Pressure Drop During Refrigerant Condensation Inside Horizontal Smooth, Helical Microfin, and Herringbone Microfin Tubes

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Olivier ◽  
Leon Liebenberg ◽  
Mark A. Kedzierski ◽  
Josua P. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Mean Deviation ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
R 134A ◽  
Microfin Tubes

This paper presents a study of pressure drops during condensation inside a smooth, an 18-deg helical microfin, and a herringbone microfin tube. Measurements were conducted with refrigerant flowing through the tube of a concentric heat exchanger, with water flowing in a counterflow direction in the annulus. Each tube was part of a condenser consisting of eight subcondensers with instrumentation preceding each subcondenser. Three refrigerants were used, namely, R-22, R-407C, and R-134a, all operating at a saturation temperature of 40 °C with mass fluxes ranging from 400 to 800kg/m2 s. Inlet qualities ranged from 0.85 to 0.95 and outlet qualities ranged from 0.05 to 0.15. The test results showed that on average for the three refrigerants the pressure gradients of the herringbone microfin tube were about 79% higher than that of the smooth tube and about 27% higher than that of the helical microfin tube. Further, a correlation from the literature for predicting pressure drops inside a helical microfin tube was modified for the herringbone microfin tube. The modified correlation predicted the data to within an error of 1% and had an absolute mean deviation of 6.8%. This modified correlation compared well with a correlation from the literature that predicted the data to within an error of 7%.

Use of Printed Circuit Board as Electrode in EHD-Enhanced Condensation Experiments for a Shell/Tube Bundle Heat Exchanger

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wu ◽  
M. M. Ohadi ◽  
S. Dessiatoun ◽  
J. Qi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Transfer Tube ◽  
Enhanced Tubes ◽  
R 134A

Electro-hydrodynamic (EHD) enhancement of external condensation of refrigerant R-134a for a twenty-four tube bundle heat exchanger was studied experimentally. The tubes used in the bundle were state of the art enhanced tubes provided by a heat transfer tube manufacturer. Printed circuit board was used as the electrode and it was inserted between the tube columns to reduce the bundle effect. Different heat flux levels were tested, ranging from 10 to 20 kW/m2. The saturation temperature was 30°C and the applied electric field voltage ranged from 0 to 20 kV. The obtained test results indicated that PCB electrode worked effectively as the electrode in the tube bundle test and up to 31% enhancement was achieved. Comparison with single tube test showed that bundle was reduced to a satisfactory level.

scholarly journals Pressure Drop of a Refrigerant Flowing Vertically Upward and Downward in Small Circular, Rectangular, and Triangular Tubes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 5195
Author(s):  
Koji Enoki
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Mini Channels

In the present study, experiments were performed to examine the characteristics of the two-phase frictional pressure drop of an R410A refrigerant flowing vertically upward and downward for the development of a high-performance heat exchanger using small tubes or mini-channels for air-conditioning systems. The cross-sections of copper test tubes were 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mm circular tubes, and rectangular and triangular tubes with hydraulic diameters of 1.04 and 0.88 mm, respectively. The frictional pressure drops were measured in the range of mass fluxes of 30–400 kg·m−2·s−1, with qualities from 0.05 to 0.9 and a saturation temperature of 10 °C. The characteristics of the measured pressure drops were compared in different inner diameters, cross-section shapes, and flow directions. In addition, Chisholm’s parameter and various modified Chisholm’s parameters for small tubes were examined to determine whether or not they reproduced our measurement data.

Experimental Study of Evaporation Heat Transfer Characteristics and Pressure Drops of R410A and R134a in a Multiport Mini-Channel

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jatuporn Kaew-On ◽  
Somchai Wongwises
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Evaporation Heat ◽  
Evaporation Heat Transfer ◽  
R 134A

The evaporation heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops of R-410A and R-134a flowing through a horizontal-aluminium rectangular multiport mini-channel having a hydraulic diameter of 3.48 mm are experimentally investigated. The test runs are done at refrigerant mass fluxes ranging between 200 and 400 kg/m2s. The heat fluxes are between 5 and 14.25 kW/m2, and refrigerant saturation temperatures are between 10 and 30 °C. The effects of the refrigerant vapour quality, mass flux, saturation temperature and imposed heat flux on the measured heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop are investigated. The experimental data show that in the same conditions, the heat transfer coefficients of R-410A are about 20–50% higher than those of R-134a, whereas the pressure drops of R-410A are around 50–100% lower than those of R-134a. The new correlations for the evaporation heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop of R-410A and R-134a in a multiport mini-channel are proposed for practical applications.

