Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Convective Pure Vapor Condensation Inside Vertical Cylindrical Condensers

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huali Cao ◽  
Jun-De Li
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Vapor Condensation ◽  
Operating Pressure ◽  
Condenser Tube ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
Condensate Film

This paper presents the results from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of heat and mass transfer of pure vapor flowing and condensing in a vertical cylindrical condenser system at various inlet temperatures, mass flow rates, and operating pressure for the case where the vapor condensation is not completed inside the condenser tube. The heat and mass transfer inside the condenser tube is simulated as single phase flow, and the thin condensate film on the condensing surface is replaced by a set of boundary conditions that couple the CFD simulations inside the condenser tube and the coolant channel. The CFD results are compared with the experimental results, and good agreement has been found for the various measured temperatures. It is found that both the wall temperature and the heat flux vary significantly along the condenser tube, and it is necessary to consider the conjugate problem that consists of the whole condenser system (condenser plus coolant flow) in predicting the pure vapor condensation in a condensing system. The CFD results show that the heat flux along the condenser tube can be increasing for counter-flow condenser, and the condensate film may not be the main limiting factor in the pure vapor condensation. The results from the CFD simulations also show that the estimation of the interface shear stress cannot be based on the bulk velocity of the water vapor alone.

Modelling heat and mass transfer of a broiler house using computational fluid dynamics

2015 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Rojano ◽  
Pierre-Emmanuel Bournet ◽  
Melynda Hassouna ◽  
Paul Robin ◽  
Murat Kacira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Broiler House

Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Protective Clothing System Evaluation

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip W. Gibson ◽  
Majid Charmchi
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Protective Clothing ◽  
Phase Changes ◽  
Nonlinear Material ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Hydrophilic Polymer

Abstract Convection, diffusion, and phase change processes influence heat and mass transfer through textile materials used in clothing systems. For example, water in a hygroscopic porous textile may exist in vapor or liquid form in the pore spaces or in bound form when it has been absorbed by the solid phase, which is typically some kind of hydrophilic polymer. Phase changes associated with water include liquid evaporation/condensation in the pore spaces and sorption/desorption from hydrophilic polymer fibers. Certain materials such as encapsulated paraffins may also be added to textiles; these materials are designed to undergo a solid-liquid phase change over temperature ranges near human body temperature, which influences the perceived comfort of clothing. Additional factors such as the swelling of the solid polymer due to water imbibition, and the heat of sorption evolved when the water is absorbed by the polymeric matrix, can all be incorporated into the appropriate conservation and transport equations describing heat and mass transfer through clothing layers. These physical factors, nonlinear material properties, and complex multiphase flows make the task of modeling and predicting levels of protection and comfort of various clothing designs difficult and elusive. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has proven to be useful at several levels of material and system modeling to evaluate and design protective clothing systems and material components. This paper summarizes current and past work aimed at utilizing CFD techniques for protective clothing applications.

scholarly journals Research Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Membrane Distillation Processes: A Review

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 513
Author(s):  
Long Chen ◽  
Binxin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Membrane Distillation ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
Membrane Pores ◽  
Characteristics Analysis ◽  
Physical Phenomena

Membrane distillation (MD) can be used in drinking water treatment, such as seawater desalination, ultra-pure water production, chemical substances concentration, removal or recovery of volatile solutes in an aqueous solution, concentration of fruit juice or liquid food, and wastewater treatment. However, there is still much work to do to determine appropriate industrial implementation. MD processes refer to thermally driven transport of vapor through non-wetted porous hydrophobic membranes, which use the vapor pressure difference between the two sides of the membrane pores as the driving force. Recently, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation has been widely used in MD process analysis, such as MD mechanism and characteristics analysis, membrane module development, preparing novel membranes, etc. A series of related research results have been achieved, including the solutions of temperature/concentration polarization and permeate flux enhancement. In this article, the research of CFD applications in MD progress is reviewed, including the applications of CFD in the mechanism and characteristics analysis of different MD structures, in the design and optimization of membrane modules, and in the preparation and characteristics analysis of novel membranes. The physical phenomena and geometric structures have been greatly simplified in most CFD simulations of MD processes, so there still is much work to do in this field in the future. A great deal of attention has been paid to the hydrodynamics and heat transfer in the channels of MD modules, as well as the optimization of these modules. However, the study of momentum transfer, heat, and mass transfer mechanisms in membrane pores is rarely involved. These projects should be combined with mass transfer, heat transfer and momentum transfer for more comprehensive and in-depth research. In most CFD simulations of MD processes, some physical phenomena, such as surface diffusion, which occur on the membrane surface and have an important guiding significance for the preparation of novel membranes to be further studied, are also ignored. As a result, although CFD simulation has been widely used in MD process modeling already, there are still some problems remaining, which should be studied in the future. It can be predicted that more complex mechanisms, such as permeable wall conditions, fouling dynamics, and multiple ionic component diffusion, will be included in the CFD modeling of MD processes. Furthermore, users’ developed routines for MD processes will also be incorporated into the existing commercial or open source CFD software packages.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Heat and Mass Transfer in Air-Water Direct Contact Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

