A Comparison of Augmentation Techniques During In-Tube Evaporation of R-113

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Reid ◽  
M. B. Pate ◽  
A. E. Bergles
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Electrical Heating ◽  
Smooth Tube ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Evaporation Heat ◽  
Enhancement Factors

An experimental study was conducted to determine the potential of three techniques for augmenting in-tube evaporation of refrigerants: high-fin tubes, microfin tubes, and twisted tape inserts. Five tubes with internal fins and one smooth tube with a twisted-tape insert were tested. Additionally, experiments were performed with two reference smooth tubes having diameters similar to the maximum inside diameters of the finned tubes. All experiments involved evaporating Refrigerant 113 (R-113) by direct electrical heating of the tube wall. Local evaporation heat transfer coefficients were measured as a function of quality for a range of mass fluxes and heat fluxes. Enhancement factors were calculated by forming ratios of the heat transfer coefficient for the augmented tube and a smooth tube of the same maximum inside diameter. Mass fluxes, pressure levels, and qualities were fixed when enhancement factors were calculated. For the internally finned tubes the enhancement factors varied from 1.1 to 2.8. An internally finned tube having helical spiral angles of 16 deg produced the largest enhancement of heat transfer. The tube with the twisted-tape insert typically had an enhancement factor of about 1.5. Pressure gradient ratios and enhancement performance ratios are also presented.

Evaporation Heat Transfer Characteristics on the Outside of Horizontal Smooth, Herringbone and Enhanced Surface 1EHT Tubes

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-jun Sun ◽  
Jing-xiang Chen ◽  
David J. Kukulka ◽  
Kan Zhou ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Smooth Tube ◽  
External Diameter ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Evaporation Heat ◽  
Evaporation Heat Transfer ◽  
Enhanced Surface

An experiment investigation was performed using R410A in order to determine the single-phase and evaporation heat transfer coefficients on the outside of (i) a smooth tube; (ii) herringbone tube; and (iii) the newly developed Vipertex enhanced surface 1EHT tube; all with the same external diameter (12.7 mm). The nominal evaporation temperature is 279 K, with inlet and outlet qualities of 0.1 and 0.8. Mass fluxes ranged from 10 to 40 kg m−2s−1. Results suggest that the 1EHT tube has excellent heat transfer performance but a higher pressure drop when compared to a smooth tube. Evaporation heat transfer coefficient for the 1EHT is lower than the herringbone tube and the pressure drop is almost the same.

Augmentation of Horizontal In-Tube Condensation by Means of Twisted-Tape Inserts and Internally Finned Tubes

1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Royal ◽  
A. E. Bergles
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Smooth Tube ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Average Heat ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Augmentation Techniques ◽  
The One

Low pressure steam was condensed inside horizontal tubes of different internal geometries to investigate passive heat transfer augmentation techniques. A smooth tube, the smooth tube having two twisted-tape inserts, and four internally finned tubes were tested. The twisted-tape inserts were found to increase average heat transfer coefficients by as much as 30 percent above smooth tube values on a nominal area basis. The best performing internally finned tube increased average heat transfer coefficients by 150 percent above the nominal smooth tube values. Techniques were developed to correlate the improved heat transfer performance of the two twisted-tape inserts and the four internally finned tubes. The equations developed provide a reasonably accurate description of both the sectional and the average heat transfer coefficients. The finned tube correlation was also reasonably successful in predicting the data from the one other investigation of this augmentation technique for which detailed data were available.

Reduced Pressure Boiling Heat Transfer in Rectangular Microchannels With Interconnected Reentrant Cavities

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (10) ◽  
pp. 1106-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Koşar ◽  
Chih-Jung Kuo ◽  
Yoav Peles
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Convective Boiling ◽  
Reduced Pressure ◽  
Exit Pressure ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Mechanism Transition ◽  
Two Phase Heat Transfer

Boiling flow of deionized water through 227μm hydraulic diameter microchannels with 7.5μm wide interconnected reentrant cavities at 47 kPa exit pressure has been investigated. Average two-phase heat transfer coefficients have been obtained over effective heat fluxes ranging from 28 to 445W∕cm2 and mass fluxes from 41 to 302kg∕m2s. A map is developed that divides the data into two regions where the heat transfer mechanisms are nucleation or convective boiling dominant. The map is compared to similar atmospheric exit pressure data developed in a previous study. A boiling mechanism transition criterion based on the Reynolds number and the Kandlikar k1 number is proposed.