Shellside Waterflow Pressure Drop Distribution Measurements in an Industrial-Sized Test Heat Exchanger

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Halle ◽  
J. M. Chenoweth ◽  
M. W. Wambsganss
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Power Requirement ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Heat Exchanger Design ◽  
Isothermal Water

Throughout the life of a heat exchanger, a significant part of the operating cost arises from pumping the heat transfer fluids through and past the tubes. The pumping power requirement is continuous and depends directly upon the magnitude of the pressure losses. Thus, in order to select an optimum heat exchanger design, it is is as important to be able to predict pressure drop accurately as it is to predict heat transfer. This paper presents experimental measurements of the shellside pressure drop for 24 different segmentally baffled bundle configurations in a 0.6-m (24-in.) diameter by 3.7-m (12-ft) long shell with single inlet and outlet nozzles. Both plain and finned tubes, nominally 19-mm (0.75-in.) outside diameter, were arranged on equilateral triangular, square, rotated triangular, and rotated square tube layouts with a tube pitch-to-diameter ratio of 1.25. Isothermal water tests for a range of Reynolds numbers from 7000 to 100,000 were run to measure overall as well as incremental pressure drops across sections of the exchanger. The experimental results are given and correlated with a pressure drop versus flowrate relationship.

scholarly journals Pemodelan Penurunan Tekanan Brine di Dalam Pipa Injeksi pada Lapangan Panas Bumi Dieng

Jurnal MIPA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Jeferson Polii
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Line ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
Temperature Drop ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Geothermal Field ◽  
Chemical Pollution ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Very High

Injeksi brine hasil dari fluida produksi panas bumi digunakan untuk mengisi volume pori batuan reservoir, mencegah penurunan tekanan batuan yang terlalu cepat, dan mencegah polusi panas dan polusi kimia pada lingkungan yang disebabkan oleh kandungan kimia tertentu pada brine. Pada pipa aliran brine terjadi penurunan tekanan fluida sepanjang aliran. Di lapangan panas bumi Dieng, konsentrasi silika sangat tinggi, sehingga penurunan temperatur saturasi memicu desposisi silika. Penurunan tekanan sepanjang pipa aliran brine dari pompa Vertikal Atas (VA) 7 ke pond di pad 29 di lapangan panas bumi Dieng akan menyebabkan penurunan temperatur saturasi, selain juga kehilangan panas secara alami. Perhitungan penurunan tekanan fluida brine berdasarkan perhitungan Harrison-Freeston dan metode dari Zhao, yang dikembangkan dengan algoritma menggunakan Macro Excel. Sehingga dengan memodelkan penurunan tekanan sepanjang pipa alir, dapat dikembangkan untuk perhitungan penurunan temperatur dan pengendapan silika di pipa aliran brine untuk injeksi panas bumi.Brine injection from geothermal production fluids is used to fill reservoir pore rock volumes, preventing rapid rock pressure drops, and preventing heat pollution and chemical pollution in the environment caused by certain chemical constituents in the brine. Decrease fluid pressure along the flow on the brine flow pipe. In the Dieng geothermal field, the silica concentration is very high, so the decrease in saturation temperature triggers the silica desposition. The pressure drop along the brine flow pipe from the Upper Vertical (VA) 7 pump to the pond in pad 29 in Dieng geothermal field will cause a decrease in saturation temperature, as well as natural heat loss. The calculation of the decrease in brine fluid pressure based on Harrison-Freeston calculations and methods of Zhao, developed with algorithms using Macro Excel. By modeling the pressure drop along the flow line, it can be developed for the calculation of temperature drop and deposition of silica in the brine flow pipe for geothermal injection

Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of R-134a Boiling at Low Mass Fluxes in a Small Vertical Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun Jin Kim ◽  
Leon Liebenberg ◽  
Anthony M. Jacobi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
R 134A

An experimental investigation was performed to study the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of refrigerant R-134a boiling in a chevron-patterned brazed plate heat exchanger (BPHE) at low mass flux. The heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop characteristics are analyzed in relation to varying mass flux (30–50 kgm−2s−1), saturation pressure (675 kPa and 833 kPa), heat flux (0.8 and 2.5 kWm−2), and vapor quality (0.1–0.9). The two-phase pressure drop shows a strong dependence on mass flux and significant saturation temperature drop at high mass flux. The two-phase heat transfer coefficient was both strongly dependent on heat flux (at vapor qualities below 0.4) and on mass flux (at vapor qualities above 0.4). There was also apparent dryout, as depicted by decreased heat transfer at high vapor qualities. These observations suggest that both nucleate and convective boiling mechanisms prevailed. Existing transition correlations however suggest that the experimental data is rather convection-dominant and not a mix of convection and nucleate boiling. The experimental data further strongly suggest the prevalence of both macrochannel and minichannel type flows. Several acknowledged semi-empirical transition criteria were employed to verify our observations. These criteria mostly support our observations that R-134a evaporating at low mass fluxes in a BPHE with a hydraulic diameter of 3.4 mm, has heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics typically indicative of macrochannel as well as minichannel flows. Disagreement however exists with accepted correlations regarding the prevalence of convective or nucleate boiling.

