HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT SIMULATION AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
PREDICTION OF WIRE LOOPS IN THE STELMOR AIR-COOLING SYSTEM
Abstract
During the Stelmor air-cooling process, the temperature distribution has
a significant impact on the wire loops’ final mechanical properties. The
temperature distribution during air-cooling process is accurately solved
by establishing three-dimensional model and numerical simulation. The
heat transfer coefficient at the high dense region is much smaller than
that of wire loops at the low dense region, and changes periodically
over time, according to a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation
method. It is also found that the heat transfer coefficient on the cross
section of the wire loop is very different, with a difference of 70-100
Wm-2K-1. Finally, the finite difference method is used to calculate the
mathematical model of the temperature distribution during the Stelmor
air-cooling process. Comparing the results with the measurement data,
the simulation results and measurement data match up well.