Maximum Velocity Location and Pressure Drop of Fully Developed Laminar Flow in Circular Sector Ducts

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 1085-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. M. Lei ◽  
A. C. Trupp
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Circular Sector

Approximate Calculation of Pressure Drop in Laminar Flow of Generalized Newtonian Liquid Through Channel of Noncircular Cross Section

1994 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Václav Dolejš ◽  
Ivan Machač ◽  
Petr Doleček
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Approximate Calculation ◽  
Newtonian Liquid ◽  
Straight Channel ◽  
Suggested Procedure ◽  
Noncircular Cross Section ◽  
Calculation Results

The paper presents a modification of the equations of Rabinowitsch-Mooney type for an approximate calculation of pressure drop in laminar flow of generalized Newtonian liquid through a straight channel whose cross section forms a simple continuous area. The suitability of the suggested procedure of calculation of pressure drop is demonstrated by the comparison of calculation results with both the published and original results of numerical solution and experiments.

Thermohydraulics of Laminar Flow Through Rectangular and Square Ducts With Transverse Ribs and Twisted Tapes

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (10) ◽  
pp. 1070-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debashis Pramanik ◽  
Sujoy K. Saha
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Laminar Flows ◽  
Short Length ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Twisted Tapes ◽  
Square Ducts ◽  
Better Than

The heat transfer and the pressure drop characteristics of laminar flow of viscous oil through rectangular and square ducts with internal transverse rib turbulators on two opposite surfaces of the ducts and fitted with twisted tapes have been studied experimentally. The tapes have been full length, short length, and regularly spaced types. The transverse ribs in combination with full-length twisted tapes have been found to perform better than either ribs or twisted tapes acting alone. The heat transfer and the pressure drop measurements have been taken in separate test sections. Heat transfer tests were carried out in electrically heated stainless steel ducts incorporating uniform wall heat flux boundary conditions. Pressure drop tests were carried out in acrylic ducts. The flow was periodically fully developed in the regularly spaced twisted-tape elements case and decaying swirl flow in the short-length twisted tapes case. The flow characteristics are governed by twist ratio, space ratio, and length of twisted tape, Reynolds number, Prandtl number, rod-to-tube diameter ratio, duct aspect ratio, rib height, and rib spacing. Correlations developed for friction factor and Nusselt number have predicted the experimental data satisfactorily. The performance of the geometry under investigation has been evaluated. It has been found that on the basis of both constant pumping power and constant heat duty, the regularly spaced twisted-tape elements in specific cases perform marginally better than their full-length counterparts. However, the short-length twisted-tape performance is worse than the full-length twisted tapes. Therefore, full-length twisted tapes and regularly spaced twisted-tape elements in combination with transverse ribs are recommended for laminar flows. However, the short-length twisted tapes are not recommended.

scholarly journals Numerical Prediction of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nanofluids in a Minichannel Flow

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjumand Adil ◽  
Sonam Gupta ◽  
Pradyumna Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Computational Model ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Computational Results ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Simulation Process

CFD simulation of the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of different nanofluids in a minichannel flow has been explained using FLUENT version 6.3.26. Different nanofluids with nanoparticles of Al2O3, CuO, SiO2, and TiO2have been used in the simulation process. A comparison of the experimental and computational results has been made for the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics for the case of Al2O3-water nanofluid for the laminar flow. Also, computations have been made by considering Brownian motion as well as without considering Brownian motion of the nanoparticles. After verification of the computational model with the experimental results for Al2O3-water nanofluid, the simulations were performed for the same experimental readings for different nanofluids in the laminar flow regime to find out the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics.

Air Flow Analysis in Square Duct Bend

2014 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 622-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Nor Musa ◽  
Mohd Nurul Hafiz Mukhtar
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Square Duct ◽  
Inlet Velocity

This paper present new result for experimental analysis of air flow velocity and pressure distributions between two ducts bend: (1) 90° duct bend with a single turning vane having 0.03m radius and (2) 90° duct bend with double turning vane, in 0.06 × 0.06 m duct cross section. The experiment used five different Reynolds numbers chosen between the ranges 1 ×104 and 6×104. Each experiment has four point measurements: (1) point 1 and point 2 at cross section A-A and (2) point 3 and point 4 at cross section B-B. The first experimental study used single turning vane radius 0.03m with inlet air velocity from 2.5m/s to 12.2m/s. And for the second experiment that used square turning vane with 0.03m radius. In experiment 2, the inlet air velocity also start from 2.5m/s to 12.2m/s. From analysis results, the pressure drop in experiment 1 is higher than experiment 2. As example the maximum pressure drop at 7.5m/s inlet air velocity between point 1 and 3 was found to be 71.6203 Pa in experiment 1 as compared to 61.8093 Pa in experiment 2. The velocity after duct bend is greater when using double turning vane compare used single turning vane as maximum velocity at point 3 in experiment 2 compare to velocity at point 3 in experiment 1 that is 55.677× 10-4 m/s and 54.221× 10-4 m/s. The velocity at duct wall is equal to zero. When increase the value of Reynolds number or inlet velocity, the maximum velocity and total pressure also increase. For example in experiment 1 at point 1, the velocity is 48.785 × 10-4 m/s at Reynolds number 1 ×104 and velocity 65.115×10-4 m/s at Reynolds number 12.2 ×104 . Velocity flow in duct section are lower than inlet velocity. In experiment 1, the inlet velocity is 2.5m/s meanwhile the maximum velocity in the duct section at point 2 is 73.075×10-4 m/s that is much more lower than inlet velocity.

