蒸汽和空气在下流水柱表面接触冷凝的压力影响分析

含不凝气体的蒸汽直接接触冷凝在工业中应用广泛,冷凝参数对设备设计至关重要。数值模拟了蒸汽和空气在下流水柱表面的接触冷凝换热;分析了压力对下流水柱表面温度、空气质量分数的影响,以及凝结热流和凝结传热系数的变化规律。结果发现,下流水柱表面温度、凝结热流和凝结传热系数沿着流动方向下降,下流水柱表面空气质量分数沿着流动方向升高。随着压力增加,下流水柱凝结长度增加,在凝结长度末端,下流水柱表面空气质量分数高达90%以上,凝结热流和凝结传热系数均增加。下流水柱初始温度的升高会降低接触凝结传热系数和凝结热流。将计算结果和Celeta等的实验数据做了比较分析。     

Experimental Investigation of Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient of Al2O3/Water–Mono Ethylene Glycol Nanofluids in an Automotive Radiator

In this research, the overall heat transfer coefficient of Al₂O₃/water–mono ethylene glycol (MEG) nanofluids is investigated experimentally in a car radiator under laminar flow conditions. The experimental rig developed is similar to the automotive cooling system. The stable nanofluid used is prepared by a two‐step method. Ultrasonication is done for proper dispersion of 20 nm Al₂O₃ nanoparticle in carrier fluid water and MEG mixture with 50:50 proportions by volume. The experimental study showed that use of a nanofluid enhances the overall heat transfer coefficient as compared to the base fluid. In this study as the nanoparticle volume fraction increases from 0% to 0.8%, the overall heat transfer coefficient also increases. It was observed that as the nanofluid inlet temperature increased from 65 °C to 85 °C, the overall heat transfer coefficient decreased. It was found that using a 0.2% volume fraction Al₂O₃/water–MEG nanofluid can enable a 36.69 % reduction in surface area of the radiator.     

Experimental Study of Condensation in a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger in the Presence of a Noncondensable Gas

In this paper, an experimental study of the condensation of water vapor from a binary mixture of air and low‐grade steam has been depicted. The study is based upon diffusion heat transfer in the presence of high concentration of noncondensable gas. To simplify the study, experimental analysis is supported by empirical solutions. The experimental setup is custom designed for testing a new shell and tube type heat exchanger supplied by the manufacturer. Air–vapor mixture at 80 °C (max) and 20.2% relative humidity enters the heat exchanger at a mass flow rate of 480 kg/h and condenses 27 kg/h vapor using cooling water at an inlet temperature of 7 °C to 10 °C and mass flow rate of 3500 kg/h. By using the experimental data of constant inlet air mass fraction, mixture gas velocity, and different volumetric flow rate of the cold fluid, the local heat transfer coefficients are obtained. The main objective of this work is to establish an approximate value for surface area and overall heat transfer coefficient of a horizontal shell and tube condenser used in process space. Under designed working conditions, the condenser is found to work efficiently with 90% vapor condensation by mass.     

重力热管单线内螺纹分布强化换热实验研究

采用实验方法,研究了不同的内螺纹分布和油浴温度等因素对热管换热特性的影响。实验选用的热管材料为紫铜,外径16 mm,壁厚3 mm,长度为200 mm,传热工质为水,充液率为20%。实验结果表明:在同一油浴温度下,内螺纹重力管的启动特性要优于光滑重力热管。对比不同油浴温度下,布置内螺纹能够有效地降低热管的工作温度。实验选型的内螺纹仅布置在蒸发段不会提高热管的换热系数,而在绝热段和冷凝段布置内螺纹则能够使换热系数显著提升,且随油浴温度的增加,换热系数线性增加。     

不可凝气体对大扁管空冷凝汽器性能的影响分析

为了研究不可凝气体(non-condensable gases, NCG)对火电与光热发电机组上广泛使用的大扁管空冷凝汽器性能的影响,以工程机组凝汽器上普遍应用的通流面积220 mm×20 mm的大扁管为研究对象,针对汽轮机典型工况下的实际蒸汽流量,基于Lee相变方程、VOF方法以及组分扩散模型,对蒸汽与NCG混合气体管内两相流凝结换热进行数学建模与数值计算。结果表明：由于大扁管的狭窄通流几何结构与高蒸汽流量,NCG对管内蒸汽凝结的抑制效果要远低于预期;当入口空气质量分数按2%增加时,凝结管凝结换热系数仅下降2%左右,这与NCG导致低流量圆管凝结性能急剧下降的结论不同;空气正常泄漏不会导致空冷凝汽器性能下降而影响发电机组效率。     

Experimental Study on the Heat and Mass Transfer of Teflon-Coated Tubes for the Latent Heat Recovery

