Comparative Investigations of Non‐adiabatic Absorption in Film Flow and Bubble Flow

Comparative non‐adiabatic absorption experiments were carried out using the ammonia–water system under different two‐phase flow regimes. Because of the small thickness of the film, the falling film as a separated two‐phase flow shows an effective dynamic and transport behavior. The hydrodynamics and heat transfer modeling is sufficiently exact and the measurement of the interface temperature allows the discussion of the axial local partial resistance of the heat transfer in the falling film.     

错流降膜液体干燥剂除湿/再生传热传质数学模型及分析

分析了错流降膜液体干燥剂除湿及再生传热传质过程 ,建立了基于实际除湿系统的描述再生和除湿过程的数学模型 ,考虑到除湿过程中产生的热效应 ,以氯化钙溶液为除湿剂时 ,对气侧和液侧的传热传质系数进行了理论和数值求解 .计算结果表明 ,传热传质系数与气流流动状态、除湿剂的热物理性质等因素有关     

Counter‐current gas‐liquid wavy film flow between the vertical plates analyzed using the Navier‐Stokes equations

The article is devoted to a theoretical analysis of counter‐current gas‐liquid wavy film flow between vertical plates. We consider two‐dimensional nonlinear waves on the interface over a wide variation of parameters. The main interest is to analyse the wave structure at the parameter values corresponding to the onset of flooding observed in experiments. We use the Navier‐Stokes equations in their full statement to describe the liquid phase hydrodynamics. For the gas phase equations, we use two models: (1) the Navier‐Stokes system and (2) the simplified Benjamin‐Miles approach where the liquid phase is a small disturbance for the laminar or turbulent gas flow. With the superficial gas velocity increasing and starting from some value of the velocity, the waves demonstrate a rapid decreasing of both the minimal film thickness and the phase wave velocity. We obtain a region of the gas velocity where we have two solutions at one set of the problem parameters and where the flooding takes place. Both the phase wave velocity and the minimal film thickness are positive numbers at such values of the velocity. We calculate the flooding point dependences on the liquid Reynolds number for two different liquids. The wave regime corresponding to the flooding point demonstrates negative u‐velocities in the neighbourhood of the interface near the film thickness maximum. At smaller values of the superficial gas velocity, the negative u‐velocities take place in the neighbourhood of the film thickness minimum. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010     

Etude numérique de l'évaporation dans un courant d'air humide laminaire et turbulent d'un film d'eau ruisselant sur une plaque inclinée

The authors have proposed an appropriate model based on the liquid film transfer equations which are one‐dimensional, partially two‐dimensional and two‐dimensional. They have compared their results with those of other works and studied the influence of the liquid mass flow rate and the inclined angle. They have shown that the interracial heat transfer is dominated by the latent heat transfer; the contribution of the sensible heat is only important in the turbulent region where the interfacial temperature and the evaporating mass flux are practically constant and the thickness of the liquid film is uniform. For the adiabatic plate, the liquid mass flow rate and the inclined angle have no influence on the transfers. For the isothermal or the heated plate, the liquid mass flow rate essentially influences the turbulent region by reducing the interrfacial temperature and the heat and mass transfer coefficients. However, the inclination angle affects mainly the laminar region by increasing the interfacial velocity, reducing the film thickness and has little effects on the transfer coefficients.     

Prediction of Droplet Velocities and Rain Out in Horizontal Isothermal Free Jet Flows of Air and Viscous Liquid in Stagnant Ambient Air

Two‐dimensional phase Doppler anemometer measurements of droplet size and velocity conducted under several nozzle conditions and a systematic variation of the air mass flow quality and liquid phase viscosity show that the air entrainment process is enhanced when keeping all test conditions constant except for increasing the Newtonian liquid viscosity above of that of water. A two‐zone entrainment model based on a variable two‐phase entrainment coefficient is proposed with the normalized axial distance allowing for a change in the jet angle. Thus, the jet perimeter is lower and the breakup length is longer in the case of air/relatively higher viscosity liquid phase. It provides the most accurate reproduction of the experimental droplet velocity in comparison with that of other models in the literature and, hence, is recommended for the prediction of the droplet velocity in the case of two‐phase air/liquid phase free jet flow in stagnant ambient air. A model for predicting the droplet rain out, considering the droplet trajectories in the free jet flow, allows also for an adequate reproduction of the experimental data.     

