Effects of upper inflow area on pool boiling in vertical annulus with closed bottoms

The upper inflow area was changed to identify its effects on the pool boiling heat transfer of saturated water at atmospheric pressure in a vertical annulus with closed bottoms. The inside surface of a 25.4 mm diameter tube was heated. The ratio between the gaps measured at the upper and lower regions of the annulus ranged from 0.18 to 1. Two different lengths of modified gap were investigated. The effects of the inflow area on heat transfer became evident as the heat flux increased and the gap ratio decreased. If the gap ratio was smaller than 0.51 and the height of the interrupter was 10 mm, a significant change in heat transfer was observed. This was attributed primarily to the formation of a lumped bubble around the upper regions of the annulus and the generation of active liquid agitation in the annular gap space.     

A suggestion to enhance pool boiling heat transfer on a vertical tube surface

To find a way of improving pool boiling heat transfer on a vertical tube surface, a revised annulus has been investigated experimentally. The annulus with closed bottoms has a shorter outer tube than the inside heated tube. For the study, three tube diameters (16.5, 19.1, and 25.4mm) and water at atmospheric pressure were used. The annular gap covers from 3.2 to 19.3mm in size and is generated by several glass tubes, which are fabricated around the heated tube. To clarify effects of the revised annulus on heat transfer, experimental results of the annulus were compared to the data of unrestricted tubes. The heat transfer coefficients for the revised annulus increased remarkably in comparison to the unrestricted tube. This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Associate Editor Jae Young Lee Myeong-Gie Kang received his B.S. degree in Precision Mechanical Engineering from Pusan National University, Korea, in 1986. He then received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from KAIST in 1988 and 1996, respectively. Dr. Kang is currently a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Education at Andong National University in Andong, Korea. He has served as an engineer and researcher in KEPCO for 7 years. His research interests include pool boiling heat transfer, flow induced vibration, and nuclear thermo-hydraulics.     

Forced convective boiling in vertical tube for binary refrigerant mixtures of R11 and R113

An experimental study was carried out on convective boiling heat transfer for mixtures of R11 and R113 flowing in a uniformly heated vertical tube by measuring the wall and bulk temperatures, and the results were compared with an existing correlation. A reduction of the average heat transfer coefficient for mixtures was verified for flow boiling. It was observed that two kinds of boiling behavior existed depending on mass flux. It was also found that the Chen's correlation was particularly successful for the case of high mass rate flow in which convective boiling prevailed. However in the case of low mass rate flow where nucleate boiling was dominant, the Chen's correlation was found to be inappropriate. Mass transfer resistance in the liquid film played a vital role for determining the heat transfer coefficient of refrigerant mixtures. It has been also found that the equilibrium assumption was hardly applicable to the convective boiling phenomena.     

Effect on boiling heat transfer of horizontal smooth minichannel for R-410A and R-407C

An experimental study of boiling heat transfer with refrigerants R-410A and R-407C is presented. The present paper is focused on pressure drop and boiling heat transfer coefficient of the refrigerants inside a horizontal smooth minichannel. To evaluate the diameter size effect on pressure and heat transfer characteristics, minichannels with inner diameters of 1.5 mm and 3.0 mm and with lengths of 1500 mm and 3000 mm respectively are used. The pressure drop increases with mass flux and heat flux for both inner tube diameters and for both the refrigerants. The pressure drop of R-407C is higher than that of R-410A, but the heat transfer coefficient of R-410A is higher than of R-407C at the low quality region. The heat transfer coefficient in the tube with an inner diameter of 1.5 mm is higher than that of 3.0 mm diameter tube at the low quality region. The comparison of present heat transfer coefficient with the predictions of some previous correlations shows a large deviation. Therefore, there is a necessity to develop a new correlation.     