Abstract

The heat and mass transfer on stainless steel and Teflon-coated tube surfaces in a steam-air mixture flow were experimentally studied to obtain design data for a heat exchanger to be used in the latent heat recovery from flue gases. The test section consisted of three horizontal tubes with a pitch of 67 mm. The diameter of the tubes was 25.4 mm, and the tube wall thickness was 1.2 mm. The steam-air mixture flowed vertically from top to bottom. The Teflon coating degraded the overall heat transfer coefficient by 19%, as compared to the bare stainless steel tube. The degradation of the overall heat transfer coefficient of the Teflon-coated tube comes from the additional heat transfer resistance due to Teflon coating. Its magnitude on heat transfer resistance is comparable to the in-tube heat transfer resistance. Nusselt and Sherwood numbers of Teflon-coated surfaces have a different trend compared to bare stainless steel surface in the higher Reynolds number of our test. The higher contact angle of the condensate on the Teflon-coated surface, about 25°, is the reason for the kind of trend observed.     

Heat Transfer Performance of an Edge-Shaped Finned Tube

The third-generation heat transfer technologies, such as three-dimensional fin and dimple, are still important means of improving energy efficiency and will continue to be challenging issues. This paper presents condensation heat transfer performance of an edge-shaped finned tube fabricated by a ploughing–extruding process. The edge-shaped finned tube integrates more than one heat transfer enhancement technology and can enhance the heat transfer capacity greatly. It is seen that the overall heat transfer coefficient and heat flux increase with inlet velocity of cold water increasing, and decrease with inlet temperature of cold water increasing, whereas the shell-side heat transfer coefficient decreases with inlet velocity of cold water increasing and increases with inlet temperature of cold water increasing. At the same inlet velocity, the shell-side heat transfer coefficient for the edge-shaped finned tube is improved by 5–7 times compared to that of a smooth tube. At the same temperature difference between wall and vapor, the shell-side heat transfer coefficient is also higher than what had been reported in the literature. The shell-side heat transfer coefficient of the edge-shaped finned tube decreases with the increase of fabrication parameter feed at the same inlet velocity or inlet temperature of cold water.     

Effect of an interfacial shear stress on steam condensation in the presence of a noncondensable gas in a vertical tube

Experimental and analytical studies were performed to examine local condensation heat transfer coefficients in the presence of a noncondensable gas inside a vertical tube. The experimental data for pure steam and steam/nitrogen mixture bypass modes were compared to study the effects of noncondensable nitrogen gas on annular film condensation phenomena. The condenser tube had a relatively small inner diameter of 13 mm. The experimental results demonstrated that the local heat transfer coefficients increased as the inlet steam flow rate increased and the inlet nitrogen mass fraction decreased. The results obtained using steam/nitrogen mixtures with a low inlet nitrogen mass fraction were similar to those obtained using pure steam. Therefore, the effects of noncondensable gas on steam condensation were weak in the small-diameter condenser tube because of interfacial shear stress. A new correlation based on dimensionless shear stress and noncondensable gas mass fraction variables was developed to evaluate the condensation heat transfer coefficient inside a vertical tube with noncondensable gas, irrespective of the condenser tube diameter. A theoretical model using a heat and mass transfer analogy and simple models using four empirical correlations were developed and compared with the experimental data obtained under various experimental conditions. The predictions of the theoretical model and the simple model based on a new correlation were in good agreement with the experimental results.     

Numerical solution of film condensation from turbulent flow of vapor–gas mixtures in vertical tubes

A complete two-phase model is presented for film condensation from turbulent downward flow of vapor–gas mixtures in a vertical tube. The model solves the complete parabolic governing equations in both phases including a model for turbulence in each phase, with no need for additional correlation equations for interfacial heat and mass transfer. A finite volume method is used to form the discretized mean flow equations for conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. A fully coupled solution approach is used with a mesh that automatically adapts to the changing film thickness. The results of using three turbulence models involving combinations of mixing length and k–ε models in the film and mixture regions are compared. This new model is extensively compared with previous numerical and experimental studies. In the experimental comparisons, it was found that a model consisting of a k–ε turbulence model for both the film and the mixture flows produced the best agreement. Results are also presented for a parametric study of condensation from steam-air mixtures. The effects of changes to the inlet Reynolds number, the inlet gas mass fraction, and the inlet-to-wall temperature difference on the film thickness and heat transfer are presented and discussed. Local profiles of axial velocity, temperature, and gas mass fraction are also presented.     

