scholarly journals Condensation Heat Transfer of R-407C in Helical Coiled Tube Heat Exchanger

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1157
Author(s):  
Hamad Mohammad AlHajeri ◽  
Abdulrahman Almutairi ◽  
Mohamad Hamad Al-Hajeri ◽  
Abdulrahman Alenezi ◽  
Rashed ALajmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
The Relationship

The results of an experimental study to evaluate the characteristics of R-407C thermofluid during condensation in a helically coiled copper tube heat exchanger are presented. The effects of saturation temperature (Tsat), and mass and heat fluxes of refrigerant R-407C on thermal performance and pressure drop were determined. The relationship between the refrigerant wall subcooling and heat transfer coefficients was also investigated. This paper reports the effect of the temperature of the water used as cooling medium on the heat transfer rate of condensing R-407C. The study was conducted with mass flux of R-407C in the range of 100–450 kg/m2s, mass flux of the coolant water in the range of 500–5000 kg/m2s and Tsat of 31 °C, 35 °C, and 39 °C. Compared with a straight smooth tube, the use of the helical coiled (helicoidal) tube increased the condensation rate with a corresponding pressure drop that depended on the value of Tsat of the refrigerant and temperature of the coolant.

Hydrocarbon Refrigerant Vaporization Inside a Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Longo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Experimental Heat ◽  
Fluid Properties

This paper presents the experimental heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop measured during HC-600a (isobutane), HC-290 (propane), and HC-1270 (propylene) vaporization inside a brazed plate heat exchanger (BPHE): the effects of heat flux, refrigerant mass flux, saturation temperature (pressure), evaporator outlet condition, and fluid properties are investigated. The experimental tests include 172 vaporization runs carried out at three different saturation temperatures (10, 15, and 20 °C) and four different evaporator outlet conditions (outlet vapor quality around 0.80 and 1.00, outlet vapor super-heating around 5 and 10 °C). The refrigerant mass flux ranges from 6.6 to 23.9 kg m−2 s−1 and the heat flux from 4.3 to 19.6 kW m−2. The heat transfer and pressure drop measurements have been complemented with IR thermography analysis in order to quantify the portion of the heat transfer surface affected by vapor super-heating. The heat transfer coefficients show great sensitivity to heat flux, evaporator outlet condition and fluid properties and weak sensitivity to saturation temperature (pressure). The frictional pressure drop shows a linear dependence on the kinetic energy per unit volume of the refrigerant flow and therefore a quadratic dependence on refrigerant mass flux. HC-1270 exhibits heat transfer coefficients 6–12% higher than HC-290 and 35–50% higher than HC-600a and frictional pressure drops 5–10% lower than HC-290 and 60% lower than HC-600a. The experimental heat transfer coefficients are compared with two well-known correlations for nucleate boiling and a linear equation for frictional pressure drop is proposed.

Internal, Shellside Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics for a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Sparrow ◽  
J. A. Perez
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Thermal Loading ◽  
Compartment Pressure ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Shell And Tube

Per-tube heat transfer coefficients and per-compartment and intracompartment pressure drops were measured on the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger. The main focus of the work was to determine the response of these quantities to variations in the size of the baffle window; the Reynolds number was also varied parametrically. The pressure measurements showed that the fluid flow is fully developed downstream of the first compartment of the heat exchanger and that the per-compartment pressure drop is constant in the fully developed regime. Within a compartment, the pressure drop in the upstream half is much larger than that in the downstream half. The per-tube heat transfer coefficients vary substantially within a given compartment (on the order of a factor of two), giving rise to a nonuniform thermal loading of the tubes. Row-average and compartment-average heat transfer coefficients were also evaluated. The lowest row-average coefficients were those for the first and last rows in a compartment, while the highest coefficient is that for the row just upstream of the baffle edge. It was demonstrated that the per-tube heat transfer coefficients are streamwise periodic for a module consisting of two consecutive compartments.

Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop During Hydrocarbon Refrigerant Vaporisation Inside a Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Longo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Experimental Heat ◽  
Fluid Properties

This paper presents the experimental heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop measured during HC-600a (Isobutane), HC-290 (Propane) and HC-1270 (Propylene) vaporisation inside a small brazed plate heat exchanger: the effects of heat flux, refrigerant mass flux, saturation temperature (pressure), outlet conditions and fluid properties are investigated. The experimental tests include 172 vaporisation runs carried out at three different saturation temperatures: 10, 15 and 20°C. The refrigerant mass flux ranges from 6.6 to 23.9 kg/m2s and the heat flux from 4.3 to 19.6 kW/m2. The heat transfer coefficients show great sensitivity to heat flux, outlet conditions and fluid properties and weak sensitivity to saturation temperature (pressure). The frictional pressure drop shows a linear dependence on the kinetic energy per unit volume of the refrigerant flow and therefore a quadratic dependence on refrigerant mass flux. HC-1270 shows heat transfer coefficients 6–12% higher than HC-290 and 35–50% higher than HC-600a and frictional pressure drops 5–10% lower than HC-290 and 2.5 time lower than HC-600a. The experimental heat transfer coefficients are compared with two well-known equations for nucleate boiling and a correlation for frictional pressure drop is proposed.

scholarly journals Heat transfer rates in hot shell, cold tube inclined baffled small shell, and tube heat exchanger using CFD and experimental approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4B) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devanand D. Chillal ◽  
◽  
Uday C. Kapale ◽  
N.R. Banapurmath ◽  
T. M. Yunus Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Cfd Analysis ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Shell And Tube ◽  
Cold Liquid

The work presented is an effort to realize the changes occurring for convective coefficients of heat transfer in STHX fitted with inclined baffles. Effort has been undertaken using Fluent, a commercially available CFD code ona CAD model of small STHX with inclined baffles with cold liquid flowing into the tubes and hot liquid flowing in the shell. Four sets of CFD analysis have been carried out. The hot liquid flow rate through shell compartments varied from 0.2 kg/sec to 0.8 kg/sec in steps of 0.2 kg/sec, while keeping the cold liquid flow condition in tube at 0.4 kg/sec constant. Heat transfer rates, compartment temperatures, and overall heat transfer coefficients, for cold liquid and hot liquid, were studied. The results given by the software using CFD approach were appreciable and comparatively in agreement with the results available by the experimental work, which was undertaken for the same set of inlet pressure conditions, liquid flow rates, and inlet temperatures of liquid for both hot and cold liquids. The experimental output results were also used to validate the results given by the CFD software. The results from the CFD analysis were further used to conclude the effect of baffle inclination on heat duty. The process thus followed also helped realize the effects of baffle inclination on convective heat transfer coefficient of the liquid flow through the shell in an inclined baffle shell and tube heat exchanger. The temperature plots for both cold and hot liquid were also generated for understanding the compartmental temperature distributions inclusive of the inlet and outlet compartments. The heat duty for a heat exchanger has been found to increase with the increase in baffle inclinations from zero degree to 20 degrees. Likewise, the convective heat transfer coefficients have also been found to increase with the increase in baffle inclinations.

Flow Boiling Heat Transfer, Pressure Drop, and Flow Pattern for CO2 in a 3.5mm Horizontal Smooth Tube

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Yong Park ◽  
Pega Hrnjak
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Pattern ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer

Abstract C O 2 flow boiling heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop in a 3.5mm horizontal smooth tube are presented. Also, flow patterns were visualized and studied at adiabatic conditions in a 3mm glass tube located immediately after a heat transfer section. Heat was applied by a secondary fluid through two brass half cylinders to the test section tubes. This research was performed at evaporation temperatures of −15°C and −30°C, mass fluxes of 200kg∕m2s and 400kg∕m2s, and heat flux from 5kW∕m2 to 15kW∕m2 for vapor qualities ranging from 0.1 to 0.8. The CO2 heat transfer coefficients indicated the nucleate boiling dominant heat transfer characteristics such as the strong dependence on heat fluxes at a mass flux of 200kg∕m2s. However, enhanced convective boiling contribution was observed at 400kg∕m2s. Surface conditions for two different tubes were investigated with a profilometer, atomic force microscope, and scanning electron microscope images, and their possible effects on heat transfer are discussed. Pressure drop, measured at adiabatic conditions, increased with the increase of mass flux and quality, and with the decrease of evaporation temperature. The measured heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop were compared with general correlations. Some of these correlations showed relatively good agreements with measured values. Visualized flow patterns were compared with two flow pattern maps and the comparison showed that the flow pattern maps need improvement in the transition regions from intermittent to annular flow.

