太阳能集热管内熔盐流动传热特性数值模拟

建立太阳能集热管物理模型,采用RNG κ-ε模型,基于CFD方法在不同热流边界条件下熔盐入口温度300℃,速度0.6~3.6 m/s,平均热流密度180 k W/m2参数范围内,对外径20 mm,壁厚2 mm的集热管内熔盐传热特性进行数值模拟研究。分析了集热管管壁温度分布规律和熔盐传热性能,对比了不同热流边界下管壁周向温度不均匀分布特性。研究结果表明:不同热流条件下集热管管壁温度分布规律差异较大,管内熔盐温度也存在较大差异;集热管内Nu随Re增大而升高,周向热流分布对Nu影响较大;非均匀热流边界下集热管壁温周向分布不均匀,周向热流越不均匀,壁面温差越大。     

氦气冲刷螺旋管束传热的数值研究

采用CFD软件对氦气冲刷螺旋管束的传热特性进行了数值模拟。计算时采用了轴对称简化模型;湍流模拟采用低Re k-ε模型。通过与实验数据对比,发现低Re模型比壁面函数法更适合计算冲刷管束类型的流动。计算结果表明,顺排管束前几层平均Nu高于叉排管束,而深层管平均Nu低于叉排管束;管列距离较大时排列方式对深层管的传热影响很小;管束与边界距离约为管束中心部分氦气流道宽度的一半时,各列传热管传热和氦气出口温度都较为均匀;管束横向位置发生偏移将导致管束内流动、传热出现不均匀。结果对于螺旋管蒸汽发生器设计具有参考意义。     

周向非均匀热流下太阳能吸热管局部传热特性

利用数值模拟方法研究周向非均匀热流下太阳能吸热管局部传热特性,分析吸热管壁厚、熔盐入口温度、熔盐流速对局部传热性能的影响规律,结果表明:吸热管周向加热量相同,管壁越厚其外壁温度越高,管内壁热流分布越均匀。壁厚对低热流侧周向及轴向局部Nu影响较大,且低热流侧局部Nu均随壁厚的减小而增大。同一流速,熔盐入口温度越高,周向局部Nu越大。不同流速吸热管周向局部Nu均随周向热流的减小而增大,流速越大,周向局部Nu越大。不同壁厚吸热管内低热流侧Nu明显大于高热流侧Nu,平均Nu略大于高热流侧Nu,且平均Nu基本相等。     

水平方管底面加热熔盐混合对流模拟研究

利用数值模拟方法研究熔融盐在底面加热水平方管内的混合对流传热过程,分析熔融盐混合对流的流动和传热特性等。得到了沿流动方向各横截面处的温度、速度分布图及流线图,并对传热特性以及Nu数的变化规律进行探讨。结果表明,在高热流密度情况下非均匀加热壁面时,浮升力效应使主流核心区的形状随流动距离的增加而发生变化;在通道横截面上形成对称的二次涡流;局部Nux数在相同热流密度下随Re数的增加而增大;在Re数相同数时Nux数会随着Ri数的增加而增加;数值模拟点与湍流混合对流传热关联式的吻合度较高,其偏差在±15%以内。     

基于当地纬度倾角太阳能集热棚集热特性分析

选取太阳能烟囱集热棚集热特性为研究对象,采用40°作为太阳能烟囱集热棚倾角进行实验测试,对集热棚内蓄热层在该倾角下不同太阳总辐照度(GHI)的最高温度,温度场均匀性,蓄热层壁面Nu展开分析。结果表明,随着GHI的增大,蓄热层最高温度及温度场均匀性变化趋势不同。对湍流强制对流传热的准则间关联式进行拟合,利用最小二乘法得出在Re为1.3×10~4~3.0×10~5、Pr为0.694~0.703范围之间,基于当地纬度集热棚倾角湍流强制对流传热准则间关联式,耦合系数为0.9261。     

热流对考虑自然对流吸热管内熔盐对流传热影响

以熔盐为传热工质,对考虑自然对流条件下吸热管内熔盐的流动与传热进行了数值研究。结果表明:均匀热流下自然对流促进管内下侧和熔盐向管中心流动,弱化管内上侧熔盐向管中心流动;吸热管内下侧Nu数大于上侧Nu数,管内最大Nu数出现在底部,最小Nu数出现在顶部,吸热管内下侧Nu数与上侧Nu数的差值随着Re数增大而减小,但其平均Nu数变化较小,且其平均Nu数与不考虑自然对流影响的管内平均Nu数基本相等。非均匀热流下吸热管加热的上下位置对吸热管内单侧Nu数影响较大,但对平均Nu数无影响。同一Re数,吸热管上侧Nu数随着热流增高而最小。     