Numerical Study of Nanofluid Condensation Heat Transfer in a Square Microchannel

This study presents a numerical study of nanofluid condensation heat transfer inside a single horizontal smooth square tube. The numerical results are compared to previous experimental predictions, and show that the heat transfer coefficient can be improved 20% by increasing the volume fraction of Cu nanoparticles by 5% or increasing the mass flux from 80 to 110 kg/m² s. Reducing the hydraulic diameter of the microchannel from 200 to 160 µm led to an increase in average condensation heat transfer coefficient of 10%. A new correlation estimating Nusselt number for condensation of nanofluids or pure vapor is proposed. It predicts average condensation heat transfer, with good agreement with the computed values.     

用于电子元件散热的集成热管换热特性研究

本文对应用于电子元件散热的热管换热器在不同的加热功率、不同风量情况下的传热特性进行了实验研究，从而得出换热量、总热阻、翅片表面阻力系数、换热系数、总热阻与加热功率及风道内空气肫数的关系，并与市场上的SP-94型热管散热器及传统纯铜散热器进行了比较，发现该热管换热器无论是散热量、平均换热系数还是总热阻都有明显的优势。因此，这种散热器在实际工程应用中必将有着广泛的潜力。     

Dropwise Condensation Heat Transfer on Plasma-Ion-Implanted Small Horizontal Tube Bundles

Stable dropwise condensation of saturated steam was achieved on stainless-steel tube bundles implanted with nitrogen ions by plasma ion implantation. For the investigation of the condensation heat transfer enhancement by plasma ion implantation, a condenser was constructed in order to measure the heat flow and the overall heat transfer coefficient for the condensation of steam on the outside surface of tube bundles. For a horizontal tube bundle of nine tubes implanted with a nitrogen ion dose of 10¹⁶ cm^{? 2}, the enhancement ratio, which represents the ratio of the overall heat transfer coefficient of the implanted tube bundle to that of the unimplanted one, was found to be 1.12 for a cooling-water Reynolds number of about 21,000. The heat flow and the overall heat transfer coefficient were increased by increasing the steam pressure. The maximum overall heat transfer coefficient of 2.22 kW · m^?2· K^?1 was measured at a steam pressure of 2 bar and a cooling-water Reynolds number of about 2,000. At these conditions, more dropwise condensation was formed on the upper tube rows, while the lowest row received more condensate, which converted the condensation form to filmwise condensation.     

Heat Transfer Characteristics of Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Molten Salt

Molten salt and supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO_2) are important high temperature heat transfer media,but molten salt/S-CO_2 heat exchanger has been seldom reported.In present paper,heat transfer in printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) with molten salt and S-CO_2 is simulated and analyzed.Since S-CO_2 can be drove along passage wall by strong buoyancy force with large density difference,its heat transfer is enhanced by natural convection.In inlet region,natural convection weakens along flow direction with decreasing Richardson number,and the thermal boundary layer becomes thicker,so local heat transfer coefficient of S-CO_2 significantly decreases.In outlet region,turbulent kinetic energy gradually increases,and then heat transfer coefficient increases for turbulent heat transfer enhancement.Compared with transcritical CO_2 with lower inlet temperature,local heat transfer coefficient of S-CO_2 near inlet is lower for smaller Richardson number,while it will be higher for larger turbulent kinetic energy near outlet.Performance of PCHE is mainly determined by the pressure drop in molten salt passage and the heat transfer resistance in S-CO_2 passage.When molten salt passage width increases,molten salt pressure drop significantly decreases,and overall heat transfer coefficient slightly changes,so the comprehensive performance of PCHE is improved.As a result,PCHE unit with three semicircular passages and one semi-elliptic passage has better performance.     

Heat transfer performance and exergetic optimization for solar receiver pipe

The basic physical model of solar receiver pipe with solar selective coating is established, and associated heat transfer and exergetic performances are analyzed and optimized. Because of the heat losses of natural convection and infrared radiation, the energy absorption efficiency has a maximum at optimal incident energy flux. As the pipe radius decreases or flow velocity rises, the wall temperature drops for higher heat transfer coefficient, while the heat absorption efficiency increases. Along the flow direction, the heat absorption efficiency almost linearly decreases, while the exergetic efficiency will first increase and then decrease. As the inlet temperature rises, the heat absorption efficiency of the solar receiver pipe decreases, while the exergetic efficiency of absorbed energy obviously increases, so the exergetic efficiency of incident energy will reach maximum at the optimal inlet temperature. Additionally, the maximum exergetic efficiency of incident energy and optimal inlet temperature both increase with flow velocity.     

Complete condensation in a vertical tube passive condenser

An experimental study is performed for the steam condensation in a vertical tube where steam is completely condensed. A condenser tube is submerged in a water pool where the heat from the condenser tube is removed through boiling heat transfer. The experiment data showed that the operating pressure is uniquely determined by inlet steam flow rate for the complete condensation. The condensation heat transfer rate increases and the condensation heat transfer coefficient decreases with the system pressure. For the condenser submerged in a saturated water pool, strong primary pressure dependency was observed on the condensation heat transfer.     

