垂直放置的高温热管翅起动与运行过程的实验研究

对一垂直放置的高温热管翅起动与运行过程进行了实验研究,给出起动与运行过程中的温度分布曲线。结果表明当高温热管翅垂直放置时,蒸发段底部温度随时间上升很快,蒸发段上部与冷凝段的温度分布都滞后于蒸发段底部温度,蒸发段出口处与冷凝段中部的温度相一致,冷凝段末端温度在运行时出现温度脉动现象。若将高温热管翅水平放置一段时间后再垂直测试,则发现热管翅冷凝段末端的温度脉动现象消失,冷凝段出现良好的等温性。进一步分析还表明,热管翅高功率下起动与运行时的温度分布高于低功率下的温度分布,稳态运行时冷凝段末端温度脉动现象减弱。     

新型拐角式整体针翅回转热管设计与试验

提出了一种新型拐角式整体针翅回转热管,对该热管进行了详细的理论分析与设计,并对其传热性能进行了试验测试。结果表明:拐角式整体针翅回转热管的轴向温度从蒸发段到冷凝段逐渐降低,最大轴向温差随着转速的增大而减小;回转热管蒸发段的管壁温度沿圆周方向上的温差随转速的增大而变大,冷凝段的管壁温度沿圆周方向上的温差随转速增大而变小;回转热管的整体传热功率随转速的提高而增大;当充液率约为15%时回转热管的热阻最小,传热性能最好;吸液芯对热管传热性能的影响不占主导地位,在低转速工况下吸液芯提高热管传热能力,在高转速下则起阻碍作用;与平行轴回转热管相比,拐角式回转热管传热性能提高了5倍。     

重力式热管串联运行的性能研究

对一种用于太阳能—土壤源热泵地板采暖系统中的碳钢/水重力式热管进行了实验研究。该热管全长0.8m,内外径分别为12mm和15mm。蒸发段采用水加热,冷凝段采用风冷。在不同的串联方式、倾角(-2°~90°)、热水温度(40~60℃)、热水流量(0.1~0.3m3/h)及蒸发段长度(30~180mm)下进行了串联热管的性能实验。实验结果表明:串联热管的传热功率和壁面温度均随供水温度和水流量的提高而持续增长,随倾角和蒸发段长度的增加而先增长后下降;串联热管在倾角为30°~40°、热水温度为60℃、热水流量为0.3m3/h、蒸发段长度为120mm、D型串联的条件下运行最佳。根据实验现象和数据分析了不同条件下串联热管的传热机理,给出了串联热管的工作特性。     

井筒重力热管传热特性的研究

井筒重力热管是利用热管将油藏自身能量即井底热量传递到井筒上部,在无需外加动力条件下实现对井筒近井口流体加热,改善井口流体温度分布,防止近井口结蜡和絮凝,从而降低采油成本。本文利用N-S方程,根据液膜内微元体的质量守恒、动量守恒和热平衡原理,模拟分析重力热管冷凝段冷却温度、加热段加热功率、冷凝段、绝热段长度以及热管内径等参数对热管运行的影响。研究变参数下热管内液膜厚度变化以及冷凝和蒸发换热系数的变化,进而分析得出变参数时重力热管传热特性,为优化重力热管参数和提高热管的换热性能提供了理论依据,从而使重力热管在最佳传热状态下运行,提高其换热效率。     

不同充液率和加热功率下乙烷脉动热管传热性能研究

通过实验研究了在充液率为30％～ 70％,加热功率为10 ～60 W的工况下乙烷脉动热管的传热性能.结果 表明:随着加热功率的增加,冷凝段和蒸发段的温度波动依次经历了低幅低频、低幅高频、高幅高频和高幅低频的振荡模式;在中低加热功率下,蒸发段和冷凝段的温度振荡波形相位角相差180°,而当高加热功率时,蒸发段和冷凝段的温度...     

热管在太阳能工程技术中的应用

热管是一种新型的传热与温度控制元件,也是传热学工程领域中的一项新技术。六十年代中期,从事宇宙飞船发电方面工作的美国洛斯-阿拉莫斯实验室首先研制成功,并命名为“热管”。图1为热管示意图。它是由管壁、管芯——多孔结构物以及能传递热能的液体工质组成的一个密闭系统。热管可分成蒸发段、绝热段和冷凝段。当热管蒸发段受到加热时,热量以传导方式传入管芯,其中的液体工质吸热蒸发,蒸气带走汽化潜热并沿着热管的中心通道流向冷凝段,蒸气冷凝变成液体进入     

不同加热功率下充液率对无芯环路热管性能的影响

设计了以铝为管材、丙酮为传热工质的无芯环路热管。其蒸发段采用加热带加热,冷凝段用风冷降温。热管依靠蒸发压头使工质循环,并依靠重力作用,使冷凝液回流到蒸发段。搭建试验台并研究了不同加热功率下充液率对无芯环路热管的传热温差、传热量、热效率、热阻和当量导热系数的影响。结果表明:加热功率为150.00 W、充液率为30%时,无芯环路热管的均温性最好;传热温差和热阻均最小,分别为6.75℃、0.045 K/W。传热量132.00 W、热效率0.88、当量导热系数168 125 W/(m·K),均达到最大值。所以,该无芯环路热管在本实验研究范围内的最佳工作条件为加热功率150.00 W、充液率30%。     

