Hot Air Impingement Model

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Heat transfer of hot air impingement onto a flat plate-single nozzle hot air flow

Inputs
Ambient Temp 70 F Physical Constants
Heated Air Temp 200 F
Air Flow 0.5 ACFM k (BTU/hr-ft-F)
Nozzle Diameter 0.125 in
Nozzle to plate distance 1 in nu (sq-ft/hr)

Calculated Values Prandtl Number


Nozzle Area 8.52E-05 sq-ft
Air Velocity 97.78 ft/sec Within Model (2) Constraints?
Ratio of nozzle distance to diameter 8 YES (6< (z/d) <58)
Ratio of impingement radius to diameter 3 YES (2 < (r/d) <30)

Dimensionless Numbers
Within Model (2) Constraints?
Reynolds 4246 YES (3400<Re<41000)
Prandtl 0.694
Nusselt (2) 53.72
Dimensionless Temp 0.0154

Correlated heat transfer coefficient 93.15 BTU/hr-sqft-F

Time (3) for ink layer to achieve 99% of hot air temp
1.20 sec 198 F

References
(1) "Fundamental Principles of Heat Transfer", S Whitaker, Appdx A
(2) "Heat transfer and pressure distribution of impinging jet on a flat surface", A.A. Tawfek, Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
(3) "Fundamental Principles of Heat Transfer", S Whitaker, Transient Heat Conduction for Bodies with Neglible Internal Resist
Properties of Air (1)
Thermal Kinematic
Temp (F) Conductivity (k) Viscosity (nu) Prandtl #
60 0.01446 0.5685 0.712
0.01806 80 0.01516 0.6078 0.790
100 0.01566 0.6482 0.706
0.8636 120 0.01615 0.6895 0.703
140 0.01664 0.7316 0.700
0.694 160 0.01712 0.7747 0.698
180 0.01759 0.8187 0.696
200 0.01806 0.8636 0.694
220 0.01853 0.9095 0.693
240 0.01899 0.9561 0.691
260 0.01945 1.0034 0.689
280 0.0199 1.0517 0.688
300 0.02034 1.1009 0.687

OVI Ink Properties


Density 63 lbs/ft3
Heat Capacity 0.6 BTU/lb-F

Print Properties
Height of print 60 microns
Area of print 0.44 sq-in
(based on impingement radius)
Calc Print Volume 6.039E-07 ft3

rnal of Heat and Mass Transfer 32 (1996) 49-54


dies with Neglible Internal Resistance

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