MULTIJET IMPINGEMENT ON PIN FIN HEAT SINK WITH DIFFERENT CROSSFLOW SCHEMES

The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of multi air jet array impinging on a 4x4 pin fin heat sink with 3x3 nozzle arrays are investigated both numerically and experimentally. The results for multi jet impingement with wide range of parameters are not readily available in the literature. Different exit flow conditions such as minimum, semi and maximum cross flow conditions are simulated using shear stress transport (SST) k-omega turbulence model to study the combined effects of Reynolds number (Re) and spacing between nozzle exit and target surface (Z/d) on heat transfer coefficient (h(avg)). The jet Reynolds number is varied from 7000 to 50000 and Z/d is varied from 6 to 10. For Re <= 18000, it is noticed that the minimum cross flow scheme gives maximum heat transfer, than semi cross flow and the maximum cross flow schemes at all Z/d considered here. Semi cross flow scheme works better for Re >= 18000. At Re = 11000 the minimum cross flow scheme indicates that Nu(a) decreases from 50.1 to 36.41 with increase in Z/d from 6 to 10. It is also observed that the symmetry of the heat transfer patterns occur in the minimum and semi cross flow schemes as the sidewalls restrict the flow in opposite direction. However, in the maximum cross flow scheme, the stagnation peaks shifted and reduced in the stream wise direction by the strong cross flow degradation.