管程组合转子传热及阻力特性的实验研究

借助于实验手段,分别以油和水为管程工质,研究了管程组合转子的传热及阻力特性,同时将转子自身结构参数对传热及阻力特性的影响进行了比较分析,分析结果表明,Re数在500～8000的层流区和转捩区内,增大转子螺旋角度对传热强化的贡献显著;Re数在1×104～1×105的旺盛湍流区内,增大转子外径对传热强化的贡献明显,从而为转子组合式强化传热装置的工业应用奠定了基础。     

无反向流脉动条件下波纹管内流体传热及阻力特性研究

利用数值模拟与实验相结合的方法,在无反向流脉动条件下,分析脉动参数雷诺数Re、斯特劳哈尔数St及振动分率P对波纹管中流体的传热和阻力特性的影响。入口速度为脉动速度,入口温度设为300 K,出口设为自由出口,壁面采用恒温壁面,温度为350 K。研究表明：波纹管内流体处于层流状态时,随着Re的增大,传热强化幅度不断增大;流体处于湍流状态时,传热强化幅度随Re的增大而降低;随着St的增加,传热强化幅度增大;振动分率P对传热强化幅度的影响不明显;平均摩擦系数随着Re的增大而减小,随着振动分率P的增加而小幅度增大,在一个脉动周期内摩擦系数呈正弦规律变化,且随着St的增大发生明显变化,但平均值几乎不变。     

圆管内置涡流发生器强化传热数值模拟

恒壁温条件下,采用RNG k-ε湍流模型的增强壁面处理(EWT),对圆管内置一种新涡流发生器雷诺数(Re)在25953～51906范围内的流体流动及传热特性进行数值模拟。通过计算努塞尔数(Nu)、摩擦阻力系数(f)与综合性能评价指标(PEC),分析涡流发生器的强化传热性能;得到横截面速度场、温度场及流线图分析强化传热形成原因。结果表明:同一Re,涡流发生器数量越多Nu越大、偏心安装Nu大于中心安装、顺置安装Nu大于倒置安装,同时考虑压力损失,发现偏心安装具有最优的强化传热性能;在涡流发生器附近,流体流速变大,同时涡流发生器产生2层旋流和涡流对壁面形成冲刷作用,破坏传热边界层,并使壁面不易结垢,达到强化传热和自清洁的双重效果。     

叉排板束换热器传热特性数值研究

为提高换热器的传热性能,设计了叉排板束换热器,利用Fluent软件中的RNG k-ε模型数值研究了叉排板束的传热特性。分析了叉排板束排数对于整体Nu的影响以及板束的局部传热特性,比较了不同横纵比对整体Nu的影响,并给出不同Re下叉排板束的Nu经验公式。实验结果表明：叉排板束整体传热性能随板排数的增多而增强,当达到一定排数后传热性能趋于稳定,不同Re下趋于稳定的排数不同,当Re=4.3×105时进入稳定阶段需13排,当Re=4.3×103时进入稳定阶段仅需7排;叉排板束局部传热性能在各板排中先增大后减小,在第2~4排局部Nu达到峰值,板的局部传热性能在两个直角处以及撞击点位置大大增强;板束在横纵比为5时传热性能最佳,横纵比大于或小于5时,传热性能均会减弱;给出Re在1~500,500~1 000,1 000~200 000范围内板束整体Nu拟合公式,当Re>30 000时,与叉排圆管束相比,叉排板束传热性能提高25%     

椭圆管内对流换热与流动阻力特性研究

通过CFD技术,分别对5种长短轴之比的椭圆管管内湍流和层流状态时的换热与流动进行数值研究,分析了流体流动状态和椭圆管长短轴之比对换热系数与流动阻力的影响,并根据数值计算结果拟合出湍流区椭圆管管内换热系数的准则关系式,最后绘制每种类型椭圆管的局部换热系数曲线。研究结果表明:数值计算结果与实验值吻合良好;采用当量直径的方法计算椭圆管内换热系数误差较大;随着雷诺数的增加,每种类型的椭圆管管内阻力系数逐渐减小;而在相同的雷诺数下,随着长短轴之比K的增大,管内阻力系数逐渐增加;每种类型的椭圆管具有类似的局部换热特性,即长半轴两端点处局部换热系数最低,而短半轴两端点处具有最大局部换热系数。     

Experimental and numerical studies of liquid flow and heat transfer in microtubes