Analysis and Prediction of Condensation Heat Transfer of the Zeotropic Mixture R-125/236ea

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Cavallini ◽  
Giuseppe Censi ◽  
Davide Del Col ◽  
Luca Doretti ◽  
Luisa Rossetto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
On Line ◽  
Zeotropic Mixture ◽  
Film Method ◽  
Experimental Runs

Abstract The high temperature glide mixture R-125/236ea at three mass compositions (28/72%, 46/54%, 63/37%) is tested during condensation against water in a tube-in-tube heat exchanger. The experimental runs to measure the heat transfer coefficients are carried out at saturation temperature ranging from 40°C to 60°C and mass velocities ranging from 100 to 750 kg/(m2 s). A gas chromatograph is used for on-line concentration measurements. By comparing the heat transfer performances of the three compositions to the condensation coefficients previously measured for the two pure components inside a smooth horizontal tube [Cavallini et al. (2000)], the dependence of the heat transfer performance on composition during condensation for a non-azeotropic mixture is investigated. The film method by Colburn and Drew (1937) is applied to predict the experimental coefficients and it is found to underestimate the heat transfer rate, with more conservative results as compared to the equilibrium method by Silver (1947), Bell and Ghaly (1973).

Experimental Study on Forced Convection Heat Transfer Inside Horizontal Tubes in an Absorption/Compression Heat Pump

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (5) ◽  
pp. 975-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Yong and ◽  
K. Sumathy
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Large Temperature ◽  
Absorption Process ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

Quasi-local absorption heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop inside a horizontal tube absorber have been investigated experimentally, with R-22/DMA as the working pair. The absorber is a counterflow coaxial tube-in-tube heat-exchanger with the working fluid flowing in the inner tube while the water moves through the annulus. A large temperature gliding has been experienced during the absorption process. Experimental results show that the heat transfer coefficient of the forced convective vapor absorption process is higher compared to the vertical falling film absorption. A qualitative study is made to analyze the effect of mass flux, vapor quality and solution concentration on pressure drop and heat transfer coefficients. On the basis of the experimental results, a new correlation is proposed whereby the two-phase heat transfer is taken as a product of the forced convection of the absorption and the combined effect of heat and mass transfer at the interface. The correlation is found to predict the experimental data almost within 30 percent.

Two-Phase Pressure Drop and Boiling Heat Transfer in a Single Horizontal Microchannel

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheol Huh ◽  
Moo Hwan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Local Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Phase Pressure

With a single microchannel and a series of microheaters made with MEMS technique, two-phase pressure drop and local flow boiling heat transfer were investigated using deionized water in a single horizontal rectangular microchannel. The test microchannel has a hydraulic diameter of 100 μm and length of 40 mm. A real time observation of the flow patterns with simultaneous measurement are made possible. Tests are performed for mass fluxes of 90, 169, and 267 kg/m2s and heat fluxes of from 100 to 600 kW/m2. The experimental local flow boiling heat transfer coefficients and two-phase frictional pressure gradient are evaluated and the effects of heat flux, mass flux, and vapor qualities on flow boiling are studied. Both the evaluated experimental data are compared with existing correlations. The experimental heat transfer coefficients are nearly independent on mass flux and the vapor quality. Most of all correlations do not provide reliable heat transfer coefficients predictions with vapor quality and prediction accuracy. As for two-phase pressure drop, the measured pressure drop increases with the mass flux and heat flux. Most of all existing correlations of two-phase frictional pressure gradient do not predict the experimental data except some limited conditions.

Experimental Investigation of Condensation Heat Transfer and Adiabatic Pressure Drop Characteristics Inside a Microfin and Smooth Tube

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750027 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mostaqur Rahman ◽  
Keishi Kariya ◽  
Akio Miyara
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Condensation Heat Transfer ◽  
Vapor Quality ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Frictional Pressure Drop

Experiments on condensation heat transfer and adiabatic pressure drop characteristics of R134a were performed inside smooth and microfin horizontal tubes. The tests were conducted in the mass flux range of 50[Formula: see text]kg/m2s to 200[Formula: see text]kg/m2s, vapor quality range of 0 to 1 and saturation temperature range of 20[Formula: see text]C to 35[Formula: see text]C. The effects of mass velocity, vapor quality, saturation temperature, and microfin on the condensation heat transfer and frictional pressure drop were analyzed. It was discovered that the local heat transfer coefficients and frictional pressure drop increases with increasing mass flux and vapor quality and decreasing with increasing saturation temperature. Higher heat transfer coefficient and frictional pressure drop in microfin tube were observed. The present experimental data were compared with the existing well-known condensation heat transfer and frictional pressure drop models available in the open literature. The condensation heat transfer coefficient and frictional pressure drop of R134a in horizontal microfin tube was predicted within an acceptable range by the existing correlation.

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