Research on Marangoni condensation heat transfer for water and ethanol mixture vapor

A brass block was constructed as a test block to study the Marangoni condensation in this paper. The maximal temperature difference of the block surface on which pure steam condensed was 11^°C when the block was cooled by the normal temperature water. Regulations and modes of Marangoni condensation for mixture vapor with different mass fractions were studied when the speed of vapor was 0.3 m/s. As both temperature gradients and concentration gradients exist on the condensing surface, the experimental results indicate that the maximal heat transfer coefficient of mixture vapor can be 2.8 times that of pure steam when the Marangoni condensation of mixture vapor appears. The heat transfer coefficient of mixture vapor increases with the decrease of surface subcooling, and it appears a steep increase when the surface subcooling is small enough; the heat transfer flux has a maximum value as the surface subcooling rises; and the different modes of condensation are confirmed when the different ethanol concentration and different surface subcooling exist. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 33(8): 505–514, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/htj.20035     

真空条件下珠状凝结传热特性的理论分析与试验研究

从理论分析和试验研究两个方面研究了真空状态下珠状凝结的传热特性.首先从蒸汽流场、气膜热阻和表面能3个角度进行理论分析,分析结果表明,珠状凝结的换热系数K值随着真空的提高而增大.然后进行真空条件下的珠状凝结试验,经过数据分析表明,试验结果与理论分析相吻合,即在真空条件下,凝结换热系数K值随着真空度的提高而增大,在较大Re数时(Re＝34755),真空度每提高0.01 MPa,换热系数可提高10%左右.     

Convective Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamic Characteristics of SiO2 Ethylene Glycol/Water Nanofluid

Nanofluids comprised of silicon dioxide (SiO₂) nanoparticles suspended in a 60:40 (% by weight) ethylene glycol and water (EG/water) mixture were investigated for their heat transfer and fluid dynamic performance. First, the rheological properties of different volume percents of SiO₂ nanofluids were investigated at varying temperatures. The effect of particle diameter (20 nm, 50 nm, 100 nm) on the viscosity of the fluid was investigated. Subsequent experiments were performed to investigate the convective heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids in the turbulent regime by using the viscosity values measured. The experimental system was first tested with EG/water mixture to establish agreement with the Dittus-Boelter equation for Nusselt number and with Blasius equation for friction factor. The increase in heat transfer coefficient due to nanofluids for various volume concentrations has been presented. Pressure loss was observed to increase with nanoparticle volume concentration. It was observed that an increase in particle diameter increased the heat transfer coefficient. Typical percentage increases of heat transfer coefficient and pressure loss at fixed Reynolds number are presented.     

Non-iterative condensation modeling for steam condensation with non-condensable gas in a vertical tube

Based on a heat and mass transfer analogy, an iterative condensation model for steam condensation in the presence of a non-condensable gas in a vertical tube is proposed including the high mass transfer effect, entrance effect, and interfacial waviness effect on condensation. A non-iterative condensation model is proposed for easy engineering application using the iterative condensation model and the assumption of the same profile of the steam mass fraction as that of the gas temperature in the gas film boundary layer. It turns out that the Nusselt number for condensation heat transfer is expressed in terms of air mass fraction, Jakob number, Stanton number for mass transfer, gas mixture Reynolds number, gas Prandtl number and condensate film Nusselt number. The comparison shows that the non-iterative condensation model reasonably well predicts the experimental data of Park, Siddique, and Kuhn.     

Two-phase modelling of laminar film condensation from vapour–gas mixtures in declining parallel-plate channels

A two-phase model is presented that analyzes laminar film condensation from mixtures of a vapour and a non-condensing gas in parallel-plate channels. The channel is declining (inclined downward from the horizontal) and has an isothermal cooled bottom plate and an insulated upper plate. The model uses a finite volume method to solve the complete two-phase boundary-layer equations including inertia forces, energy convection, interfacial shear, and axial pressure change. Results are presented for steam–air mixtures in terms of axial variation of film thickness and local Nusselt number for various Froude numbers, inlet Reynolds numbers, inlet gas mass fractions, and inlet temperature differences. Profiles of axial velocity, temperature, and gas mass fraction are also presented. Increasing the angle of declination (decreasing the Froude number) produces thinner, faster moving films. The change in local Nusselt number with Froude number was not as substantial as the change in film thickness. The detrimental effect of the noncondensable gas on the heat transfer rate was observed to be more pronounced at higher Froude numbers. An exact analytical solution for the liquid and mixture axial velocity profiles under end of condensation conditions is also presented and compared with the numerical results.