Evaporation of Ammonia in a Smooth Horizontal Tube: Heat Transfer Measurements and Predictions

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Zu¨rcher ◽  
J. R. Thome ◽  
D. Favrat
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Steel Tube ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Stainless Steel Tube ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase

Experimental test results for flow boiling of pure ammonia inside horizontal tubes were obtained for a plain stainless steel tube. Tests were run at a nominal saturation temperature of 4°C, nine mass velocities from 20–140 kg/m2 s, vapor qualities from 1–99 percent and heat fluxes from 5–58 kW/m2. Two-phase flow observations showed that the current test data covered the following regimes: fully stratified, stratified-wavy, intermittent, annular, and annular with partial dryout. The Kattan-Thome-Favrat flow boiling model accurately predicted the local heat transfer coefficients measured in all these flow regimes with only two small modifications to their flow map (to extend its application to G < 100 kg/m2 s). Their flow boiling model was also successfully compared to the earlier ammonia flow boiling data of Chaddock and Buzzard (1986). The Gungor-Winterton (1987) correlation instead gave very poor accuracy for ammonia.

A Study of Condensation Heat Transfer in a Single Mini-Tube and a Review of Korean Micro- and Mini-Channel Studies

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Kim ◽  
J. S. Shin ◽  
C. Huh ◽  
T. J. Kim ◽  
K. W. Seo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Condensation Heat Transfer ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Round Tube ◽  
Two Phase

This paper reviews recent Korean studies of flow characteristics, flow boiling, and flow condensation in micro- and mini-channels. The characteristics of local heat transfer and pressure drops were experimentally investigated using condensing R134a two-phase flow, in a single round tube, with an inner diameter of 0.691 mm. New experimental techniques were developed to measure the condensation heat transfer coefficient. Tests were performed for a mass flux of 100 to 600 kg/m2s, a heat flux of 5 to 20 kW/m2, and a saturation temperature of 40°C. The experimental local condensation heat transfer coefficients and two-phase frictional pressure gradients are shown. Comparisons of experimental data with existing models reveal that the correlations failed to predict the present data. This study contains the unique sub-millimeter-diameter, single round tube, condensation data reported in the literature.

Experimental Study of Horizontal Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of R134a at a Saturation Temperature of 18.6 °C

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Dorao ◽  
Oscar Blanco Fernandez ◽  
Maria Fernandino
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer

In spite of the extensive work in flow boiling in small-diameter tubes, the general characteristics and dominant mechanisms remain elusive. In this study, flow boiling heat transfer of R134a inside a 5 mm I.D., smooth horizontal stainless steel pipe is experimentally studied. Local heat transfer coefficients (HTCs) were measured for heat fluxes from 3.9 to 47 kW/m2 and mass fluxes from 200 to 400 kg/m2 s at a saturation temperature of 18.6 °C. The studied cases have shown different behaviors at low and high heat fluxes. At low heat fluxes, the convective contribution looks to control the HTC, while at high heat fluxes the nucleation of vapor looks to be the dominant mechanism. Reducing the heat flux, the HTC approaches asymptotically a limit equivalent to the single-phase HTC defined in terms of the sum of the superficial liquid and vapor Reynolds numbers. A new correlation for dominant convective flow boiling is proposed and evaluated against experimental data from the literature.

The Effects of Nucleate Boiling Versus Film Boiling on Heat Transfer in Power Boiler Tubes

1962 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Swenson ◽  
J. R. Carver ◽  
G. Szoeke
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Steel Tube ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Inside Surface ◽  
Film Boiling ◽  
Stainless Steel Tube ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Steam Quality ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

