Eulerian simulation of subcooled boiling flow in straight and curved annuli

In this study, two types of water flow, turbulent single-phase flow and low-pressure subcooled boiling flow, in straight and curved horizontal annuli are investigated numerically. The control volume technique is used for discretizing governing equations, the SIMPLEC algorithm for pressure-velocity coupling, and the shear stress transport k-ω model for turbulent flow. A three-dimensional two-fluid model is used for the subcooled boiling flow, the results of which are compared with those of the single-phase flow. The available water boiling experiment results at low pressure are used to validate the numerical results and were found to have good agreement. The inner cylinder surface temperature of the curved annulus in almost all angles is less than that of the straight annulus in both single-phase and subcooled boiling flow. The maxmum and minimum temperatures in the curved annulus occur at defferent points compared to straight annulus ones due to effects of the centrifugal force.     

CO_2池沸腾换热关联式理论分析

总结了常见的池沸腾换热关联式。通过对池沸腾换热过程分析得出CO2在小热流密度和大热流密度范围下的一种分段的换热关联式。将新的拟合公式值和预测关联式值进行比较,得出CO2的拟合公式值与理论关联式及实验拟合关联式的预测值的偏差在±16%之内,具有一定的通用性。通过对CO2池沸腾换热过程的分析,得出池沸腾换热的影响因素及其变化规律,并总结了常用的强化池沸腾换热方法。     

氨/水混合物管内强制对流沸腾换热计算

对几组混合工质强制对流沸腾换热系数计算的实验关联式进行分析比较。利用收集到的实验数据，在Bennett和Chen关联式与Rivera关联式的基础上进行管内强制对流沸腾传热的计算。并与Rivera的实验结果进行比较，得到适合氨／水混合物沸腾换热的计算式，并分析影响换热系数的因素。     

微通道中液氮的流动沸腾——换热特性分析

对微通道中液氮流动沸腾换热特性进行试验研究和分析。给出典型的沸腾曲线,分析壁温、干度和换热系数沿微通道管程的变化规律,考察热流密度、质量流量和压力对流动沸腾换热的影响。将126个试验数据点与四个换热关联式比较,并对微通道中流动沸腾换热机理进行分析。结果表明,在多数情况下干度和热流密度对沸腾换热系数的影响较小,换热系数主要决定于质量流量和压力,随两者增加而增加,换热以对流蒸发为主导机理。KLIMENKO关联式预测效果最好,TRAN微通道关联式次之,对常规管道得到广泛使用的CHEN关联式和SHAH关联式都远远高估了试验值。基于两相流压降和换热特性分析,推知微通道中的两相流流型不同于常规管道：在低干度情况下,流型以弥散泡状流为主;而在高干度情况下,流型以由雾状汽芯和不规则液膜组成的环状流为主。     

Local characteristics of two-phase flow parameters in an annulus boiling channel

Local two-phase flow parameters were measured to investigate the internal flow structures of steam-water boiling flow in an annulus channel. Two kinds of measuring methods for the local two-phase flow parameters were investigated. A two-conductivity probe was used for local vapor parameters and a Pitot tube for local liquid parameters. Using these probes, the distributions of phasic velocities, interfacial area concentration (IAC) and void fraction are measured in a steam-water boiling flow. In this study, it is observed that the local void fraction is smoothly decayed out from the surface of a heating rod to the channel center in subcooled boiling without any wall void peaking, which were observed in air-water experiments. The distributions of the local IAC and bubble frequency coincide with those of the local void fraction for a given area-averaged void fraction.     

管内流动沸腾传热关系式对R410A的适应性研究

R410A作为一种替代制冷剂,已经大量用在工业生产中。R410A制冷系统的设计和研发需要进行R410A管内流动沸腾换热计算。目前有很多公式预测两相流流动沸腾换热系数,它们对R410A的适应性需要判断。本文从10篇论文中收集了1268组R410A流动沸腾传热实验数据,用这些数据对27个两相流流动沸腾换热关系式进行了评价,选出了较为精确的R410A管内流动沸腾换热关系式,为R410A管内流动沸腾换热计算的公式选择提供了依据,为提出精确度更高的R410A管内流动沸腾公式提供了参考。     

Experimental study on bubble size distribution of subcooled flow boiling in cylinder head of internal combustion engines

