scholarly journals Convection Heat Transfer Analysis with Flow Resistance for Mini-Helically Coiled Tubes at Supercritical Pressures Experimentally

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 817-824
Author(s):  
Ameer Abed Jaddoa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Flow Resistance ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Convection Heat

This paper analyzes the effect of fluid flow characteristics on the convection heat transfer for mini-helically coiled tubes (HCT) using supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) as a natural refrigerant. Two experimental cases have studied in this work for mini-helically coiled tubes at different diameters with different coil pitches for analyzing the convection heat transfer with flow resistance. In the first case, the inner tube diameter, coil diameter and coil pitch were 5 mm, 200 mm and 10 mm respectively, while 10 mm, 100 mm and 5 mm were for the second case. Moreover, this work has also investigated the influence of frictional pressure drop, heat flux, friction factor and mass flux on dimensionless exergy destruction. The work environments were 300-500 K as an inlet temperatures range, 200-2000 Kg / (m2. s) as a mass heat fluxes range, 50,000-500,000 as a Reynolds number (Re) range and 50-200 Kw/m2 as an inner heat fluxes range. As a result, a large effect has been observed for dimensionless exergy destruction compared with the flow friction of CO2 which induced by heat transfer irreversibility. On the other point of view, a good sensitivity of optimal Re with the tube dimeter and mass flux also noticed compared with the heat flux. At a suitable range for Re, smallest and best exergy destruction also noticed for the tube diameters. A correlation has for the optimal Reynolds number as function of main dimensionless parameters related to wall heat flux, mass flux, fluid properties and geometric dimensions is proposed. Characteristics of the fluid flow had influenced significantly by mass and heat fluxes. In the future, the collected experimental data can be employed in order to design and improve the refrigeration conditioning performance for exchangers and other systems such as heat pumps.

Numerical Study of Deteriorated Convection Heat Transfer of Supercritical Fluid Flowing Through Vertical Mini Tube at Relatively Low Reynolds Numbers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-Ru Zhao ◽  
Zhen Zhang ◽  
Qian-Feng Liu ◽  
Han-Liang Bo ◽  
Pei-Xue Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Low Reynolds Number ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Flow Acceleration ◽  
Heat Transfer Deterioration ◽  
Low Reynolds

Numerical investigations are performed on the convection heat transfer of supercritical pressure fluid flowing through vertical mini tube with inner diameter of 0.27 mm and inlet Reynolds number of 1900 under various heat fluxes conditions using low Reynolds number k-ε turbulence models due to LB (Lam and Bremhorst), LS (Launder and Sharma) and V2F (v2-f). The predictions are compared with the corresponding experimentally measured values. The prediction ability of various low Reynolds number k-ε turbulence models under deteriorated heat transfer conditions induced by combinations of buoyancy and flow acceleration effects are evaluated. Results show that all the three models give fairly good predictions of local wall temperature variations in conditions with relatively high inlet Reynolds number. For cases with relatively low inlet Reynolds number, V2F model is able to capture the general trends of deteriorated heat transfer when the heat flux is relatively low. However, the LS and V2F models exaggerate the flow acceleration effect when the heat flux increases, while the LB model produces qualitative predictions, but further improvements are still needed for quantitative prediction. Based on the detailed flow and heat transfer information generated by simulation, a better understanding of the mechanism of heat transfer deterioration is obtained. Results show that the redistribution of flow field induced by the buoyancy and flow acceleration effects are main factors leading to the heat transfer deterioration.

Influence of Flow Acceleration on Convection Heat Transfer of CO2 at Supercritical Pressures and Air in a Vertical Micro Tube

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Xue Jiang ◽  
Rui-Na Xu ◽  
Zhi-Hui Li ◽  
Chen-Ru Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Downward Flow ◽  
Flow Acceleration ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer

The convection heat transfer of CO2 at supercritical pressures in a 0.0992 mm diameter vertical tube at relatively high Reynolds numbers (Rein = 6500), various heat fluxes and flow directions are investigated experimentally and numerically. The effects of buoyancy and flow acceleration resulting from the dramatic property variations are studied. The Results show that the local wall temperature varied non-linearly for both upward and downward flow when the heat flux was high. The difference in the local wall temperature between upward and downward flow is very small when the other test conditions are held the same, which indicates that for supercritical CO2 flowing in a micro tube as employed in this study, the buoyancy effect on the convection heat transfer is insignificant and the flow acceleration induced by the axial density variation with temperature is the main factor leading to the abnormal local wall temperature distribution at high heat fluxes. The predicted temperatures using the LB low Reynolds number turbulence model correspond well with the measured data. To further study the influence of flow acceleration on the convection heat transfer, air is also used as the working fluid to numerically investigate the fluid flow and heat transfer in the vertical micro tube. The results show that the effect of compressibility on the fluid flow and heat transfer of air in the vertical micro tube is significant but that the influence of thermal flow acceleration on convection heat transfer of air in a vertical micro tube is insignificant.