大功率集成LED热管散热器的传热性能

针对大功率集成LED单位热流密度高的特点,提出一种新型的翅片式重力热管散热器,并对其传热性能进行了实验研究,讨论了加热功率和充液率对散热器传热性能的影响。实验结果表明:在加热功率为150W、散热热流密度为37.5W/cm2时,翅片式重力热管散热器的系统热阻在0.08～0.33K/W,此时加热表面温度低于80℃,冷凝段管壁温度相差不超过3℃。该散热器不仅具有良好的均温性,且在工况变化时能快速重新达到稳定,满足大功率LED的散热需求。     

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。     

低温脉动热管气液两相流数值模拟

为了研究液氦温区下脉动热管流型演化及运行特性,采用氦为工质,基于多相流VOF方法建立了闭式环路结构低温脉动热管的三维数值模型,并对该模型进行了数值求解。研究了初始充液后管内气液分布情况,获得了不同时刻管内流型变化及温度分布。模拟结果显示:低温下脉动热管与常温脉动热管相似,也存在着泡状流、柱状流、环状流等流型的演变。当低温脉动热管稳定运行时,管内温度会随着时间进行周期性的脉动。从脉管内截面温度脉动的波形上看,蒸发段温度波动与冷凝段温度波动相位相差180°左右,而绝热段温度波动相位更接近蒸发段。与常温热管相比,低温液氦脉动热管温度波动幅度远远小于常温工况下的波动幅度。     

Investigating the effect of various fin geometries on the thermal performance of a heat sink under natural convection

Experimentally investigates heat dissipation by different longitudinal fins fitted to a cylindrical heat sink under natural convection conditions. Five aluminum fin configurations at base temperatures (70°C, 85°C, 100°C, and 115°C) were studied. The first fin was plain (fin1), while second fin had a triangular edge (fin2). The rest fins have the same triangular edge but with six 1cm circular perforations near the edge (fin3). While the perforations in fin4 were in the middle longitudinal fin length. The last fin (fin5) had twelve 0.5 cm circular perforations distributed into two columns. The measurements were validated with theoretical correlation with an acceptable deviation. The results showed that fin2, fin3, fin4, and fin5 dissipate more heat by 2.4%, 8.7%, 11.4%, and 5% than the flat fin with 9.8%, 11.85%, 11.85%, and 10.82% weight reduction, respectively. The heat transfer coefficient enhanced by 7.98%, 16.81%, 12.35%, and 5.44% for fin5, fin4, fin3, and fin2, respectively. Large circular perforation was more effective to dissipate heat especially when located near the heat source as in fin4 which gives the best heat dissipation with more weight reduction. The proposed fins efficiency were greater than 92%.     

Effects of fin shapes on heat transfer in microchannel heat sinks

In the present study, compact water cooling of high‐density, high‐speed, very‐large‐scale integrated (VLSI) circuits with the help of microchannel heat exchangers were investigated analytically. This study also presents the result of mathematical analysis based on the modified Bessel function of laminar fluid flow and heat transfer through combined conduction and convection in a microchannel heat sink with triangular extensions. The main purpose of this paper is to find the dimensions of a heat sink that give the least thermal resistance between the fluid and the heat sink, and the results are compared with that of rectangular fins. It is seen that the triangular heat sink requires less substrate material as compared to rectangular fins, and the heat transfer rate per unit volume has been almost doubled by using triangular heat sinks. It is also found that the effectiveness of the triangular fin is higher than that of the rectangular fin. Therefore, the triangular heat sink has the ability to dissipate large amounts of heat with relatively less temperature rise for the same fin volume. Alternatively, triangular heat sinks may thus be more cost effective to use for cooling ultra‐high speed VLSI circuits than rectangular heat sinks.     

Battery module thermal management based on liquid cold plate with heat transfer enhanced fin

Battery, as the main energy storage element, directly affects the performance of electric vehicle. Battery thermal management research is required as the battery performance influenced by temperature obviously. This article selects liquid cold plate with different heat transfer enhanced fins as the research object. The angle and length of fins are chosen as the variables. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and experiments are used in this research. The fin angle of 15°, 30°, and 45° and fin length of 8, 10, 12 mm are selected to compose enhanced fins. The results indicate that heat transfer fins inside liquid cold plate can significantly decrease the highest temperature of battery module and temperature difference among cells. Otherwise, different fin angle and fin length can achieve different heat dissipation performance, which is not positive correlation. Then the design reference of heat transfer enhanced fin in liquid cold plate is offered.     

