualitative
validation

Upcoming Tasks
Quantitative validation of the heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt
number for the flow regimes
Prediction of Nusselt number with different liquids under various
flow regimes
Development of a periodic module for prediction of pressure drop
and Nusselt number for an array of cylinders