低压条件下紧凑叉排管束沸腾换热特性试验

针对传统的满液型蒸发换热器,将蒸发器中的水平加热管束按叉排方式紧凑排列形成窄缝空间,在大气压和低压运行条件下,利用窄缝空间沸腾强化换热机理,可以将在低壁温/低热负荷条件下的自然对流换热转化为核态沸腾换热,能有效提高满液式蒸发器的换热性能。和传统的满液型蒸发换热器相比,这种紧凑式蒸发器平均换热系数能提高一倍以上。紧凑蒸发器的管距、管位置,工作压力都对蒸发器的换热性能有显著影响,管距的影响是最大的。不同的压力条件下存在一个对应的最佳管距。在此管距下,蒸发换热器的强化换热性能达到最大。最佳管距对应的管束水力当量直径近似等于池内沸腾时的气泡脱离直径。随着压力减小,最佳管距逐渐增大。同时,紧凑式管束布置引起的窄缝空间内沸腾强化换热强化效果也逐步降低。     

竖直矩形窄通道内水流动沸腾换热特性的研究

建立单面加热垂直矩形窄通道流动沸腾换热试验装置,针对截面250mm×3.5mm的窄缝通道,对水流动沸腾换热特性进行试验研究。通过试验分析可知:(1)随着干度的增加,局部换热系数先增加后减小,有一个最大值,此时处于饱和核沸腾区域,其蒸汽干度也接近于0,同时也接近于沸腾起始点。相应地流体从单相流-泡状-块状流-搅拌-环状流转变。(2)在流动沸腾换热中,热流密度对核态沸腾换热有明显影响,而对流动沸腾液膜蒸发的影响甚小,所以可以认为由热流密度的变化而引起的换热变化,主要表现在核态沸腾。(3)入口温度的变化对单相流动的换热系数有影响,而沸腾换热系数与流型及汽泡的产生及扰动有极大关系,入口温度对流动沸腾局部换热系数基本没有影响。     

Two-phase flow heat transfer of propane vaporization in horizontal minichannels

Experiments were performed on the convective boiling heat transfer in horizontal minichannels using propane. The test section was made of stainless steel tubes with inner diameters of 1.5 mm and 3.0 mm and lengths of 1000 mm and 2000 mm, respectively, and it was uniformly heated by applying an electric current directly to the tubes. Local heat transfer coefficients were obtained for a heat flux range of 5–20 kW m⁻², a mass flux range of 50–400 kg m⁻² s⁻¹, saturation temperatures of 10, 5, and 0°C and quality ranges of up to 1.0. The nucleate boiling heat transfer contribution was predominant, particularly at the low quality region. Decreases in the heat transfer coefficient occurred at a lower vapor quality with a rise of heat flux and mass flux, and with a lower saturation temperature and inner tube diameter. Laminar flow appeared in the minichannel flows. A new boiling heat transfer coefficient correlation that is based on the superposition model for propane was developed with 8.27% mean deviation. This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Associate Editor Jae Young Lee Jong-Taek Oh received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Refrigeration Engineering from Pukyong National University, Korea. Dr. Oh is currently a Professor at Department of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering, Chonnam National University at Yeosu, Korea. Dr. Oh’s research interests are in the area of boiling and condensation heat transfer and pressure drop of refrigerants with small tubes, heat pump and transportation refrigeration.     

流动沸腾条件下微通道壁面温度的红外特征

设计并搭建了沸腾换热试验台,采用TH5104红外热像仪测量微通道壁面温度来研究混合制冷工质在微通道内的沸腾换热特性.测量试件是一外径为1.22 mm,内径为0.86 mm,长为200 mm的不锈钢单圆管.实验利用红外热像仪测量并记录下质量流量为1 726～8 635 kg/m2·s,热流密度为65～231 kW/m2时壁面温度的变化情况.实验分析和讨论结果显示:微通道壁面的温度分布沿着轴向变化有明显的规律性;水平微尺度通道内流动沸腾过程中,试件前后段有较大的温差效应,温差的正负与热流密度的大小有关;壁面温度的变化与热流密度、管内工质的流型和换热形式关系密切,流型越复杂,壁面温度变化越剧烈.     

润滑油对R32在水平光管内流动沸腾换热特性及压降的影响

对R32在φ5mm和φ7mm的水平光管内的流动沸腾时,润滑油对换热与压降特性的影响进行了试验研究,试验的质量流量范围为100~500 kg/(m~2·s),润滑油的含量在0~5%之间。结果表明,沸腾换热系数随着质量流量的增大而增大。在低干度区,换热系数随干度的增大而增大,当干度达到0.7~0.8时,换热系数达到最大。随着润滑油含量的增大,局部换热系数在减小。压降随着管径的减小和质量流量的增大而增大。润滑油含量的增大,导致压降的增大。在5mm管内,润滑油含量对换热系数和压降影响比较明显。     