Subcooled flow boiling is becoming an efficient and widely used heat transfer approach in internal combustion engine cooling systems. Bubble evolution behaviors are crucial for understanding the mechanism of subcooled flow boiling. In this study, a diesel engine test platform equipped with endoscopic high-speed photography system was built to investigate the characteristics of boiling bubble. Under various inlet liquid subcoolings and flow rates, the mean bubble diameters and bubble size distributions were measured and analyzed based on the image processing techniques. Most of the bubbles approximated the spherical and ellipsoidal shapes. The bubble size was distributed between 1 and 2.5 mm, and the bubble diameters increased with the decrease of the inlet subcooling and flow rate. The flow rate had a more significant effect on the formation of large boiling bubbles.

     

Numerical simulation of vapor volume fraction in a vertical channel under low-pressure conditions

This numerical study involved investigating void behavior under low-pressure subcooled flow boiling by using an Eulerian approach (two-fluid model). In the simulation, a vertical pipe with a length of 0.15 m and diameter of 0.01229 m was considered. Different levels of uniform wall heat flux, mass flux, and inlet subcooling temperature were applied although a constant pressure of 1.65 bar was used for all the simulations. A sensitivity study of the empirical coefficients used to access the predictive capacity of the existing mass transfer models was conducted. Thus, the k-epsilon model was used for the turbulence of the fluid. The axial vapor volume fraction profile, liquid temperature is compared at the operating pressure. Furthermore, the most sensitive flow characteristics of the channel were identified. The results indicated that the predictions of numerical phase evolution relative to the experimental observations were in good qualitative agreement with those obtained in extant studies. Additionally, the changes in drag coefficients were helpful in precisely predicting the void fraction. A commercial CFD solver was used for the implementation of the model.     

偏置炉胆燃油蒸汽锅炉管板角焊缝裂纹原因分析及处理

对一偏置炉胆卧式燃油锅炉的管板角焊缝产生裂纹的原因进行了详细分析,发现主要是金属疲劳、温差应力和过冷沸腾三者共同作用的结果;制定出了管板角焊缝裂纹修复的方案,为锅炉的安全运行和修理改造提供了参考.     

R717管内流动沸腾传热关系式评价分析

综述了R717管内沸腾传热试验研究;从7篇论文中搜集了1157组R717沸腾传热试验数据;利用试验数据评价了现有的36个管内流动沸腾换热关系式;研究了干度和管径对换热系数的影响;与CO2、N2和水3种自然制冷剂的传热特性进行了比较。文章获得了一些具有使用价值的结论,为R717管内沸腾传热计算公式的选用提供了指导,为R717流动沸腾传热的进一步研究提供了参考。     

Gravitational capillary viscometer for low-temperature liquids

A pressurized gravitational capillary viscometer was developed for subcooled liquefied gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and methane. It acquires accurate absolute viscosity measurements with an uncertainty of 1% at a 95.5% confidence level, necessary for the demands of aerospace engineering. The viscometer includes a coiled capillary of electroformed nickel that hydraulically connects two reservoirs located at equal heights. Using helium gas to temporarily drive liquid from a third supply reservoir, a level difference is created between the first two reservoirs without the need to tilt or invert the viscometer. Helium gas is then used to pressurize the first two reservoirs equally. Each reservoir holds a capacitive liquid-level sensor that both measure the flow induced by gravity through the capillary more precisely than by visual observations through windows. Viscosity data for liquid oxygen were acquired in the pressure domain from 0.15 to 1.0 MPa and in the temperature domain from the normal boiling point to near the freezing point. Published viscosity data and correlations for subcooled liquid oxygen are not precise nor complete in this density regime. Accordingly, the viscosity data delivered by the viscometer of the present work are superior.     

Effect of surface roughness on pool boiling heat transfer in subcooled water-CuO nanofluid

We investigated the effect of surface roughness on pool boiling heat transfer in subcooled water-CuO nanofluid. Experiment was performed using 0.1% volumetric water-CuO nanofluid and pure water for comparison. The following results were obtained. The heat flux tended to increase as the liquid subcooling increased in the region of low wall superheat. However, the effect of liquid subcooling gradually decreased as the wall superheat increased. The heat flux of pure water and nanofluid was almost similar in the region of low wall superheat. As the wall superheat increased, however, the heat flux of nanofluid decreased compared to that of pure water. This was attributable to the fact that the nanoparticles mixed with pure water reduced the heat flux by deteriorating boiling on the heat transfer surface. The heat flux increased as the surface roughness increased in the pure water, but the effect of surface roughness on heat flux was unclear in the nanofluid. This was attributable to the decreased difference of surface roughness, which was caused by the coating or deposition of nanoparticles on the heat transfer surface during the experiment.     

