Impinging Jet Cooling Optimization for Obtaining Uniform Heat Flux

In this study obtaining a uniform heat flux over a target surface was investigated by means of using characteristics of jet impingement heat transfer. Conjugate Gradients Method (CGM) was utilized to minimize the objective function defined on the basis of the squared differences between the target heat flux and the calculated ones. Design variables were taken to be jets’ Reynolds numbers, separation distance between the exit plane of the jets and the target plate, as well as inter-jet spacing. Air single phase jets were used in this study. The problem was solved for the cases of 4 and 6 jets. Temperature difference between the jet exit and the target plate is 100°C, and a steady state condition was assumed. The Finite Volume Method and an unstructured mesh were used for direct solution of the jet impingement heat transfer problem for a laminar jets impingement to a flat plate with constant temperature.