Study of the effect of rotating channel rib structure on fuel flow and heat transfer characteristics

Abstract Hypersonic vehicles can be affected by incoming hot air. In order to ensure that the power generation turbine blades can operate properly, the fuel in the engine is used to cool the turbine blades. In this paper, the heat transfer characteristics of fuel in smooth and 45° ribbed channels under rotating conditions are investigated. Their results show that, unlike the smooth channel, the heat transfer coefficient of the 45° ribbed channel decreases as Ro increases under the combined influence of the rib structure and the physical properties of the fuel. The rib structure disrupts the high-velocity fluid near the trailing surface of the centrifugal section, which promotes doping between the fuels and weakens the effect of the Coriolis force. The Nu increase in ribbed channels ranged from 11.4% to 55.1% compared to smooth channels.