Drag Reduction of Polymer Solutions in a Pipe With a Highly Water-Repellent Wall

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keizo Watanabe ◽  
Hiroshi Udagawa
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Polymer Solutions ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Acrylic Resin ◽  
Water Repellent ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Surfactant Solutions ◽  
Laminar And Turbulent Flow

Abstract By applying a highly water-repellent wall pipe in the drag reduction of polymer solutions, a flow system in which drag reduction is obtained in both laminar and turbulent flow ranges has been realized. Experiments were carried out to measure the pressure drop in pipes with a highly water-repellent wall and an acrylic resin wall by means of a pressure transducer. The diameter of the pipe was 6mm. The polymer solutions tested were PE015 aqueous solutions in the concentration range of 30ppm∼1000ppm. The drag reduction ratio for laminar flow was about 11∼15%. To understand this effect, the pressure drop was measured by using surfactant solutions and degassed water, and by pressurizing tap water in the pipeline. It was shown that the laminar drag reduction does not occur in the case of surfactant solutions although degassed water and pressurizing tap water in the pipeline have no effect on the reduction. In the laminar flow range, the friction factor of a power-law fluid with fluid slip was analyzed by applying the modified boundary condition on fluid slip at the pipe wall, and the analytical results agree with the experimental results in the low Reynolds number range.

Pressure Drop Across Valves and Fittings for Pseudoplastic Fluids in Laminar Flow

1984 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 616-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Steffe ◽  
I. O. Mohamed ◽  
E. W. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Pseudoplastic Fluids

A Variational Method for Fully Developed Laminar Heat Transfer in Ducts

1959 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Sparrow ◽  
R. Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Variational Method ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Circular Sector ◽  
Thermal Boundary Conditions ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Good Agreement

A variational method is presented for determining fully developed velocity and temperature distributions for laminar flow in noncircular ducts. The heat addition to the fluid is taken to be uniform in the axial direction, but a variety of thermal boundary conditions are considered around the periphery of the duct cross section. Several illustrative examples are given, and comparisons are made which show good agreement with available exact solutions. These examples include ducts of rectangular and circular-sector cross sections.

Fully Developed Flow of Power-Law Fluid Through a Cylindrical Microfluidic Pipe: Pressure Drop and Electroviscous Effects

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram P. Bharti ◽  
Dalton J. E. Harvie ◽  
Malcolm R. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
Charge Density ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Electrical Field ◽  
Electrical Field Strength ◽  
Fluid Behaviour

Pressure drop and electroviscous effects in the axisymmetric, steady, fully developed, pressure-driven flow of incompressible power-law fluids through a cylindrical microchannel at low Reynolds number (Re = 0.01) have been investigated. The Poisson-Boltzmann equation (describing the electrical potential) and the momentum equations in conjunction with electrical force and power-law fluid rheology have been solved numerically using the finite difference method. The pipe wall is considered to have uniform surface charge density (S = 4) and the liquid is assumed to be a symmetric electrolyte solution. In particular, the influence of the dimensionless inverse Debye length (K = 2, 20) and power-law flow behaviour index (n = 0.2, 1, 1.8) on the EDL potential, ion concentrations and charge density profiles, induced electrical field strength, velocity and viscosity profiles and pressure drop have been studied. As expected, the local EDL potential, local charge density and electrical field strength increases with decreasing K and/or increasing S. The velocity profiles cross-over away from the charged pipe wall with increasing K and/or decreasing n. The maximum velocity at the center of the pipe increases with increasing n and/or increasing S and/or decreasing K. The shear-thinning fluid viscosity is strongly dependent on K and S, whereas the shear-thickening viscosity is very weakly dependent on K and S. For fixed K, as the fluid behaviour changes from Newtonian (n = 1) to shear-thinning (n < 1), the induced electrical field strength increases and maximum velocity reduces. On the other hand, the change in fluid behaviour from Newtonian (n = 1) to shear-thickening (n > 1) decreases the electrical field strength and increases the maximum velocity. The non-Newtonian effects on maximum velocity and pressure drop are stronger in shear-thinning fluids at small K and large S, the shear-thickening fluids show opposite influence. Electroviscous effects enhance with decreasing K and/or increasing S. The electroviscous effects show complex dependence on the non-Newtonian tendency of the fluids. The shear-thickening (n > 1) fluids and/or smaller K show stronger influence on the pressure drop and thus, enhance the electroviscous effects than that in shear-thinning (n < 1) fluids and/or large K where EDL is very thin.

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