Experimental study on single bubble growth under subcooled, saturated, and superheated nucleate pool boiling

Nucleate pool boiling experiments with constant wall temperature were performed using pure R113 for subcooled, saturated, and superheated pool conditions. A microscale heater array and Wheatstone bridge circuits were used to maintain the constant wall temperature and to measure the instantaneous heat flow rate accurately with high temporal and spatial resolutions. Images of bubble growth were taken at 5,000 frames per second using a high-speed CCD camera synchronized with the heat flow rate measurements. The bubble geometry was obtained from the captured bubble images. The effect of the pool conditions on the bubble growth behavior was analyzed using dimensionless parameters for the initial and thermal growth regions. The effect of the pool conditions on the heat flow rate behavior was also examined. This study will provide good experimental data with precise constant wall temperature boundary condition for such works.     

Measurement and correlation of boiling heat transfer coefficient of R-1234yf in horizontal small tubes

We report experimental data of boiling heat transfer of R-1234yf in horizontal small tubes. The experimental data obtained in the horizontal circular small tubes of 1.5 and 3.0 mm inner diameter, the lengths of 1000 and 2000 mm, the mass flux range from 200–650 kg/m²s, the heat flux range from 5–40 kW/m² and saturation temperature of 10 and 15°C, was used to develop a modified correlation for the heat transfer coefficient. The flow pattern of the experimental data was mapped and analyzed with existing flow pattern maps. The heat transfer coefficient was also compared with some well-known correlations.     

A study on the improvement of heat transfer performance in low temperature closed Thermosyphon

The study focuses on the heat transfer performance of two-phase closed thermosyphons with plain copper tube and tubes having 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 internal grooves. Three different working fluids (distilled water, methanol, ethanol) are used with various volumetric liquid fill charge ratio from 10 to 40%. Additional experimental parameters such as operating temperature and inclination angle of zero to 90 degrees are used for the comparison of heat transfer performance of the thermosyphon. Condensation and boiling heat transfer coefficients, heat flux are obtained using experimental data for each case of specific parameter. The experimental results are assessed and compared with existing correlations. The results show that working fluids, liquid fill charge ratio, number of grooves and inclination angle are very important factors for the operation of thermosyphons. The relatively high rate of heat transfer is achieved when the thermosyphon with internal grooves is used compared to that with plain tube. The optimum liquid fill charge ratio for the best heat transfer performance lies between 25% and 30%. The range of the optimum inclination angle for this study is 20°-30° from the horizontal position.     

Void-fraction measurement with high spatial resolution in a 5×5 rod bundle by linear-accelerator-driven X-ray computed tomography over a wide pressure range

Void fraction (i.e., the volume fraction occupied by gas) is a key parameter for determining the coolability and neutron-moderating performance of a water-cooled nuclear reactor. To develop computational multi-fluid dynamics models for determining the void-fraction distribution, experimental data of comparable quality are required. We have developed a high-energy X-ray computed tomography (CT) system to acquire three-dimensional void-fraction distributions. The CT system comprises a linear-accelerator-driven high-energy X-ray source and a linear detector array. We quantified a boiling two-phase flow in a 5 × 5 heated rod bundle at high pressure, simulating a fuel-rod bundle in a boiling water reactor (BWR). Because the axial travel of the CT system is 4 m and includes the entire BWR fuel-rod bundle, we optimized the CT imaging conditions and reconstruction method for rod-bundle visualization to reduce uncertainties due to density fluctuations in the boiling flow and imaging artifacts. We conducted a boiling experiment at a low flow rate and low thermal power and acquired three-dimensional distributions of the void fraction over a wide pressure range of 0.1–7.2 MPa. The experiment provided three-dimensional void-fraction distributions with high spatial resolution, especially in subchannel regions surrounded by rods, and the results are suitable for validating three-dimensional thermal-hydraulic analysis codes.     