A simple design of fins for boiling heat transfer

This study presents the thermal characteristics of a fin with excavation at base when various types of boiling occur simultaneously at adjacent locations on its surface experimentally and analytically. The heat transfer coefficient of each boiling mode is taken as a power function of wall superheat. Continuity of temperature and the heat transfer rate at the intersection of the two different modes on fin surface are employed to obtain the one-dimensional temperature distribution and total heat transfer of the excavated fin. Both heating and cooling cases are investigated in the analysis. Compared with solid pin fins, the proposed fins can extend the operating condition to a higher temperature of the heat transfer surface. In addition, the experimental data compare favorably with the analytical results.     

Heat transfer from a vertical fin array by laminar natural convection and radiation—A quasi‐3D approach

A quasi‐3D numerical model is developed to study the problem of laminar natural convection and radiation heat transfer from a vertical fin array. An enclosure is formed by two adjacent vertical fins and vertical base in the fin array. Results obtained from this enclosure are used to predict heat transfer rate from a vertical fin array. All the governing equations related to fluid in the enclosure, together with the heat conduction equation in both fins are solved by using the Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) method for getting the temperatures along the height of the fin and the temperature of the fluid in the enclosure. Separate analysis is carried out to calculate the heat transfer rates from the end fins in the fin array. A numerical study has been carried out for the effect of fin height, fin spacing, fin array base temperature, and fin emissivity on total heat transfer rates and effectiveness of the fin array. The numerical results obtained for an eight‐fin array show good agreement with the available experimental data. Results show that the fin spacing is the most significant parameter and there exists an optimum value for the fin spacing for which the heat transfer rate from the fin array is maximum. Correlations are presented for predicting the total heat transfer rate, average Nusselt number, and effectiveness of the fin array. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/htj ). DOI 10.1002/htj.20360     

An experimental and theoretical investigation into the heat transfer of a finned water wall tube in a circulating fluidized bed boiler

Heat transfer improvement in a water wall tube with fins was investigated in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler. Experiments were first conducted in a 6 MWth CFB boiler then a model was developed to analyse and interpolate the results. Temperatures at some discrete points within the wall cross‐section of the tube were measured by burying 0.8 mm thermocouples within a tube. Experimental data showed an increase in heat absorption up to 45 per cent. A good agreement between measured and predicted values was noted. The distribution of temperature in the metal wall and of heat flux around the outer wall of a tube with longitudinal and lateral fins was analysed by numerical solution of a two‐dimensional heat conduction equation. Effects of bed‐to‐wall heat transfer coefficient, water‐to‐tube inside heat transfer coefficient, bed temperature, water temperature and thermal conductivity of the tube material on the heat flux around the water tube are discussed. The present work also examines the influence of the length of the longitudinal fin and the water tube thickness. Heat flux was highest at the tip of the longitudinal fin. It dropped, but increased again near the root of the lateral fin. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Performance analysis and optimization of elliptic fins circumscribing a circular tube

The performance of elliptic disc fins has been analyzed using a semi-analytical technique. It has been shown that the efficiency of such fins can also be predicted very closely using the sector method. However, the equivalent annulus method is not suitable for this fin geometry. A method for the optimum design of fins, using a constraint of either fin volume or rate of heat dissipation has also been suggested. Optimum elliptical fins dissipate heat at a higher rate compared to an annular fin when space restriction exists on both sides of the fin. Even when the restriction is on one side only, the performance of elliptical fin is comparable to that of eccentric annular fin for a wide parametric range.     

The optimum fin length distribution of tabular PCM heat exchanger

The study aims to find the optimal fin length distribution for improved heat transfer during melting and solidification in a tubular phase change material (PCM) heat exchanger (HE) designed for heat storage. Three types of horizontal PCM tabular HEs, all with five longitudinal fins, were studied numerically. While maintaining a constant heat-transfer area, each model depicts a unique fin length distribution design. The first model, which serves as the reference design, has a uniform fin length distribution and each fi\n is 30 mm long. The second model has shorter upper and side fins and longer lower fins. The third model has long lower fins but shorter than that of the second model, with short side fins and no change in upper fin length with reference design. The findings indicate that the second model exhibits the best heat-transfer performance for the melting process, while the first model is most effective for solidification. Interestingly, the third design emerges as the optimum choice for both melting and solidification processes, where for 1 h of melting operation, results obtained 87%, 92%, and 90% for three models, respectively, from the first uniform model to the third model. While for 2 h of solidification the result obtained 11%, 17%, and 13% liquid fraction for the three models, respectively.     

Optimum Profiles for Asymmetrical Longitudinal Fins in Annular Ducts

In the present work the geometry of annular ducts with asymmetrical longitudinal fins is optimized in order to enhance the heat transfer under laminar coolant flow conditions. The heat transferred is also maximized for a given amount of material or hydraulic resistance. Polynomial profiles are assigned to the two lateral fin surfaces. Velocity and temperature distributions on the annular duct cross section are determined with the help of a finite-element model. A global heat transfer coefficient and an equivalent Nusselt number are then calculated. Lastly, optimum asymmetrical fins obtained by means of a genetic algorithm are shown for different situations and their performance is compared with those of optimum symmetrical fins.