Experimental and numerical studies were conducted to reveal the flow and heat transfer characteristics of liquid laminar flow in microtubes. Both the smooth fused silica and rough stainless steel microtubes were used with the hydraulic diameters of 50–100 μm and 373–1570 μm, respectively. For the stainless steel tubes, the corresponding surface relative roughness was 2.4%, 1.4%, 0.95%. The experiment was conducted with deionized water at the Reynolds number from 20 to 2400. The experimental data revealed that the friction factor was well predicted with conventional theory for the smooth fused silica tubes. For the rough stainless steel tubes, the friction factor was higher than the prediction of the conventional theory, and increased as the surface relative roughness increased. The results also confirmed that the conventional friction prediction was valid for water flow through microtube with a relative surface roughness less than about 1.5%. The experimental results of local Nusselt number distribution along the axial direction of the stainless steel tubes do not accord with the conventional results when Reynolds number is low and the relative thickness of the tube wall is high. The numerical study reveals that the large ratio of wall thickness over tube diameter in low Reynolds number region causes significant axial heat conduction in the tube wall, leading to a non-linear distribution of the fluid temperature along the axial direction. The axial heat conduction effect is gradually weakened with the increase of Reynolds number and the decrease of the relative tube wall thickness and thus the local Nusselt number approaches the conventional theory prediction.     

Numerical study on coupled fluid flow and heat transfer process in parabolic trough solar collector tube

A unified two-dimensional numerical model was developed for the coupled heat transfer process in parabolic solar collector tube, which includes nature convection, forced convection, heat conduction and fluid-solid conjugate problem. The effects of Rayleigh number (Ra), tube diameter ratio and thermal conductivity of the tube wall on the heat transfer and fluid flow performance were numerically analyzed. The distributions of flow field, temperature field, local Nu and local temperature gradient were examined. The results show that when Ra is larger than 10⁵, the effects of nature convection must be taken into account. With the increase of tube diameter ratio, the Nusselt number in inner tube (Nu₁) increases and the Nusselt number in annuli space (Nu₂) decreases. With the increase of tube wall thermal conductivity, Nu₁ decreases and Nu₂ increases. When thermal conductivity is larger than 200 W/(m K), it would have little effects on Nu and average temperatures. Due to the effect of the nature convection, along the circumferential direction (from top to down), the temperature in the cross-section decreases and the temperature gradient on inner tube surface increases at first. Then, the temperature and temperature gradients would present a converse variation at θ near π. The local Nu on inner tube outer surface increases along circumferential direction until it reaches a maximum value then it decreases again.     

新型横纹螺旋盘管强化传热的数值模拟

为了增强螺旋盘管的传热性能,对现有的普通螺旋盘管进行优化设计,提出一种管壁向内凸起形成环肋的异型管,称为横纹螺旋盘管。通过数值模拟方法对横纹螺旋盘管和普通盘管内部流动和传热过程进行模拟。应用场协同原理对其速度场和温度场的协同作用进行分析。实验数据与仿真结果的误差在5%以内,验证了数值模拟方法的正确性。在不同Re(雷诺数)条件下,计算两种盘管的Nu(努塞尔数),进而与Gnielinski(格尼林斯基)修正公式计算结果进行比较,误差在10%以内。结果表明:环肋结构通过工质旋转流动破坏边界层厚度,改善了管内速度场与温度场的协同程度,从而实现了强化传热。在较高的Re范围内,横纹螺旋盘管的Nu为普通盘管的1.29~1.43倍。因此,横纹螺旋盘管具有更好的传热性能,为异型螺旋盘管的研究及工程应用提供一定的理论依据。     

Convective heat transfer to water near the critical region in a horizontal square duct

Numerical analysis has been carried out to investigate forced convective heat transfer to water near the critical region in a horizontal square duct. Near the critical point convective heat transfer in the duct is strongly coupled with large variation of thermophysical properties such as density and specific heat. Buoyancy force parameter has also severe variation with fluid temperature and pressure in the duct. There is flow acceleration along the horizontal duct resulted from fluid density decrease due to the heat transfer from the wall. Local heat transfer coefficient has large variation along the inner surface of the duct section and it depends on pressure. Nusselt number on the center of the bottom surface also has a peak where bulk fluid temperature is higher than the pseudocritical temperature and the peak decreases with the increase of pressure. Flow characteristics of velocity, temperature, and local heat transfer coefficient with water properties are presented and analyzed. Nusselt number distributions are also compared with other correlations for various pressures in the duct.     