Fluid flow and convection heat transfer in concentric and eccentric cylindrical annuli of different radii ratios for Taylor-Couette-Poiseuille flow

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 168781402110407
Author(s):  
Hosny Abou-Ziyan ◽  
Reda Ameen ◽  
Khairy Elsayed
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Tangential Velocity ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Eccentric Annuli

This paper presents the results of fluid flow and convection heat transfer in concentric and eccentric annuli between two cylinders using a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model. Effects of rotational speed ( n = 0, 150, 300, and 400 rpm) and eccentricity (ε = 0, 0.15, 0.3, 0.45, and 0.6) on axial and tangential velocity distribution, pressure drop and forced convection heat transfer are investigated for radii ratios (η) of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8, Reynolds number 2.0 × 103–1.236 × 105, Taylor number 1.47 × 106–1.6 × 1010, and Prandtl number 3.71–6.94. The parameters cover many applications, including rotary heat exchangers, mixers, agitators, etc. Nusselt numbers and friction factors for stationary and rotated concentric and eccentric annuli are correlated with four dimensionless numbers. The results revealed that when the speed of the inner cylinder increases from 0 to 400 rpm, the friction factor increases by 7.7%–103% for concentric and 8.2%–148% for eccentric annuli, whereas Nusselt number enhances by 37%–333% for concentric and 44%–340% for eccentric annuli. The radius ratio has a substantial effect on the heat transfer and pressure drop in annuli. The eccentricity enhances the heat transfer up to 12%, whereas its effect on the friction factor is not monotonic as it depends on Reynolds number, radii ratios, and rotational speed.

Numerical Simulation of Convection Heat Transfer in a Plate Channel with Sintered Copper Porous Ribs

2012 ◽  
Vol 605-607 ◽  
pp. 1350-1355
Author(s):  
Xin Wei Lu ◽  
De Zhi Yang ◽  
Wen Jiong Cao ◽  
Zhao Yao Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Copper Plate ◽  
Local Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Sintered Copper ◽  
Plate Channel

Convection heat transfer in a plate channel periodically fitted with sintered copper porous ribs attached to a copper plate was numerically studied. The local thermal equilibrium model was adopted in the energy equation to evaluate the temperature of fluid and solid. The effect of porosity, Reynolds number and heat flux applied to the copper plate on the heat transfer characteristic of the porous media was investigated respectively. The numerical results show that the heat transfer can be enhanced by increasing Reynolds number, decreasing the porosity and the heat transfer enhancement of the porous media took effect significantly when subjected to high heat flux. Detailed development of the porous media temperature field and the Nusselt number of the wall as a function of Reynolds number for different porosity and heat flux were also presented.

Study of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Transitional Regime Inside a Channel With Offset Plates Heated by Radiation for Photovoltaic/Thermal System

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hamza H. Ali ◽  
M. S. Youssef ◽  
Mahmoud Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Incident Radiation ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Radiation Heat ◽  
Radiation Heat Flux ◽  
Transitional Regime ◽  
Air Heater

This study investigates experimentally and theoretically both the effects of operating and configuration parameters on convection heat transfer process and fluid flow characteristics for air flowing in transitional regime through parallel plate channel with offset plate segments heated by a radiation heat flux. This configuration is intended to be applied into air heater solar collectors and/or a combined photovoltaic and air heater solar collector system (PV/T). In the experimental measurements, the operating parameters tested were Re values ranging from 2580 to 4650 with combination of incident radiation heat flux (qinc) values of 400, 700, and 1000 W/m2, respectively. The experimental results show that the local Nusselt number (Nux) is not unique function in the axial distance. In addition, a linear relationship between Re and apparent friction factor is observed. Moreover, in case of Re = 2600, increasing the incident radiation flux values by 175% and 250% leads to an increase in Nux values by 20% and 35%, respectively. The theoretical results indicate that, combinations of Re values inside the channel falling within the laminar regime with selections of both the plate’s length and thickness can lead to the convection heat transfer enhancement with avoiding of additional pumping power penalty when the channel flow falls in transitional regime.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Convection Heat Transfer of CO2 at Super-Critical Pressures in a Vertical Mini Tube

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peixue Jiang ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Runfu Shi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Convection Heat