多排平直翅片管换热器表面气液降膜流动特性的三维数值模拟

基于VOF模型建立了考虑重力、表面张力及界面摩擦力源项的多排平直翅片管换热器表面气液两相降膜流动三维瞬态CFD模型。不同气流速度下液膜厚度模拟结果与文献中试验值吻合较好,最大偏差小于5%,表明所建立CFD模型是可靠的。通过研究壁面接触角为30°时不同气液Reynolds数下液膜流动特性,结果表明：翅片管表面满膜流的临界Reynolds数Re_l为239,临界喷淋密度为0.06 kg/(m·s);在239 ≤ Re_l ≤ 995内,其平均液膜厚度较Nusselt理论解高16.8%～35.1%;气液逆流和顺流时气相Reynolds数Re_g应分别小于2190.7和3286.0,其主要原因在于过高的Re_g会导致气液界面摩擦力快速增大,从而引发液膜破裂和液滴脱落等现象恶化设备性能。总之,气液顺流更有利于在较高气相Reynolds数下实现翅片管表面的较薄满膜流动。     

溴化锂制冷蒸发器中钛椭圆管外降膜流动及传热特性

为了提高溴化锂中央空调系统中制冷蒸发器的耐腐蚀性,采用钛管代替铜管,并提出椭圆管代替圆管方式提高钛管外制冷剂蒸发效率,数值模拟研究椭圆系数E对椭圆钛管外制冷剂流动过程、液膜厚度分布及传热系数影响规律.结果 表明:在椭圆系数E=l.0～1.7范围内,随着E增大,管外液膜平均厚度减薄、液膜速度增大、干壁面积减少、传热边界层...     

The Effect of Superficial Gas Velocity on Wavy Films and its Use in Enhancing the Performance of Falling Film Reactors

Mass transfer in co‐current downward annular flow depends on the amount of liquid carried by the waves. The thickness of this portion of the liquid film increases with the superficial gas velocity up to about 20–25 m s^–1 for two‐phase air/water flow. The maximum apparent friction factors observed in air‐water annular flow also appear at superficial air velocities about 20–25 m s^–1. Organic compounds, like fatty alcohols and alkylbenzenes, show a maximum apparent friction factor at lower superficial gas velocities. The gas velocity at which a maximum friction factor occurs is dependent on the surface tension, appearing at lower gas velocities for liquids with lower surface tensions. Progressive increases of the superficial gas velocity can be used to graduate the mass transfer along a falling film device.     

引入蒸汽对垂直管内降膜蒸发传热及流动的影响

对垂直管内引入饱和蒸汽的湍流降膜蒸发传热及流动进行实验研究。研究结果表明:管内引入饱和蒸汽,可以在不提高液膜传热温差的情况下,提高传热系数12％～25％,降低液膜厚度10％～20％,并得出相应的计算式。     

竖直管外气液逆流环状降膜速度与温度分布

建立了竖直管外环状降膜气液逆流传热传质条件下稳态层流降膜一维速度分布和二维温度分布模型,以及膜厚和降膜表面热通量的数值计算方法。表面热通量的模型计算值与实验值在气体Reynolds数Re_g<1200的范围内吻合较好,表明基于界面摩擦因子求解模型的方法在两相均为层流条件下是可靠的。模型显示了降膜速度分布和温度分布的非线性特征,降膜表面附近陡降的温度梯度表明,减小膜厚是强化降膜传热传质过程的有效途径。     