2017 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 2537-2544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Wei ◽  
Bingbing Duan ◽  
Xuejun Zhang ◽  
Yang Zhao ◽  
Meng Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Direct Contact

scholarly journals An overview of recent applications of computational modelling in neonatology

2010 ◽  
Vol 368 (1920) ◽  
pp. 2817-2834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz C. Wrobel ◽  
Maciej K. Ginalski ◽  
Andrzej J. Nowak ◽  
Derek B. Ingham ◽  
Anna M. Fic
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Computational Modelling ◽  
Cfd Simulations ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Transfer Problems ◽  
Transfer Mechanisms

This paper reviews some of our recent applications of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model heat and mass transfer problems in neonatology and investigates the major heat and mass-transfer mechanisms taking place in medical devices, such as incubators, radiant warmers and oxygen hoods. It is shown that CFD simulations are very flexible tools that can take into account all modes of heat transfer in assisting neonatal care and improving the design of medical devices.

Heat and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Water Droplets in Wet Compression Process

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunlei Liu ◽  
Xiang Li ◽  
Hai Zhang ◽  
Qun Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Compressor Stage ◽  
Water Droplets ◽  
Motion Parameters ◽  
Wet Compression

Wet compression technology is an economic and effective approach to improve the performance of gas turbine. In the process of wet compression, the gas turbine engine will ingest a certain amount of water, which can influence the overall performance of the engine. Thermodynamic process and performance of compressor are influenced significantly by heat and mass transfer of the injected water droplets. This study is a new research of investigating theoretically the water droplets effects on the heat and mass transfer characteristics. It focuses on the aerodynamic and thermodynamic effects of the two-phase flow in the compressor stage. The application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is the basic method to examine the details of the flow in an axial compressor stage and how it is affected by the presence of water, especially by the water droplets. The computation of water droplets characteristics, are provided by a simulation model of the code named CFX. Considering the change in aerodynamics and thermodynamics feature due to the water droplets, the compressor stage’s performance variations are analyzed. The movement and the evaporation of the water droplets in a compressor stage are simulated and analyzed by using unsteady numerical methods under different water injecting conditions in this paper. The movement characteristics of water droplets in compressor passage are investigated to understand the flow mechanisms responsible for wet compression formation process. The investigation of water droplets in compression can help to understand some phenomenons by using wet compression technology. The flow of water droplets between rotor blades are analyzed by using computational fluid dynamics method. Full coupling between gas and water droplets are adopted, allowing gas and water droplets to affect each other. Many motion parameters of water droplets are researched, such as slip velocity, Weber number and Reynolds number. The forces acting on water droplet are also discussed. Aerodynamic breakup of water droplets and interactions between water droplets and wall are taken into consideration at the same time. The results indicate that: (1) The motion of water droplets in compression areor mainly controlled by drag force. The motion parameters of water droplets changes mostly at the entrance of flow passage between rotor blades, and the turbulence intensity and breakup strength of water droplets reaches their maximum at the entrance. (2) The flow angle of water droplets is bigger than gas in rotor region due to their inertia, which can explain why water droplets have bigger separation degree and are easier to flow toward blade pressure surface. (3) The motion of water droplets in stator region is also important to be investigated for wet compression, and the motion analysis of single water droplets between blades is still needed to be developed, so more investigation will be carried out.

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