Convection heat transfer of CO2 at supercritical pressures in a 0.27mm diameter vertical mini tube was investigated experimentally and numerically. The tests investigated the effects of inlet temperature, pressure, mass flow rate, heat flux, buoyancy and flow direction on the convection heat transfer. The experimental results indicate that for inlet Reynolds numbers exceeding 4000, the flow direction and buoyancy force have little influence on the local wall temperature, with no deterioration of the convection heat transfer observed in either flow direction. The convection heat transfer coefficient initially increases with increasing heat flux and then decreases with further increases in the heat flux for both upward and downward flows. These effects are due to the variation of the thermophysical properties, especially cp. For inlet Reynolds numbers less than 2900, the local wall temperature varies nonlinearly for both flow directions. The numerical results correspond well with the experimental data for inlet Reynolds numbers exceeding 4000 using several turbulence models, especially the Realizable k-ε turbulence model. However, for inlet Reynolds numbers less than 2900, none of the turbulence models could properly simulate the convection heat transfer at super-critical pressures with high heat fluxes.

Analyses of Convection Heat Transfer From Discrete Heat Sources in a Vertical Rectangular Channel

2004 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bhowmik ◽  
C. P. Tso ◽  
K. W. Tou
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Empirical Correlations ◽  
Flux Flow ◽  
Wide Range

Steady-state experiments are performed to study the convection heat transfer from four in-line simulated chips in a vertical rectangular channel using water as the working fluid. The experimental data cover a wide range for laminar flow under natural, mixed, and forced convection conditions with the Reynolds number based on the channel hydraulic diameter ranging from 40 to 2220 and on the heat source length ranging from 50 to 2775. The heat flux ranges from 0.1W∕cm2to0.6W∕cm2. The effects of heat flux, flow rates, and chip number are investigated and results indicate that the Nusselt number is strongly affected by the Reynolds number. To develop empirical correlations, the appropriate value of the exponent n of ReD is determined to collapse all the lines into a single line to show the independence of heat flux. Based on experimental results, the empirical correlations are developed for relations using Nuℓ, ReD, and GrD. The results are compared to predictions from a three-dimensional numerical simulation, and a numerical correlation is also developed.

Improvement Of Free Convection From Three horizontal Finned Cylinders Fixed Between Two Walls

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan K. Abdullah ◽  
Haneen H. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Constant Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
Outer Diameter ◽  
Gravitational Acceleration ◽  
Convection Heat

Improvement of  free convection heat transfer from three finned cylinders arranged at a triangle shape fixed between two walls has been investigated in this study. Three mild steel finned cylinders fixed between two walls from Pyrex glass have been used as a test rig. It has been changed the spacing between the cylinders (X/D=1,2,3 & S/D=2,4,6) and the head orientation of a triangle to the top under constant heat flux values (38, 254, 660, 1268) W/m2 and compare with case of three finned cylinders arranged in vertical array in line fixed between two wall. The experiments are carried for Rayleigh number (Ra) from (15x103 to 14 x104 ) and Prandtl  number from (0.706-0.714 ). The results indicated an increase in Nu with increasing Ra for all cylinders. Furthermore,hx and Nu increased proportionally with the increasing of cylinder spacings for all heat fluxes. Also the experimental results show the case of triangle arrangement is improvement the heat transfer more than case of vertical arrangement. Heat transfer dimensionless correlating equation is also proposed.              Nomeclature: Ax: surface area(m2), T∞: surrounding temperature(k), D: the outer diameter of fin (m), Kf: the thermal conductivity for air at film temperature(W/m.k), hx: Local convection heat transfer(W/m2.k),  Gravitational acceleration(m/s2), I: Electric current (Amp), Nu: Nusselt number, Pr: Prandtl number

Natural Convection From Protruding Heat Sources in a Channel

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tunc Icoz ◽  
Qinghua Wang ◽  
Yogesh Jaluria
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Rayleigh Scattering ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Separation Distance ◽  
Natural Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
Heat Sources ◽  
Convection Heat

Natural convection has important implications in many applications like cooling of electronic equipment due to its low cost and easy maintenance. In the present study, two-dimensional natural convection heat transfer to air from multiple identical protruding heat sources, which simulate electronic components, located in a horizontal channel has been studied numerically. The fluid flow and temperature profiles, above the heating elements placed between an adiabatic lower plate and an isothermal upper plate, are obtained using numerical simulation. The effects of source temperatures, channel dimensions, openings, boundary conditions, and source locations on the heat transfer from and flow above the protruding sources are investigated. Different configurations of channel dimensions and separation distances of heat sources are considered and their effects on natural convection heat transfer characteristics are studied. The results show that the channel dimensions have a significant effect on fluid flow. However, their effects on heat transfer are found to be small. The separation distance is found to be an important parameter affecting the heat transfer rate. The numerical results of temperature profiles are compared with the experimental measurements performed using Filtered Rayleigh Scattering (FRS) technique in an earlier study, indicating good agreement. It is observed that adiabatic upper plate assumption leads to better temperature predictions than isothermal plate assumption.

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