An experimental investigation of heat transfer in forced convective boiling of R134a,R123 and R134a/R123 in a horizontal tube

This paper reports an experimental study on flow boiling of pure refrigerants R134a and R123 and their mixtures in a uniformly heated horizontal tube. The flow pattern was observed through tubular sight glasses with an internal diameter of 10 mm located at the inlet and outlet of the test section. Tests were run at a pressure of 0.6 MPa in the heat flux ranges of 5–50 kW/m², vapor quality 0–100 percent and mass velocity of 150–600 kg/m²s. Both in the nucleate boiling-dominant region at low quality and in the two-phase convective evaporation region at higher quality where nucleation is supposed to be fully suppressed, the heat transfer coefficient for the mixture was lower than that for an equivalent pure component with the same physical properties as the mixture. The reduction of the heat transfer coefficient in mixture is explained by such mechanisms as mass transfer resistance and non-linear variation in physical properties etc. In this study, the contribution of convective evaporation, which is obtained for pure refrigerants under the suppression of nucleate boiling, is multiplied by the composition factor by Singal et al. (1984). On the basis of Chen’s superposition model, a new correlation is presented for heat transfer coefficients of mixture.     

Swirl flow post-CHF heat transfer with refrigerant 113

Heat transfer rate was experimentally determined in the post-CHF region of a steady-state two-phase flow of a refrigerant in a vertical tube with swirl induced by twisted-tape inserts. Experiments were performed with the vertical flow of refrigerant-113 in a tube with inside diameter of 7.75 mm, a heated length of 3.66 m and mass flux of 375–535 kg/m²s for swirl flow at a pressure of 0.184 MPa. Four tapes were used with twist-ratio of 2.5 to 9.2 for swirl flow. Liquid heating produced the low wall-superheat in the post-CHF region at steady-state, which is typical of heat exchanger operation. Superheated vapor measured at the test section exit in most tests ensured that entire post-CHF region was included. All refrigerant-113 data were compared with the data of water and refrigerant-12. The existing post-CHF heat transfer correlation of swirl flow was modified to predict the magnitude and trends of the data of the three fluids such as water, R-12 and R-113.     

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。     

Investigation of boiling heat transfer characteristics of two-phase closed thermosyphons with various internal grooves

The boiling heat transfer characteristics of two-phase closed thermosyphons with internal grooves are studied experimentally and a simple mathematical model is developed to predict the performance of such thermosyphons. The study focuses on the boiling heat transfer characteristics of a two-phase closed thermosyphons with copper tubes having 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 internal grooves. A two-phase closed thermosyphon with plain copper tube having the same inner and outer diameter as those of grooved tube is also tested for comparison. Methanol is used as working fluid. The effects of the number of grooves, the operating temperature, the heat flux are investigated experimentally. From these experimental results, a simple mathematical model is developed. In the present model, boiling of liquid pool in the evaporator is considered for the heat transfer mechanism of the thermosyphon. And also the effects of the number of grooves, the operating temperature, the heat flux are brought into consideration. A good agreement between the boiling heat transfer coefficient of the thermosyphon estimated from experimental results and the predictions from the present mathematical model is obtained. The experimental results show that the number of grooves and the amount of the working fluid are very important factors for the operation of thermosyphons. The two-phase closed thermosyphon with copper tubes having 60 internal grooves shows the best boiling heat transfer performance.     

声空化强化沸腾换热的试验观察与分析

以乙醇为工作液体,对声空化作用下直径为20 mm的水平铜管的沸腾传热进行试验研究.试验中对空化强度及超声换能棒和试件间的距离进行测定.试验研究发现,声空化对过冷沸腾有显著强化作用;在核态沸腾区,声空化对沸腾起始区域的强化率最大,但是随热流密度的增加,强化率逐渐减小;当热流密度相等时,强化率随空化强度的增加而增大.声空化引起的液体的宏观湍动及由于声冲流的存在导致的边界层厚度的减薄,直接或间接地影响加热表面上气泡胚胎的生成、长大和脱离.     