Prediction of Heat Transfer Coefficients in Gas Flow Normal to Finned and Smooth Tube Banks

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 705-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Biery
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Smooth Tube ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Tube Bank ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Tube Banks

A new method is presented to predict heat transfer coefficients for gas flow normal to smooth and finned tube tanks with triangular pitch. A transformation from the actual tube bank to an equivalent equilateral triangular pitch infinite smooth tube bank (ETP-I-STB) is made. A function of Ch(Ch = NSTNPR2/3NRe0.4) versus (Xt D0)Δ, ratio of transverse pitch to tube diameter for the ETP-I-STB, was developed. The Ch for the equivalent ETP-I-STP then applies to the actual tube bank. The method works with circular finned tubes, smooth tubes, continuous finned tubes, and segmented finned tubes with any triangular pitch. Also, fair predictions were made for in-line tubes with high Reynolds numbers.

Subcooled Water Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in a Short SUS304-Tube With Twisted-Tape Insert

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Hata ◽  
Suguru Masuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Effective Length ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Subcooled Boiling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

The subcooled boiling heat transfer (HT) and the steady-state critical heat fluxes (CHFs) in a short SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are systematically measured for mass velocities (G = 4016 to 13850 kg/m2s), inlet liquid temperatures (Tin = 285.82 to 363.96 K), outlet pressures (Pout = 764.76 to 889.02 kPa) and exponentially increasing heat input (Q = Q0exp(t/τ), τ = 8.5 s) by the experimental water loop comprised of a multistage canned-type circulation pump controlled by an inverter. The SUS304 test tube of inner diameter (d = 6 mm), heated length (L = 59.5 mm), effective length (Leff = 49.1 mm), L/d (= 9.92), Leff/d (= 8.18) and wall thickness (δ = 0.5 mm) with average surface roughness (Ra = 3.18 μm) is used in this work. The SUS304 twisted tape with twist ratio, y [= H/d = (pitch of 180° rotation)/d], of 3.39 is used. The relation between inner surface temperature and heat flux for the SUS304-tube with the twisted-tape insert are clarified from non-boiling to CHF. The subcooled boiling heat transfer for SUS304-tube with the twisted-tape insert is compared with our empty SUS304-tube data and the values calculated by our and other workers’ correlations for the subcooled boiling heat transfer. The influences of the twisted-tape insert and the swirl velocity on the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs are investigated into details and the widely and precisely predictable correlations of the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs for turbulent flow of water in the SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are given based on the experimental data. The correlations can describe the subcooled boiling heat transfer coefficients and the CHFs obtained in this work within −25 to +15% difference.

R-22 and Zeotropic R-22/R-142b Mixture Condensation in Microfin, High-Fin, and Twisted Tape Insert Tubes

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (5) ◽  
pp. 912-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Smit ◽  
J. P. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Outer Diameter ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Mass Fluxes ◽  
Smooth Tubes ◽  
Enhancement Method

Using mixtures of the zeotropic refrigerant mixture R-22/R-142b, a series of experiments was performed to determine the sectional and average heat transfer coefficients. Experiments were also conducted to compare three different heat transfer enhancement methods to that of smooth tubes. They were microfins, twisted tapes, and high fins. Measurements at different mass fluxes were obtained at six refrigerant mass fractions from 100 percent R-22 up to a 50 percent/50 percent mixture of R-22/R-142b. All condensation measurements were conducted at an isobaric inlet pressure of 2.43 MPa. This pressure corresponds to a saturation temperature of 60°C for R-22. The measurements were taken in 9.53 mm outer diameter smooth tubes and microfin tubes with lengths of 1603 mm. The heat transfer coefficients were determined with the Log Mean Temperature Difference equations. It was found that microfins were more suitable as an enhancement method than twisted tubes or high fins. Also, that the heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops decrease as the mass fraction of R-142b increases.

Guidelines for Designing Micropillar Structures for Enhanced Evaporative Heat Transfer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kidus Guye ◽  
De Dong ◽  
Yunseo Kim ◽  
Hyoungsoon Lee ◽  
Baris Dogruoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Interfacial Area ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Maximum Heat ◽  
Maximum Heat Transfer ◽  
Evaporation Heat