Deposition of magnetite particles from flowing suspensions under flow‐boiling and single‐phase forced‐convective heat transfer

The deposition rate of colloidal magnetite particles was measured under both single‐phase forced‐convective and flow‐boiling conditions. All measurements were made at alkaline pH where both the heat transfer surface and the surface of the magnetite particles appear to be negatively charged. For single‐phase forced convection, the deposition rate constant is lower than the mass transfer coefficient for colloidal particles, and the difference is attributed to the force of repulsion between the negatively charged surfaces of the particle and substrate. The deposition rate measured under flow‐boiling conditions is lower than that reported for the deposition of colloidal particles at neutral pH. The difference is, again, attributed to the force of repulsion between the particle and substrate. Particle removal rates were significantly lower than deposition rates; analysis using the theory of turbulent bursts suggests a removal efficiency of only 10^?9% for each turbulent burst. The low removal efficiency is consistent with the particle diameter being significantly smaller than the thickness of the laminar sublayer in these tests.     

振荡热管模型中液膜的分析与假定

在经典Nusselt膜理论的假定基础上,结合毛细管内液膜的特点,考虑了液膜附加压力、界面热阻、液膜过热度,分别对平衡液膜区、过渡液膜区和宏观液膜区进行了详细分析,建立了相应的控制方程,研究了毛细管内液膜稳态蒸发过程中液膜厚度、传热系数等参数的变化特性;根据毛细管内稳态蒸发液膜的轮廓和特性,对振荡热管内的动态液膜作出了相应的假定,并提出了如何确定动态液膜的厚度、长度以及相变传热系数。     

MODELING OF HEAT TRANSFER OF UPWARD ANNULAR FLOW IN VERTICAL TUBES

This article presents the modeling of heat transfer of upward annular flow in a smooth tube and a spirally internally ribbed tube. First, analytical models of two-phase flow dynamics and heat transfer of annular flow in flow boiling were derived from the liquid film momentum and energy equations for smooth tubes. Combined with empirical correlations for liquid droplet entrainment and deposition rates in annular flow, modeling of heat transfer of upward annular flow in the smooth tube was conducted. The predicted heat transfer coefficients of annular flow agree with the experimental results very well for the smooth tube. Based on the heat transfer model for smooth tubes, a simplified annular flow heat transfer model for the spirally internally ribbed tube was proposed by modifying the interfacial friction factor. The predicted heat transfer coefficients by the modified heat transfer model for the spirally internally ribbed tube agree with the experimental results to some extent. It is suggested that the heat transfer model for the spirally ribbed tube be further improved by modifying the correlations for liquid droplet entrainment and deposition rates in annular flow, which should describe the feature of annular flow in the spirally internally ribbed tube. Extensive experimental data are needed for this purpose.     

MODELING OF HEAT TRANSFER OF UPWARD ANNULAR FLOW IN VERTICAL TUBES

This article presents the modeling of heat transfer of upward annular flow in a smooth tube and a spirally internally ribbed tube. First, analytical models of two-phase flow dynamics and heat transfer of annular flow in flow boiling were derived from the liquid film momentum and energy equations for smooth tubes. Combined with empirical correlations for liquid droplet entrainment and deposition rates in annular flow, modeling of heat transfer of upward annular flow in the smooth tube was conducted. The predicted heat transfer coefficients of annular flow agree with the experimental results very well for the smooth tube. Based on the heat transfer model for smooth tubes, a simplified annular flow heat transfer model for the spirally internally ribbed tube was proposed by modifying the interfacial friction factor. The predicted heat transfer coefficients by the modified heat transfer model for the spirally internally ribbed tube agree with the experimental results to some extent. It is suggested that the heat transfer model for the spirally ribbed tube be further improved by modifying the correlations for liquid droplet entrainment and deposition rates in annular flow, which should describe the feature of annular flow in the spirally internally ribbed tube. Extensive experimental data are needed for this purpose.     

