HEAT TRANSFER IN LAMINAR FLOW OF A LIQUID FILM ON A HORIZONTAL CYLINDER

1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Solan ◽  
A. Zfati
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Horizontal Cylinder

Simulation of Sweating/Evaporation Boosted Convective Heat Transfer Under Laminar Flow Condition

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudipta Saha ◽  
Rajib Mahamud ◽  
Jamil Khan ◽  
Tanvir Farouk
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Laminar Flow ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Water Film ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

Phase change driven heat transfer has been the topic of interest for a significantly long time. However, in recent years on demand sweating boosted evaporation which requires substantially less amount of the liquid medium has drawn attention as a possible way of increasing/supplementing heat transfer under convective conditions where the convective heat transfer coefficient has already reached its maximum value as well as where dry cooling is a desired objective. In this study, a numerical study is conducted to obtain insight into the ‘hybrid’ system where evaporation and convection both contribute to the heat transfer effect. The system modeled consists of evaporation of thin liquid (water) film under a laminar flow condition. The mathematical model employed consists of coupled conservation equations of mass, species, momentum and energy for the convection-evaporation domain (gaseous), with only mass and energy conservation being resolved in the liquid film domain. The evaporative mass flux is obtained from a modified Hertz-Knudsen relation which is a function of liquid-vapor interface temperature and pressure. A two-dimensional rectangular domain with a pre-prescribed thin liquid water film representative of an experiment is simulated with the developed model. The thin rectangular liquid film is heated by uniform heat flux and is placed in the convection-evaporation domain with an unheated starting length. A moving boundary mesh is applied via the“Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian” technique to resolve the receding liquid interface resulting from evaporation. The prescribed relative displacement of the moving interface is calculated from the net mass flux due to evaporation and is governed by the principle of mass conservation. Simulations were conducted over a range of Reynolds number, heat flux conditions and liquid film thickness. The numerical predictions indicate that under convective-evaporative conditions the overall heat transfer coefficient increases significantly (∼factor of a five) in comparison to the purely forced convection scenario. An increase in the heat transfer coefficient is observed with Reynolds number and vice versa for film thickness. A critical Reynolds number is identified beyond which the heat transfer coefficient does not continue to increase significantly rather tends to plateau out.

An Experimental Study of Falling Liquid Film Breakdown on a Horizontal Cylinder During Heat Transfer

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. N. Ganic ◽  
M. N. Roppo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Film Flow ◽  
Horizontal Cylinder ◽  
Dry Patch ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

In this study, an experimental investigation was conducted with subcooled water film flowing over an electrically heated horizontal cylinder. The combinations of film flow rate and heat flux at which film breakdown occurs (i.e., dry patches appear on the surface) were determined. At the conditions prior to dry patch formation, the heat transfer coefficient was determined as well. The results showed that the heat flux needed to cause a dry patch increases with film flow rate. Also, prior to dry patch formation, the heat transfer coefficient increases with film flow rate. The effects of the tube spacing and the liquid film inlet temperature on the breakdown heat flux and heat transfer coefficient were also studied.

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