穿片式气体冷却器研究进展

气体冷却器是汽轮发电机通风冷却系统的重要设备。其性能直接影响汽轮发电机的通风冷却效果及设备的运行可靠性。介绍了几种不同翅片形式（平直片、波纹片、条缝片、百叶窗片、穿孔片）的穿片式气体冷却器的换热和阻力特性的研究进展。通过对前人研究成果的归纳和总结,指出了以往研究的一些不足。     

汽轮发电机气体冷却器性能试验研究

气体冷却器是汽轮发电机的重要设备之一。其传热与阻力性能将直接影响汽轮发电机的运行经济性和可靠性。为实现汽轮发电机气体冷却器的优化设计,对不同翅片间距的翅片管冷却器的传热和阻力性能进行了试验研究,得到了Re在3 000~190 000之间换热器翅片侧的传热和阻力特性,并分析了风速和翅片间距对气体冷却器传热和阻力性能的影响规律。研究成果对汽轮发电机气体冷却器的结构与性能优化具有重要的指导作用。     

强化传热螺旋翅片管管束的试验研究

以试验为基础,对螺旋翅片管管束的换热和阻力特性进行了研究,得出了换热特性和阻力特性的无量纲的准则关系式,并对横向节距、纵向节距对换热和阻力的影响作了分析,为管束的优化设计提供了基础。     

穿片式气体冷却器特点及其影响因素分析

为满足不同容量的汽轮发电机通风冷却系统的需要,必须采用不同形式的翅片式气体冷却器,以进一步改善冷却器的传热与阻力性能。介绍了目前常用的不同翅片形式的穿片式气体冷却器的结构特点,分析了影响穿片式气体冷却器传热和阻力特性的主要因素,以期为穿片式气体冷却嚣的结构与性能优化提供参考。     

螺旋翅片管束换热过程的熵产分析

对不同翅片间距Sf、管束横向节距St和管束纵向节距Sl的9组螺旋翅片管束的换热和流动过程进行了试验研究.分析了换热过程的熵产,研究了雷诺数(RP)、翅片间距、管束横向节距和管束纵向节距对管束换热熵产数NsH、流动熵产数NsF和总熵产数Ns的影响.结果表明:对不同布置方式的管束,随着Re的增加,NsH迅速减小,NsF逐渐增加,Ns先减小后增加;翅片间距对NsH影响较小,在高Re下,翅片间距增大时,NsF和Ns均明显降低;横向节距对NsH几乎没影响,但随着横向节距的增加,NsF和Ns均明显降低;管束纵向节距对NsH、NsF和Ns的影响都很小.     

H型鳍片管性能优化的数值研究

基于Fluent平台,利用Realizable k-ε湍流模型对H型鳍片管的传热特性、阻力特性和综合性能进行了数值研究.结果表明:当烟气流速越高、翅片高度越小、翅片节距越小、管束横向节距越大、管束纵向节距越大时,H型鳍片管的传热系数越大;当烟气流速越高、翅片高度越大、翅片节距越小、管束横向节距越小、管束纵向节距越大时,H型鳍片管的流动阻力越大;当相对翅片高度为h/d=2.105、翅片节距越小、管束横向相对节距为s1/d=2.237、管束纵向节距越小时,H型鳍片管的综合性能最好.     

空气横掠顺列螺旋槽管和光管管束的传热特性

以横向管距、纵向管距以及管子的几何参数为研究对象，对顺列光管和螺旋槽管管束进行了横向冲刷换热及阻力试验研究，得出了换热和阻力关联式，为顺列布置的卧式螺旋槽管空气预热器的应用，尤其是为循环流化床锅炉的空气预热器提供了设计依据。图11表2参8     

鳍片管束省煤器性能试验研究

本文对具有较大节距叉排鳍片管束省煤器横向冲刷的传热、阻力特性进行了试验研究,并对其性能进行了简要的分析和探讨,指出其与光管管束比较不但换热得到增强而流动阻力却大大下降。     

空气横掠管束换热实验研究

扩展传热面是提高单位体积内传热面积最常用的方法。以空气为介质,对三种给定的肋片管束(H型、纵肋肋片、螺旋肋片)进行了顺列和错列的换热和流动阻力实验。实验结果表明:错列布置的管束换热效果优于顺列布置的管束,但流动阻力相应增加;错列布置时,综合考虑换热和阻力因素,螺旋肋片管有较好的换热经济性。通过对实验数据进行拟合回归,得出了实验条件下各肋片管束顺列、错列布置的换热关联式。为肋片管束的工程应用、优化选取及进一步的实验研究提供了理论依据。     

