Pressure drop, local heat transfer coefficient, and critical heat flux of DNB type for flow boiling in a horizontal straight tube with R-123

Author(s):  
P. N. Tank ◽  
B. K. Hardik ◽  
Arunkumar Sridharan ◽  
S. V. Prabhu
Author(s):  
Ken Kuwahara ◽  
Shigeru Koyama ◽  
Kengo Kazari

In the present study, the local heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics are investigated experimentally for the flow boiling of refrigerant HFC134a in a multi-port extruded tube of 1.06mm in hydraulic diameter. The test tube is 865mm in total length made of aluminum. The pressure drop is measured at an interval of 191 mm, and the local heat transfer coefficient is measured in every subsection of 75mm in effective heating length. Experimental ranges are as follows: the mass velocity of G = 100–700 kg/m2s, the inlet temperature of Tin = 5.9–11.4 °C and inlet pressure of about 0.5 MPa. The data of pressure drop are compared with a few previous correlations for small diameter tubes, and the correlations can predict the data relatively good agreement. The data of heat transfer coefficient is compared with the correlations of Yu et al. proposed for relatively large diameter tubes. It is found that there are some differences about two phase multiplier factor of convective heat transfer between the circular channel and rectangular channel.


Author(s):  
Alberto Cavallini ◽  
Stefano Bortolin ◽  
Davide Del Col ◽  
Marko Matkovic ◽  
Luisa Rossetto

This paper describes a new experimental apparatus for the measurement of the local heat transfer coefficient during flow boiling inside a 0.96 mm internal diameter single round cross section minichannel and reports preliminary heat transfer data taken during flow boiling of R134a. As a peculiar characteristic of the present technique, the heat transfer coefficient is not measured by imposing the heat flux; instead, the boiling process is governed by controlling the inlet temperature of the heating secondary fluid. This paper also presents a methodology to determine the critical conditions during the flow boiling process when no heat flux is imposed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (03) ◽  
pp. 1950024
Author(s):  
Zahraa Kareem Yasser ◽  
Ahmed J. Hamad

The heat transfer characteristics of R134a flow boiling in a horizontal tube of an evaporator section for a refrigeration system of 310-W capacity are investigated experimentally and numerically. The experimental work was conducted using an evaporator tube test section of inner diameter 5.8[Formula: see text]mm and length 600[Formula: see text]mm. The ranges of investigated experimental data for heat flux, mass flux, saturation temperature and vapor quality were 13.8–36.6[Formula: see text]kW/m2, 52–105[Formula: see text]kg/m2[Formula: see text][Formula: see text][Formula: see text]s, [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text]C and 0.2–1, respectively. Numerical analysis was based on two-phase flow turbulent model and this model was solved using the Ansys-18 code. The results showed that the effects of heat flux, mass velocity and saturation temperature on local heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop were greater compared to that of the refrigerant vapor quality. The enhancements in local heat transfer coefficient due to the increase in heat flux, mass and saturation temperature were 38%, 57% and 64%, respectively, within the prescribed test conditions. The influence of mass flux variation on pressure drop along the evaporator channel was higher in the range of 27% compared to the heat flux effect. The average deviations between experimental and numerical results of heat transfer coefficient and pressure gradient were 14% and 17%, respectively, while the same between the experimental and predicted results were 16% and 33%, respectively.


2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Krishnamurthy ◽  
Yoav Peles

Flow boiling of 1-methoxyheptafluoropropane (HFE 7000) in 222 μm hydraulic diameter channels containing a single row of 24 inline 100 μm pin fins was studied for mass fluxes from 350 kg/m2 s to 827 kg/m2 s and wall heat fluxes from 10 W/cm2 to 110 W/cm2. Flow visualization revealed the existence of isolated bubbles, bubbles interacting, multiple flow, and annular flow. The observed flow patterns were mapped as a function of the boiling number and the normalized axial distance. The local heat transfer coefficient during subcooled boiling was measured and found to be considerably higher than the corresponding single-phase flow. Furthermore, a thermal performance evaluation comparison with a plain microchannel revealed that the presence of pin fins considerably enhanced the heat transfer coefficient.


Author(s):  
Chih-Jung Kuo ◽  
Yoav Peles

Flow boiling in parallel microchannels with structured reentrant cavities was experimental studied. Flow patterns, boiling inceptions and heat transfer coefficients were obtained and studied for G = 83 kg/m2-s to G = 303 kg/m2-s and heat fluxes up to 643 W/cm2. The heat transfer coefficient-mass velocity and quality relations had been analyzed to identify boiling mechanism. Comparisons of the performance of the enhanced and plain-wall microchannels had also been made. The microchannels with reentrant cavities were shown to promote nucleation of bubbles and to support significantly better reproducibility and uniformity of bubble generation.


Author(s):  
S. Huang ◽  
Y. Y. Yan ◽  
J. D. Maltson ◽  
E. Utriainen

Experiments have been conducted to investigate the overall thermal performance of a rectangular channel implemented with an elongated pedestal array. The staggered pedestals were elongated in the spanwise direction in order that the jet flow from between the pedestals impinges at the centre of the pedestals in the downstream row. The average heat transfer coefficient of the pedestal and the local heat transfer coefficient distribution of the bottom channel wall were investigated for different geometrical arrangements. The pressure drop across the pedestal bank was measured. The transient liquid crystal method was used to obtain the local heat transfer coefficient distribution on the bottom channel wall and the lumped capacitance method was used to measure the average heat transfer coefficient of the pedestals in the last two rows of the bank. Five pressure taps were arranged on the centerline of each gap between two pedestal rows to measure the pressure drop. The heat transfer coefficients were measured over the Reynolds number range from 10,000 to 30,000. The minimum flow area to the channel cross-section flow area ratio ranged from 0.149 to 0.333. The effects of pedestal geometry and array distribution were investigated in detail showing the relationship between the pedestal array geometry, heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop. Conclusions were drawn on the effects of geometry and flow conditions on overall thermal performance of the respective channels.


Author(s):  
Yanfeng Fan ◽  
Ibrahim Hassan

Flow oscillation is a crucial issue for the development of flow boiling heat transfer in the applications. Inlet orifice has been proven be an option to eliminate the oscillation. However, the effects of inlet orifice on critical heat flux and flow boiling heat transfer coefficient are lack of study. In this work, the effects of inlet restriction on critical heat flux and heat transfer coefficient in single horizontal microtube under uniform heating condition is experimentally investigated using FC-72 as working fluid. A stainless steel microtube with an inner diameter of 889 μm is selected as main microtube. Two smaller microtubes are assembled at the inlet of main microtube to achieve the restriction configurations of 50% and 20% area ratios. The experimental measurement is carried out at mass fluxes ranging from 160–870 kg/m2·s and heat fluxes varying from 6–170 kW/m2. Two saturation pressures, 10 and 45 kPa, are tested. The experimental results of critical heat flux and two phase heat transfer coefficient obtained in the microtube without orifice are compared with the existing correlations. The addition of an orifice does not enhance the normal critical heat flux but increases the premature critical heat flux. In aspect of heat transfer, the orifice shows improvement on heat transfer coefficient at low mass flux and high saturation pressure.


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