In large, subcritical pressure, once-through power boilers heat is transferred to steam and water mixtures ranging in steam quality from zero per cent at the bottom of the furnace to 100 per cent at the top. In order to provide design information for this type of boiler, heat-transfer coefficients for forced convection film boiling were determined for water at 3000 psia flowing upward in a vertical stainless-steel tube, AISI Type 304, having an inside diameter of 0.408 inches and a heated length of 6 feet. Heat fluxes ranged between 90,000 and 180,000 Btu/hr-sq ft and were obtained by electrical resistance heating of the tube. The operation of the experimental equipment was controlled so that nucleate boiling, transition boiling, and stable film boiling occurred simultaneously in different zones of the tube. The film boiling data were correlated with a modified form of the equation Nu = a a(Re)m(Pr)n using steam properties evaluated at inside surface temperature. Results of a second series of heat-transfer tests with tubes having a helical rib on the inside surface showed that nucleate boiling could be maintained to much higher steam qualities with that type of tube than with a smooth-bore tube.

Local Heat Transfer Coefficient of Flow Boiling in Microchannels With Artificial Reentrant Cavities

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Jung Kuo ◽  
Yoav Peles
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Bubble Generation ◽  
Parallel Microchannels

Flow boiling in parallel microchannels with structured reentrant cavities was experimental studied. Flow patterns, boiling inceptions and heat transfer coefficients were obtained and studied for G = 83 kg/m2-s to G = 303 kg/m2-s and heat fluxes up to 643 W/cm2. The heat transfer coefficient-mass velocity and quality relations had been analyzed to identify boiling mechanism. Comparisons of the performance of the enhanced and plain-wall microchannels had also been made. The microchannels with reentrant cavities were shown to promote nucleation of bubbles and to support significantly better reproducibility and uniformity of bubble generation.

Flow Boiling in Mini and Microchannels

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cortina Di´az ◽  
H. Boye ◽  
I. Hapke ◽  
J. Schmidt ◽  
Y. Staate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Outer Wall ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Constant Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Convective Boiling ◽  
Inconel 600

Flow boiling heat transfer characteristics of water and hydrocarbons in mini and microchannels are experimentally studied. Two different test section geometries are employed; a circular channel with a hydraulic diameter of 1500 μm, and rectangular channels with height values of 300–700 μm and a width of 10mm. In both facilities the fluid flows upwards and the test sections, made of the nickel alloy Inconel 600, are directly electrically heated. Thus the evaporation takes place under the defined boundary condition of constant heat flux. Mass fluxes between 25 and 350 kg/(m2s) and heat fluxes from 20 to 350 kW/m2 at an inlet pressure of 0.3 MPa are examined. Infrared thermography is applied to scan the outer wall temperatures. These allow the identification of different boiling regions, boiling mechanisms and the determination of the local heat transfer coefficients. Measurements are carried out in initial, saturated and post-dryout boiling regions. The experimental results in the region of saturated boiling are compared with available correlations and with a physically founded model developed for convective boiling.

Flow Boiling of R134a and R134a/Propane Mixtures at Low Saturation Temperatures Inside a Plain Horizontal Tube

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rabah ◽  
S. Kabelac
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Azeotropic Point ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Maximum Decrease

Local heat transfer coefficients for flow boiling of pure 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a) and binary mixtures of propane (R290) and R134a were measured. The experimental setup employed a vapor heated plain horizontal tube (di=10mm, do=12mm, L=500mm). The measurements covered a wide range of saturation temperatures (233≤Ts≤278K), mass fluxes (100≤ṁ≤300kg∕m2s), qualities (0≤ẋ≤1), and concentrations (0≤z̃≤0.65). In the zeotropic region of R134a/R290 mixtures, the measured local heat transfer coefficient was found to show a maximum decrease by a factor of 2 relative to that for pure R134a. At the azeotropic point (65% R290), it was found to increase by a factor of 1.2. The measured local heat transfer coefficients for both R134a and R134a/R290 were compared with a number of correlations.