三维变形管换热器在压缩机中间冷却器中的应用研究

中间冷却器是提高压缩机效率的一种重要设备,在对三维变形管换热器的结构和传热特点进行介绍的基础上,对其在压缩机中间冷却器中的应用进行了可行性分析。采用三维变形管换热器对中石化某年产100万吨延迟焦化装置用富气压缩机中间冷却器进行了技术改造,并进行了实际运行测试和考核分析。结果表明:三维变形管换热器有效解决了管束的振动问题,在换热面积减少37. 4%、气体阻力降低36. 9%的情况下,气体出口温度达到生产工艺要求,起到了良好的节能节材效果。     

Study on carbon dioxide gas cooler heat transfer process under supercritical pressures

In carbon dioxide transcritical air‐conditioning and heat pump systems, the high‐pressure‐side heat exchanger operating at supercritical pressures is usually called as gas cooler. The carbon dioxide gas cooler displays much difference from the traditional heat exchangers employing constant property fluids. The commonly used logarithmic mean temperature difference (LMTD) and effectiveness—heat transfer unit (ε‐NTU) fail for the gas cooler design calculation as the carbon dioxide properties change sharply near the critical or pseudo‐critical point in the heat transfer processes. The new effective heat transfer temperature difference expression for variable fluid property derived by the authors is verified by numeric simulation of the carbon dioxide gas cooler. Moreover, the available correlated models for the cooled carbon dioxide supercritical heat transfer are used to simulate the gas cooler. Detail analysis is made for the deviations among the different models, and for the distributions of local convective coefficient, heat flux, and local temperature of carbon dioxide along the flow path in the gas cooler. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An Investigation on Cooling Performance of Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers Used in Coal Seam Gas Production

ABSTRACT

This paper reports an investigation into a practical cooling issue on a type of fan-forced finned-tube heat exchangers used in Queensland's coal seam gas (CSG) industry. CSG compression facilities in some production sites suffered underproduction in recent summers because of frequent automatic engine shutdowns. The problem is not expected by the manufacturer's design. However, it is suspected of being related to the control systems on the compression facilities triggering the overheating-protection shutdowns due to possible deficiencies in one or some water/gas cooling loops in the facilities’ air-cooled heat exchangers. Therefore, to understand which heat exchangers and what exact reasons cause the unexpected cooling issue, an investigation has been carried out on the cooler units of the gas compression facilities. A field instrumentation measurement on one operating cooler unit has been done, followed by an analysis using a one-dimensional analytical model and a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model. The experimental results are used to validate both the models. Then the cooling performance of the cooler unit under the summer peak condition is predicted by the verified models. The prediction suggests that the water inlet temperature in one particular cooler section is higher than its upper limit defined by the manufacturer, due to poor cooling at high ambient temperatures. The lower cooling performance is caused by large reductions in the cooler air speed and total heat transfer coefficient, which are related to less efficiency of the cooler fans, more airflow resistance, and fouling on both sides of the finned tubes.     

开缝布置方式对开缝翅片管换热器 传热与阻力特性的影响

为了获得开缝布置方式对开缝翅片管换热器传热与阻力特性的影响规律,对5种不同翅片管换热器进行了数值模拟研究,并进行了模化试验验证。结果表明：增加开缝会提高翅片管换热器的传热性能,但阻力也随之增加;与开缝位置相比,开缝数量对开缝翅片管换热器传热与阻力特性的影响更大;在Re=4800~7500日时,开缝翅片管换热器综合流动传热性能 随着Re数的增大而增大;在5种翅片中,开缝翅片的综合流动传热性能高于普通平直翅片;数值模拟与试验结果偏差较小,采用数值模拟方法能够比较准确地分析开缝翅片管换热器的传热与阻力特性。     

Fin Pattern Effects on Air-Side Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchangers with Large Number of Large-Diameter Tube Rows

Air-side heat transfer and friction characteristics of nine kinds of fin-and-tube heat exchangers, with a large number of tube rows (6, 9, and 12, respectively) and large diameter of tubes (18 mm), are experimentally investigated. The test samples consist of three types of fin configurations: plain fin, slit fin, and fin with delta-wing longitudinal vortex generators. The working fluid in the tube is steam. Results show that when the number of tube is larger than 6, the heat transfer and friction performance for three kinds of fins is independent of the number of tube rows, and slit fin provides higher heat transfer and pressure drop than the other two fins. The heat transfer and friction factor correlations for all the heat exchangers were acquired with Reynolds numbers ranging from 4000 to 10000. The air-side performance of heat exchangers with plain fin, slit fin, and longitudinal vortex-generator fin were evaluated under three sets of criteria, and the results showed that the heat exchanger with slit fin has better performance than that with vortex-generator fin, especially at high Reynolds numbers.     