空冷凝汽器椭圆翅片椭圆管束外空气的流动与传热特性

研究空冷凝汽器椭圆翅片椭圆管管束外空气的流动与传热特性,对火电站空冷岛的设计与运行具有重要意义.通过CFD模拟,获得了椭圆翅片椭圆管管束外冷却空气的流场和温度场,计算得到了空冷凝汽器冷却空气对流换热平均Nu和摩擦系数f随Re的变化规律,并采用最小二乘法拟合得到了相应的关联式.结果表明:随冷却空气流动Re的增大,Nu增大,f减小.     

Experimental study of laminar flow forced-convection heat transfer in air flowing through offset plates heated by radiation heat flux

An experimental study of the steady state laminar flow forced-convection heat transfer of air flowing through offset plates located between two parallel plates and heated by radiation heat flux was carried out. The ranges of parameters tested were incident radiation heat fluxes of 500, 700, and 1000 W/m² . With Re ranging from 650 to 2560. the inlet air bulk temperatures changed from 18.2 to 70 °C and the tilting angel of the unit with the horizontal ranged from 0 to 90° respectively. The results show that the rate of the increase in the local Nusselt number was observed to be proportional with Re up to 1900, while it became less sensitive over Re range of 1900–2500. Also. in this range of Re, with the inlet air temperature of 20 °C, the angel of inclination of the unit has no effect on the local Nusselt number. Increasing the incident radiation heat flux in the case of higher values of Re leads to a slight decrease in the value of the local Nusselt number. The effect of the inlet air bulk temperature on the forced-convection heat transfer coefficient shows. in the case of the horizontal position. an increase in the inlet air bulk temperature leads to slight decreases in the value of the average Nusselt number. while it leads to a significant decreases in the value of the average Nusselt number as the tilting angle increases up to the vertical position. This effect is clearer in the case of Re = 650 rather than Re = 2550.     

Transient convective heat transfer to water near the critical region in a vertical tube

Numerical analysis has been carried out to investigate transient forced convective heat transfer to water near the critical region in developing flow through a vertical tube. With large variations of thermophysical properties such as density, specific heat, viscosity, and thermal conductivity near the thermodynamic critical point, heat transfer in the tube is strongly coupled with fluid flow. Buoyancy force parameter has also large variation with fluid temperature and pressure in the tube. Time dependent characteristics of fluid velocity, temperature, and heat transfer coefficient with water properties are presented and analyzed. Transient Nusselt and Stanton number distributions along the tube are also compared for various pressures in the tube. Because of heat transfer from the wall transition behavior from liquid-like phase to gas-like phase of heat transfer coefficient occurs when the fluid passes through pseudocritical temperature region in the tube. Turbulent viscosity ratio also has steep variation near the pseudocritical temperature close to the wall.     

Turbulent heat transfer in a horizontal helically coiled tube

An experiment has been conducted in detail to study the turbulent heat transfer in horizontal helically coiled tubes over a wide range of experimental parameters. We found that the enhancement of heat transfer in the coils results from the effects of turbulent and secondary flows. With Reynolds number increasing to a high level, the contribution of the secondary flow becomes less to enhance heat transfer, and the average heat transfer coefficient of the coil is closer to that in straight tubes under the same conditions. The local heat transfer coefficients are not evenly distributed along both the tube axis and the periphery on the cross section. The local heat transfer coefficients on the outside are three or four times those on the inside, which is half of the average heat transfer. A correlation is proposed to describe the distribution of the heat transfer coefficients at a cross section. The average cross-section heat transfer coefficients are distributed along the tube axis. The average value at the outlet section should not be taken as the average heat transfer coefficient. © 1999 Scripta Technica, Heat Trans Asian Res, 28(5): 395–403, 1999     

Performance Enhancement of Shell and Helical Coil Water Coolers Using Different Geometric and Fins Conditions

Experimental investigations of heat transfer characteristics and performance enhancement of shell and helical coil water coolers using external radial fins and different shells diameters were conducted. The study aims to enhance the water coolers performance in a trial to improve coil compactness. Two helical coils; one with a plain tube and the other with external radial fins, were tested in four shells of different tube diameters. Refrigerant passing inside the helical coils was used to cool water that enclose/passes in the space between the helical coil and the shell. Tests were conducted under mixed convection heat transfer regimes. Results showed performance and compactness enhancement with the insertion of external radial fins and increasing the shell diameter to helical coil diameter ratio. For nonfinned and finned coils, Nusselt number increased with increasing Reynolds number, Grashof number, and shell diameter. Correlations were predicted to give the Nusselt number in terms of Reynolds number, Grashof number, and shell diameters for finned and nonfinned helical coils. Correlations predictions were compared with present and previous experimental results and good agreements were obtained.