Heat Exchanger Shellside Pressure Drop: Comparison of Predictions With Experimental Data

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Kistler ◽  
J. M. Chenoweth
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Argonne National Laboratory ◽  
Flow Induced Vibration ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Complementary Method ◽  
Nozzle Pressure

A unique set of heat exchanger shellside pressure drop experimental data has become available from experiments at Argonne National Laboratory as a part of an ongoing research program in flow-induced vibration. These data provide overall pressure drop for a number of typical industrial heat exchanger configurations in addition to incremental pressure drop measurements along the shellside path. The test program systematically varied the baffle spacing, the tubefield pattern, and nozzle size for a series of isothermal water tests for segmentally baffled bundles. Also recently a comprehensive method has been published in the Heat Exchanger Design Handbook (HEDH) for the prediction of bundle shellside pressure drops. A search of the literature failed to reveal a complementary method for predicting the shellside nozzle pressure losses. This paper compares the predicted with the measured data and validates the adequacy and limitations of the HEDH method for full bundles of plain tubes. It further applies an extension to the method for no-tubes-in-the-window bundles. Adjustments were indicated to improve the predictions for finned tubes and methods were developed to predict shellside nozzle pressure drops. Overall pressure drop predictions were within plus or minus 20 percent.

Condensation Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of R-134a Flowing in Annular Helical Pipes at Different Orientations

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Yu ◽  
C. X. Lin ◽  
M. A. Ebadian ◽  
R. C. Prattipati
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Condensation Heat Transfer ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Water Temperature ◽  
Helical Pipe ◽  
R 134A

This paper presents an experimental investigation of condensation heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of refrigerant R-134a flowing through an annular helicoidal passage with the hydraulic diameter of 8.5 mm. The angles of helix axis are oriented at 0, 45, 90 degrees to gravity. The overall and refrigerant-side heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops are experimentally determined at saturation temperature 35°C, refrigerant mass flux 35–180 kg/s·m2, and cooling water temperature 27°C. The results show that orientation has significant influence on the thermal and hydraulic behaviors of the helical pipe. The results can be employed for reference in the effective design of annular helicoidal heat exchangers with R-134a as the working fluid.

Evaporation Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Refrigerant R-134a in a Plate Heat Exchanger

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-Y. Yan ◽  
T.-F. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Vapor Quality ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Evaporation Heat ◽  
Evaporation Heat Transfer ◽  
R 134A

The evaporation heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop for refrigerant R-134a flowing in a plate heat exchanger were investigated experimentally in this study. Two vertical counterflow channels were formed in the exchanger by three plates of commercial geometry with a corrugated sine shape of a chevron angle of 60 deg. Upflow boiling of refrigerant R-134a in one channel receives heat from the hot downflow of water in the other channel. The effects of the mean vapor quality, mass flux, heat flux, and pressure of R-134a on the evaporation heat transfer and pressure drop were explored. The quality change of R-134a between the inlet and outlet of the refrigerant channel ranges from 0.09 to 0.18. Even at a very low Reynolds number, the present flow visualization of evaporation in a plate heat exchanger with the transparent outer plate showed that the flow in the plate heat exchanger remains turbulent. It is found that the evaporation heat transfer coefficient of R-134a in the plates is much higher than that in circular pipes and shows a very different variation with the vapor quality from that in circular pipes, particularly in the convective evaporation dominated regime at high vapor quality. Relatively intense evaporation on the corrugated surface was seen from the flow visualization. Moreover, the present data showed that both the evaporation heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop increase with the vapor quality. At a higher mass flux the pressure drop is higher for the entire range of the vapor quality but the evaporation heat transfer is clearly better only at the high quality. Raising the imposed wall heat flux was found to slightly improve the heat transfer, while at a higher refrigerant pressure, both the heat transfer and pressure drop are slightly lower. Based on the present data, empirical correlations for the evaporation heat transfer coefficient and friction factor were proposed.

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