An Experimental Investigation on Flow Boiling of Ethylene-Glycol/Water Mixtures

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satish G. Kandlikar ◽  
Murat Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Binary Mixtures ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Subcooled Flow Boiling ◽  
Subcooled Flow

Mixtures of ethylene glycol and water are used in cooling the engines in automotive applications. Heat is transferred essentially under subcooled flow boiling conditions as the mixture flows over the hot surfaces, which are at temperatures well above the local saturation temperature of the mixture. Very little information is available in the literature on the subcooled flow boiling characteristics of this mixture. The present work focuses on obtaining experimental heat transfer data for water and its mixtures containing ethylene-glycol (0 to 40 percent mass fraction, limited by the maximum allowable temperature in the present setup) in the subcooled flow boiling region. The experimental setup is designed to obtain local heat transfer coefficients over a small circular aluminum heater surface, 9.5-mm in diameter, placed at the bottom 40-mm wide wall of a rectangular channel 3-mm×40-mm in cross-section. Available models for (a) subcooled flow boiling of pure liquids and (b) saturated flow boiling of binary mixtures are extended to model the subcooled flow boiling of binary mixtures.

Flow Boiling of R134a in Circular Microtubes—Part I: Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saptarshi Basu ◽  
Sidy Ndao ◽  
Gregory J. Michna ◽  
Yoav Peles ◽  
Michael K. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Saturation Pressure ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Two Phase Heat Transfer

An experimental study of two-phase heat transfer coefficients was carried out using R134a in uniformly heated horizontal circular microtubes with diameters from 0.50 mm to 1.60 mm over a range of mass fluxes, heat fluxes, saturation pressures, and vapor qualities. Heat transfer coefficients increased with increasing heat flux and saturation pressure but were independent of mass flux. The effects of vapor quality on heat transfer coefficients were less pronounced and varied depending on the quality. The data were compared with seven flow boiling correlations. None of the correlations predicted the experimental data very well, although they generally predicted the correct trends within limits of experimental error. A correlation was developed, which predicted the heat transfer coefficients with a mean average error of 29%. 80% of the data points were within the ±30% error limit.

Experimental Study of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Mini-Tube

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihong Wang ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Manfred Groll
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Saturation Pressure ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer

Flow boiling heat transfer characteristics of R134a were experimentally investigated in a horizontal stainless steel mini-tube. The inner diameter of the test tube is 1.3 mm and the tube wall thickness is 0.1 mm. Local heat transfer coefficients are obtained over a range of vapor qualities up to 0.8, mass fluxes from 310 to 860 kg/m2s, heat fluxes from 21 to 50 kW/m2, and saturation pressures from 6.5 to 7.5 bar. The mass flux, heat flux, saturation pressure, and vapor quality dependences of heat transfer coefficients are demonstrated. Based on an available model in recent literature potential heat transfer mechanisms are also analyzed.

Characteristics of Two-Phase Flow Heat Transfer of R-22 and R-290 in Horizontal Circular Small Tube

2016 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
pp. 181-185
Author(s):  
Agus Sunjarianto Pamitran ◽  
Ulfi Khabibah ◽  
Normah Mohd-Ghazali ◽  
Robiah Ahmad ◽  
Kiyoshi Saito
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Small Tube

Hydrocarbon refrigerants have been widely used to replace HFCs. As hydrocarbon, R-290 has no ODP (Ozone Depletion Potential) and negligible GWP (Global Warming Potential). This paper presents flow boiling heat transfer in small tube with R-290 and R-22. The test tube has inner diameter of 7.6 mm and length of 1.07 m. In order to determine the heat transfer coefficient, experiments were carried out for heat fluxes ranging from 10 to 25 kW/m2, mass fluxes ranging from 204 to 628 kg/m2s, and saturation temperatures ranging from 1.87 to 11.9o C. The study analyzed the heat transfer through the local heat transfer coefficient along the flow under the variation of these different parameters. In comparison with R-22, R-290 provides higher heat transfer coefficients. In the prediction of the heat transfer coefficients of R-22 and R-290, the correlation of Shah (1982) and Choi et.al. (2009) best fitted the present experimental result, respectively.

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