Investigating the conduction-convection coupling, the present study is focused upon measurement of conjugate heat transfer ensuing jet impingement on a 15-mm-thick metallic plate. Based on a rapid change in jet temperature and using time-accurate infrared thermography, a transient measurement methodology is developed toward acquisition of heat transfer coefficients. The new technique is shown to have comparable levels of Nusselt number and effectiveness accuracy, all while significantly reducing the number of consecutive measurements and their duration. To highlight the significance of the conjugate effect, different plate materials (copper, steel, and Inconel) are employed to differ the solid thermal conductivities, resulting in Biot-number variations. The plate surface heat transfer is studied at two injection Reynolds numbers (34,000 and 37,000) and for two nozzle-to-plate distances (two and five jet diameters). The changes in slab material conductivity reveal small but quantifiable differences in heat transfer coefficients (up to ∼20% locally and 9% globally). Furthermore, constituting an upper bound and lower bound, respectively, it is observed that all conjugate Nusselt number distributions lay within the two limits of isoheat flux and isothermal boundary condition cases.
NomenclatureBi = he∕λ solid , Biot number Br = e∕xK −1 Pe 1∕3 , Brun number C = heat capacity, J · kg −1 · K −1 D = jet diameter, m E = impingement plate thickness, m H = heat transfer coefficient on the impinging side, W · m −2 · K −1 H = jet exit to impingement plate distance, m h lat = heat transfer coefficient on the lateral side of the slab, W · m −2 · K −1 K = λ solid ∕∕λ air Nu = hD∕λ air , Nusselt number Nu 0 = Nusselt number at the impingement point Pe = Pr × Re, Peclet number Pe = conjugate Peclet number, K −1 · Pe 1∕3 Pr = Prandtl number R = impingement plate radius, m Re = ρVD∕μ, jet Reynolds number r = radial coordinate, m T aw = adiabatic wall temperature, K T j = injection jet temperature, K T ref = T aw , reference temperature in Newton's law of cooling, K T w = impinging side wall temperature, K T w0 = impinging point wall temperature, K T ∞ = ambient temperature, K= thermal conductivity, W · m −1 · K −1 μ air = air dynamic viscosity, N · s · m −2 ρ = density, kg · m −3 φ co = convective heat-flux density of the impingement plate, W · m −2 φ elec = electrical flux density dissipated by Joule effect, W · m −2