Abstract Over the last several decades, cooling technologies have been developed to address the growing thermal challenges associated with high-powered electronics. However, within the next several years, the heat generated by these devices is predicted to exceed 1 kW/cm2, and traditional methods, such as air cooling, are limited in their capacities to dissipate such high heat fluxes. In contrast, two-phase cooling methods, such as microdroplet evaporation, are very promising due to the large latent heat of vaporization associated with the phase change process. Previous studies have shown non-axisymmetric droplets exhibit different evaporation characteristics than spherical droplets. For a droplet pinned atop a micropillar, the solid-liquid and liquid-vapor interfacial area, the volume, and thickness of the droplet are the major factors that govern the evaporation heat transport process. In this work, we develop a shape optimization tool using the particle swarm optimization algorithm to maximize evaporation from a droplet confined atop a micropillar. The tool is used to optimize the shape of a nonaxisymmetric droplet. Compared to droplets atop circular and regular equilateral triangular micropillar structures, we find that droplets confined on pseudo-triangular micropillar structures have 23.7% and 5.7% higher heat transfer coefficients, respectively. The results of this work will advance the design of microstructures that support droplets with maximum heat transfer performance.

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.

Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux of Subcooled Water Flow Boiling in a SUS304-Tube With Twisted-Tape Insert

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Hata ◽  
Suguru Masuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Effective Length ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Subcooled Boiling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfers

The subcooled boiling heat transfer (HT) and the steady-state critical heat fluxes (CHFs) in a short SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are systematically measured for mass velocities (G = 4016 to 13950 kg/m2s), inlet liquid temperatures (Tin = 285.82 to 363.96 K), outlet pressures (Pout = 764.76 to 889.02 kPa) and exponentially increasing heat input (Q = Q0 exp(t/τ), τ = 8.5 s) by the experimental water loop comprised of a multistage canned-type circulation pump controlled by an inverter. The SUS304 test tube of inner diameter (d = 6 mm), heated length (L = 59.5 mm), effective length (Leff = 49.1 mm), L/d (= 9.92), Leff/d (= 8.18) and wall thickness (δ = 0.5 mm) with average surface roughness (Ra = 3.89 μm) is used in this work. The SUS304 twisted tape with twist ratios, y [= H/d = (pitch of 180° rotation)/d], of 2.39, 3.39 and 4.45 are used. The relations between inner surface temperatures and heat fluxes for the SUS304-tubes with various twisted-tape inserts are clarified from non-boiling to CHF. The subcooled boiling heat transfers for SUS304-tubes with various twisted-tape inserts are compared with our empty SUS304-tube data and the values calculated by our and other workers’ correlations for the subcooled boiling heat transfer. The influences of the twisted-tape insert, the twist ratio and the swirl velocity on the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs are investigated into details and the widely and precisely predictable correlations of the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs for turbulent flow of water in the SUS304-tubes with twisted-tape inserts are given based on the experimental data. The correlations can describe the subcooled boiling heat transfer coefficients and the CHFs obtained in this work within −25 to +15% difference.

Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux of Subcooled Water Flow Boiling in a SUS304-Tube With Twisted-Tape Insert

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Hata ◽  
Suguru Masuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Effective Length ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Subcooled Boiling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfers

The subcooled boiling heat transfer and the steady state critical heat fluxes (CHFs) in a short SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are systematically measured for mass velocities (G=4016–13,950 kg/m2 s), inlet liquid temperatures (Tin=285.8–364.0 K), outlet pressures (Pout=764.8–889.0 kPa), and exponentially increasing heat input (Q=Q0 exp(t/τ) and τ=8.5 s) by the experimental water loop comprised of a multistage canned-type circulation pump controlled by an inverter. The SUS304 test tube of inner diameter (d=6 mm), heated length (L=59.5 mm), effective length (Leff=49.1 mm), L/d(=9.92), Leff/d(=8.18), and wall thickness (δ=0.5 mm) with average surface roughness (Ra=3.89 μm) is used in this work. The SUS304 twisted-tape with twist ratios y[=H/d=(pitch of 180 deg rotation)/d] of 2.39, 3.39, and 4.45 are used. The relations between inner surface temperatures and heat fluxes for the SUS304-tubes with various twisted-tape inserts are explored for different flow regimes ranging from single-phase flows to CHF. The subcooled boiling heat transfers for SUS304-tubes with various twisted-tape inserts are compared with authors’ empty SUS304-tube data and the values calculated by authors’ and other workers’ correlations for the subcooled boiling heat transfer. The influences of the twisted-tape insert, the twist ratio, and the swirl velocity on the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs are investigated into details, and the correlations of the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs for turbulent flow of water in the SUS304-tubes with twisted-tape inserts are given based on the experimental data. The precision or accuracy of a more widely set of correlations in predicting the present set of data is evaluated. The correlations can describe the subcooled boiling heat transfer coefficients and the CHFs obtained in this work from −25% to +15% difference.

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