Experimental study of heat transfer coefficient on hot steel plate during water jet impingement cooling

Experiments were performed, under transient conditions, to investigate the heat transfer phenomena of stationary hot steel plate under multiple top circular jets on run-out table. Based on inverse heat conduction model, a two-dimensional finite difference program was developed to calculate the local surface convective heat transfer coefficients and corresponding temperatures. The cooling water jet flow rate was varied from 15 L/min to 35 L/min and its effect on the convective heat transfer coefficient and surface temperature was analyzed. The results show that heat transfer coefficients are nonlinear functions of surface temperature. The cooling flow rate has no effect on heat transfer coefficient and surface temperature at stagnation point. Within 70 mm distance from stagnation line, heat transfer coefficient ratio changes slightly from 0.87 to 0.97. Beyond surface temperature of 350 degrees C, heat transfer coefficient ratio decreases with increasing distance from stagnation line. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.