An experimental study of critical heat flux in non-uniformly heated vertical annulus under low flow conditions

An experimental study on critical heat flux (CHF) has been performed in an internally heated vertical annulus with non-uniform heating. The CHF data for the chopped cosine heat flux have been compared with those for uniform heat flux obtained from the previous study of the authors, in order to investigate the effect of axial heat flux distribution on CHF. The local CHF with the parameters such as mass flux and critical quality shows an irregular behavior. However, thetotal critical power with mass flux and theaverage CHF with critical quality are represented by a unique curve without the irregularity. The effect of the heat flux distribution on CHF is large at low pressure conditions but becomes rapidly smaller as the pressure increases. The relationship between the critical quality and the boiling length is represented by a single curve, independent of the axial heat flux distribution. For non-uniform axial heat flux distribution, the prediction results from Doerffer et al.’s and Bowring’s CHF correlations have considerably large errors, compared to the prediction for uniform heat flux distribution. KeyWords : Critical Heat Flux, Heated Vertical Annulus, Low Mass Flux, Wide Range Pressure, Non-uniform Heating, Effect of Axial Heat Flux Distribution, Boiling Length     

内螺旋管两相流沸腾传热和摩擦阻力特性的试验研究

本文阐述国产300MW直流锅炉采用的ψ22×5.5mm四头碳钢内螺纹管高压汽水两相流沸腾传热特性和摩擦阻力特性的试验研究结果。沸腾传热试验参数范围为：压力P＝9.8～22.6MPa,质量流速G＝650～1750kg/m 2·s,内壁热负荷q＝200～610kW/m 2。摩擦阻力试验参数范围为：压力P＝9.8～20.6MPa,质量流速G＝1530～3560kg/m 2·s,蒸汽干度x＝0～1.0。通过试验,得出了内螺纹管的壁温变化规律、发生传热恶化的条件、抑制沸腾传热恶化的效果及两相流摩擦阻力的计算式。还提出了一个反映内螺纹管的结构参数对其传热特怀影响的无因次数,并对几种头数相同的内螺纹管的传热特性进行了比较和评价。     

Heat transfer in countercurrent gas-solid flow inside the vertical pipes

Heat transfer characteristics of the countercurrent gas-solid flow inside verical pipes has been investigated with the shell and tube type heat exchanger. Sand particles having the average particle diameter of 1.0 and 1.7mm were used. The effect of gas velocity and sand paticle flow rate on the heat transfer rate and the pressure drop were examined. At room temperatures, the predicted pressure drop agrees well with the experimental results when the larger sand particles are used. The results shows that there exists an optimum sand particle flow rate at which the heat transfer rate become maximum. The increase in the heat transfer coefficient due to sand particles was obtained up to 62%.     

微通道中液氮的流动沸腾——两相流动压降分析

对液氮在直径为0.531 mm,加热长度为250mm的圆管中的流动沸腾压降和传热特性进行研究.作为第一部分,主要对微通道中液氮的两相流动压降进行试验研究与分析.结果表明:在核态沸腾起始时,质量流量迅速降低,而压降突然增大,并伴随着明显的温度滞后,幅度约为4.0～5.0 K.由于压降很大,在微通道内液氮的两相流动中会出现闪蒸,从而对质量干度产生重要影响.最后,利用均相模型和三个两相流动模型(L-M模型,Chisholm B系数模型和Friedel模型)对微通道沿程压降进行分析和比较.不同于常规通道的是,均相模型可以很好地预测压降试验结果,而三个两相流动模型的预测偏差较大,这是由于在微小通道中的高速流动情况下,汽相和液相混合比较均匀;同时液氮的液汽密度比很小,这也有利于均相模型的预测.     

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.     

Enhancement of pool boiling heat transfer coefficients using carbon nanotubes

In this study, the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on nucleate boiling heat transfer is investigated. Three refrigerants of R22, R123, R134a, and water were used as working fluids and 1.0 vol.% of CNTs was added to the working fluids to examine the effect of CNTs. Experimental apparatus was composed of a stainless steel vessel and a plain horizontal tube heated by a cartridge heater. All data were obtained at the pool temperature of 7°C for all refrigerants and 100°C for water in the heat flux range of 10–80 kW/m². Test results showed that CNTs increase nucleate boiling heat transfer coefficients for all fluids. Especially, large enhancement was observed at low heat fluxes of less than 30 kW/m². With increasing heat flux, however, the enhancement was suppressed due to vigorous bubble generation. Fouling on the heat transfer surface was not observed during the course of this study. Optimum quantity and type of CNTs and their dispersion should be examined for their commercial application to enhance nucleate boiling heat transfer in many applications.