Dimensional analysis on the evaporation and condensation of refrigerant R-134a in minichannel plate heat exchangers

Two-phase flow analysis for the evaporation and condensation of refrigerants within the minichannel plate heat exchangers is an area of ongoing research, as reported in the literatures reviewed in this article. The previous studies mostly correlated the two-phase heat transfer and pressure drop in these minichannel heat exchangers using theories and empirical correlations that had previously been established for two-phase flows in conventional macrochannels. However, the two-phase flow characteristics within micro/minichannels may be more sophisticated than conventional macrochannels, and the empirical correlations for one scale may not work for the other one. The objective of this study is to investigate the parameters that affect the two-phase heat transfer within the minichannel plate heat exchangers, and to utilize the dimensional analysis technique to develop appropriate correlations. For this purpose, thermo-hydrodynamic performance of three minichannel brazed-type plate heat exchangers was analyzed experimentally in this study. These heat exchangers were used as the evaporator and condenser of an automotive refrigeration system where the refrigerant R-134a flowed on one side and a 50% glycol–water mixture on the other side in a counter-flow configuration. The heat transfer coefficient for the single-phase flow of the glycol–water mixture was first obtained using a modified Wilson plot technique. The results from the single-phase flow analysis were then used in the two-phase flow analysis, and correlations for the refrigerant evaporation and condensation heat transfer were developed. Correlations for the single-phase and two-phase Fanning friction factors were also obtained based on a homogenous model. The results of this study showed that the two-phase theories and correlations that were established for conventional macrochannel heat exchangers may not hold for the minichannel heat exchangers used in this study.     

Experimental Study on the Air-Side Performance of a Multipass Parallel and Counter Cross-Flow L-Footed Spiral Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchanger

This study conducted experiments on the air-side performance of novel L-footed spiral fin-and-tube heat exchangers that were faced with airflow at high Reynolds numbers (3500–13,000). The examined heat exchangers have a multipass parallel-and-counter cross-flow type of water flow arrangement. This flow arrangement is a combination of the parallel cross-flow and the counter cross-flow. This type of water flow arrangement may be the best fit for the reverse-flow system, because it can provide constant heat-exchange effectiveness for every flow reversal direction at the same airflow rate. Ambient air was used as a working fluid on the air side and hot water for the tube side. This way the effect of the number of tube rows on the heat transfer and friction characteristics of L-footed spiral fin-and-tube heat exchangers was clearly observed. The effect of the fin's outside diameter on the pressure drop was also studied. The results show that the number of tube rows has no significant effect on the air-side heat transfer or on friction characteristics at high Reynolds numbers. However, the fin's outside diameter shows a significant effect on the pressure drop. The pressure drop increases as the fin's outside diameter increases for the same number of tube rows.     

The effect of the overall heat transfer coefficient variation on the optimal distribution of the heat transfer surface conductance or area in a Stirling engine

This study aims to assess for a Stirling engine the influence of the overall heat transfer coefficient variation on the optimum state and on the optimum distribution of the heat transfer surface conductance or area among the machine heat exchangers. The analysis is based on a Stirling machine optimization method, previously elaborated, which is now applied to a cycle with total heat regeneration. The method was conceived for an irreversible cycle with heat transfer across temperature differences at the source and the sink, and heat losses between the hot-end and the cold-end of the engine. Source and sink of finite thermal capacity as well as thermostats are considered. The new approach considers a linear variation of the overall heat transfer coefficient of the machine heat exchangers with respect to the local temperature difference. A comparison of the optimum state and the optimum distribution of the heat transfer surface conductance or area among the heater and the cooler is made for several cases.     

小型CO_2热泵系统用气体冷却器仿真研究

CO_2气体冷却器的结构和换热效果对CO_2跨临界循环影响较大.为设计出高效的气体冷却器,有必要对其性能进行模拟和优化.采用有限单元法建立了小型CO_2热泵热水器中气体冷却器稳态分布参数模型,分别对其CO_2侧和水侧的流动与换热进行了数值仿真,运用该模型分别针对CO_2侧进口压力对气体冷却器设计管长和CO_2换热性能的影响进行了分析.结果表明,CO_2侧进口压力在8~12 MPa时,从8 MPa开始每递增1 MPa,换热系数峰值比压力增加1 MPa前的依次递减约57.14%、33.33%、25.00%、9.83%,设计管长比压力增加1 MPa前的依次递减约55.60%、18.75%、11.33%、9.09%.综合考虑管道耗材与CO_2换热能力,针对小型CO_2热泵系统,气体冷却器CO_2侧进口压力取8.5~10 MPa较合理.研究可为气体冷却器设计提供理论指导.