Heat transfer in a reciprocating plate column

A pilot‐scale (5.08 cm internal diameter) reciprocating plate column has been modified by the insertion of a brass test section for heat transfer measurements. Heat is supplied to liquid (water or a glucose solution) in the column from an electrical heating tape wound round the brass section, the walls of which contain thermocouples. Reciprocation of the plates in the column results in up to a seven‐fold improvement In heat transfer coefficient, to single phase liquids. Conditions are turbulent with oscillatory Reynolds numbers up to 20000. The effect of plate reciprocation is much less pronounced when the liquids are agitated by a stream of gas bubbles. The single‐phase heat transfer coefficients have been correlated for 5 different types of plates using approaches already available in the literature for turbulent systems in steady flow. The best‐fit oscillatory flow correlation differs slightly from the existing correlations for steady flow.     

三角形螺旋夹套内流体的湍流流动及换热模拟

对三角形螺旋夹套内流体的湍流流动及换热性能进行了模拟,得到了充分发展条件下恒定热流加热时釜内湍流流体的速度场,分析了雷诺数(Re)和无量纲曲率(k) 对流体阻力和换热性能的影响,并由模拟数据拟合出平均阻力系数及平均努赛尔数的关联式. 结果表明,湍流流动中,夹套内流体的二次流动为稳定的二涡结构,随雷诺数增大,二次流强度和湍动能均增强. 由于离心力的作用,外壁面的阻力系数远大于内壁面. 换热面上局部努塞尔数的峰值出现在靠近二次涡中心位置的换热壁面处,换热面中心处的局部努塞尔数约为峰值的85%. 随Re和k增大,峰值处的局部努塞尔数值增大最明显,流体的平均努塞尔数及阻力系数均增大. 在所模拟的范围内,三角形螺旋夹套的效率因子E>3.7,且随Re和k增大,E逐渐增大.     

含不凝气体蒸汽波节管内凝结特性研究

通过数值模拟,研究了波节结构、空气含量及Reynolds数Re对含空气的水蒸气波节管内凝结特性的影响,并与圆形换热管内的情况进行了对比。模拟结果表明：空气含量增加,波节管壁面平均传热系数减小;波节管内流体流动和换热过程均呈现振荡波动;波节高度增加,壁面平均传热系数先增加后降低,在波节高度0.032 m达到峰值,而摩擦系数一直增加;波节间距减小,波节宽度增加,壁面平均传热系数及摩擦系数均增大;波节高度对波节管内流动和换热影响均大于波节宽度和波节间距。     

A Comparison of the Mixing Characteristics in Single‐ and Two‐Phase Grid‐Generated Turbulent Flow Systems

The mixing process is studied in grid‐generated turbulent flow for single‐ and bubbly two‐phase flow systems. Concentration and mixing characteristics in the liquid phase are measured with the aid of a PLIF/PLIF arrangement. A nearly isotropic turbulent flow field is generated at the center of the vertical pipe by using a honeycomb, three grids and a contraction. In two‐phase flow experiments, air bubbles were injected into the flow from a rectangular grid, with mesh size M = 6 mm, which is placed midway between two circular grids each with a mesh size of M = 2 mm. For single‐phase flow, the normalized mean concentration cross‐stream profiles have rather similar Gaussian shapes, and the cross‐stream profiles of the normalized root‐mean‐square (RMS) values of concentration were found to be quite similar. Cross‐stream profiles of the mean concentration, for bubbly two‐phase flow, were also found to be quite similar, but they did not have the Gaussian shape of the profiles for single‐phase flow. Almost self‐similar behavior was also found for the RMS values of the concentration in two‐phase systems. The turbulent diffusion coefficient in the liquid phase was also calculated. At the center of the plume, the flow was found to have a periodic coherent structure, probably of vortex shedding character. Observations showed that the period of oscillation is higher in the case of two‐phase flow than in single‐phase flow.