A review of the critical heat flux condition in mini-and microchannels

With ever increasing power dissipation in electronic chips that are shrinking in size, cooling demands are becoming more severe. Forced air cooling is reaching its operational limits, and single-phase liquid cooling in microchannels has been able to accommodate the rising heat fluxes. Further increases in computing (chip) power suggest that a switch from single-phase to boiling heat transfer will be needed. A major impediment to using boiling or forced convective vaporization for such a cooling application is the limiting critical heat flux (CHF) condition. In this paper, the CHF condition in microchannels is reviewed. Data from the literature are discussed, and new data for a range of operating and geometric conditions are presented. Influencing factors, parametric trends, phenomenological models, and other aspects of the CHF condition are discussed.     

New controlled environment vitrification system for preparing wet samples for cryo-SEM

A new controlled environment vitrification system (CEVS) has been designed and constructed to facilitate examination by cryogenic scanning electron microscopy (Cryo‐SEM) of initial suspension state and of microstructure development in latex, latex–composite and other coatings while they still contain solvent. The new system has a main chamber with provisions for coating as well as drying, and for well‐controlled plunging into cryogen. An added subsidiary chamber holds samples for drying or annealing over minutes to days before they are returned to the main chamber and plunged from it. In the main chamber, samples are blade‐coated on 5 × 7 mm pieces of silicon wafer and held at selected temperature and humidity for successively longer times, either there or after transfer along a rail into the subsidiary chamber. They are then placed in the sample holder mounted on the plunge rod, so as to permit adjustment of the sample's attitude when it plunges, at controlled speed, into liquid ethane at its freezing point, to a chosen depth, in order to solidify the sample without significant shear or freezing artifacts. The entries of plunging samples and related sample holders into liquid ethane were recorded with a high‐speed, high‐resolution Photron digital camera. The data were interpreted with a new hypothesis about the width of the band of extremely rapid cooling by deeply subcooled nucleate boiling below the line of entry. Complementary cryo‐SEM images revealed that the freezing rate and surface shearing of a sample need to be balanced by adjusting the plunging attitude.     

非圆截面小通道内R113的流动沸腾换热特性

针对非圆截面小通道流动沸腾换热研究报道较少的现状,以R113为工质,对4种不同水力直径的正方形、三角形截面小通道内的流动沸腾换热特性进行试验研究,试验参数范围：入口干度,过冷～1.0;质量流速400～ 3 300 kg/(m2?s);热流密度20～150 kW/m2,并将试验结果与相近水力直径的圆通道内流动沸腾试验结果进行了对比分析。试验结果表明：非圆小通道内饱和流动沸腾局部壁面温度与质量流速密切相关,并受热负荷与流动沸腾换热状况的影响;质量流速和壁面热负荷是非圆小通道内流动沸腾换热特性的主要影响因素;与相近水力直径的圆通道内流动沸腾试验数据对比显示,非圆截面小通道具有明显的强化传热作用。     

A benchmark data set for two-phase Coriolis metering

For more than a decade there has been growing interest in the use of Coriolis mass flow metering applied to two-phase (gas/liquid) and multiphase (oil/water/gas) conditions. It is well-established that the mass flow and density measurements generated from multiphase flows are subject to large errors, and a variety of physical models and correction techniques have been proposed to explain and/or to compensate for these errors. One difficulty is the absence of a common basis for comparing correction techniques, because different flowtube designs and configurations, as well as liquid and gas properties, may result in quite different error curves. Furthermore, some researchers with interests in the modelling aspects of the field may not have suitable multiphase laboratory facilities to generate their own data sets. This paper offers a small data set that may be used by researchers as a benchmark i.e. a common data set for comparing correction techniques. The data set was collected at the UK National Flow Laboratory TUV-NEL, using air and a viscous oil, and provides experimental points over a wide flow range (8:1 turndown) and with Gas Volume Fraction (GVF) values up to 60%. As a first investigation using the benchmark data set, we consider how data sparsity (i.e. the flow rate and GVF spacing in the experimental grid) affects the accuracy of a correction model. A range of neural network models are evaluated, based on different subsets of the benchmark data set. The data set and some exemplary code are provided with the paper. Additional data sets are available on a web site created to support this initiative.