Experimental investigation and simulation of flow boiling of nanofluids in different flow directions

In this work, the flow boiling of TiO₂/water and Al₂O₃/water nanofluids was investigated experimentally and simulated with two phases. Experimental results were obtained in two directions and compared together. The volume fraction and heat transfer coefficient obtained from the vertical tube were compared with those obtained from the horizontal tube. The results showed that the contours of vapor volume fraction in horizontal tube are completely different from the vertical tube, which is due to the buoyancy effect. Moreover, the effect of nanoparticles on both flow directions was almost the same, while heat transfer coefficient was not the same in these flow directions. Based on the experimental result, presence of nanoparticles in the base fluid cannot increase the heat transfer coefficient.     

Numerical investigation of EHD effects on heat transfer enhancement and flow pattern of R-134a two phase flow

In this paper the effects of electrohydrodynamics (EHD) on heat transfer enhancement and flow pattern of R134a two-phase mixture, flowing in a horizontal tube, were numerically investigated. A uniform DC electric field was applied through a circular stainless steel rod along the centerline of tube, while the tube was considered as a grounded electrode. The simulations, in order to investigate the EHD mechanism, were performed for a constant heat flux 2000 W/m², voltages between 0 and 5 kV, inlet volume fractions 65% and 85%, mass fluxes from 30 kg/m²s to 50 kg/m²s and electrode diameters between 1.57 mm and 2.4 mm. These flow conditions correspond to stratified flow. The flow regime redistributions under the applied electric field was obtained. The results show that the steady state condition was occurred at the time about 900 ms. According to the results, enhancement ratio is directly proportional to voltage, and it is reversely proportional to electrode diameter, mass flux and inlet volume fraction.     

INFLUENCE OF FLUID FLOW ON NUCLEATE BOILING FROM A TUBE

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The mechanisms of nucleate boiling on the outside of a horizontal tube differ fundamentally from those on a flat plate. In this experimental work the variation of heat transfer coefficient around the periphery of a tube is measured with the aim of clarifying these mechanisms. A specially designed tube is used in which local variations are not masked by conduction through the metal surface. The tube diameter is 27 mm, and the working fluid is R113 under saturated conditions at 1 atm.

When there is no imposed velocity the peripheral variations are typically 10–20% with the maximum heat transfer coefficient at the base of the tube. At very low velocity of upward flow ( ? 0.1 m/s) there is a marked change in the variation, with the maximum coefficient occurring at a point about 70° from the base. At higher velocities there is a slight increase in angle to the maximum point with maximum peripheral variations in heat transfer coefficient of around 25%.

The variations are explained in terms of nucleate boiling at the base and top and flow boiling at the sides. The thin layer of two-phase bubbly flow at the sides leads to the predominance of heat transfer caused by sliding bubbles aver other mechanisms in this region. The complex mix of mechanisms involved in boiling on tubes implies an inherent limit to the accuracy of predictive correlations.     

Heat transfer behaviour of nanofluids in a uniformly heated circular tube fitted with helical inserts in laminar flow

The CFD simulation of heat transfer characteristics of a nanofluid in a circular tube fitted with helical twist inserts under constant heat flux has been explained using Fluent version 6.3.26 in laminar flow. Al₂O₃ nanoparticles in water of 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% concentrations and helical twist inserts of twist ratios 2.93, 3.91 and 4.89 has been used for the simulation. All thermophysical properties of nanofluids are temperature dependent. The heat transfer enhancement increases with Reynolds number and decreases with twist ratio with maximum for the twist ratio 2.93. By comparing the heat transfer rates of water and nanofluids, the increase in Nusselt number is 5%–31% for different helical inserts and different volume concentrations. The maximum heat transfer enhancement is 31.29% for helical insert of twist ratio 2.93 and for the volume concentration of 1.5% corresponding to the Reynolds number of 2039. The data obtained by simulation match with the literature value of water with the discrepancy of less than ±10% for plain tube and tube fitted with helical tape inserts for Nusselt number.     

ENHANCEMENT OF FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN NARROW CONCENTRIC ANNULI BY TURBULENCE PROMOTERS

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Forced convective heat transfer in a narrow concentric annulus was enhanced by turbulence promoters to improve the heat removal from a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, a gas-cooled fusion reactor, and other narrow flow passages. The present experiments, which differed from those performed in conventional research, were carried out to examine the effect of turbulence promoters on the inner insulated wall opposite the outer smooth heated wall. This was achieved by changing the ratio of the pitch and the height P/ε, the ratio of the height and the space ε/ε¹, and the type of turbulence promoters used. Experimental results were examined for the local heat transfer coefficient distribution on the smooth outer tube, the average heat transfer coefficient, the friction factor, and the thermal performance. Five kinds of evaluations for thermal performance were carried out.P24     

Simulation of turbulent non-isothermal polydisperse bubbly flow behind a sudden tube expansion

The results of numerical simulation of the structure of non-isothermal polydisperse bubbly turbulent flow and heat transfer behind a sudden tube expansion are presented. The study was carried out at a change in the initial diameter of the air bubbles within d _m1 = 1–5 mm and their volumetric void fraction β = 0–10 %. Small bubbles are available in almost the entire cross section of the tube, while the large bubbles pass mainly through the flow core. An increase in the size of dispersed phase causes the growth of turbulence in the liquid phase due to flow turbulization, when there is a separated flow of liquid past the large bubbles. Adding the air bubbles causes a significant reduction in the length of the separation zone and heat transfer enhancement, and these effects increase with increasing bubble size and their gas volumetric flow rate ratio.     

The effect of thermal prehistory on turbulent separated flow at sudden tube expansion

Results of numerical investigation of the effect of heat boundary layer thickness in front of a sudden expansion of a round tube on turbulent transfer in the zone of flow separation, attachment, and relaxation are presented. Before separation the flow was hydrodynamically stable, and the heat layer in front of expansion could change its thickness in maximally possible limits: from zero to a half of tube diameter. The Reynolds number varied from 6.7·10³ to 1.33·10⁵. It was found that the growth of heat layer thickness leads to reduction of heat transfer intensity in the separation area and moving away of the coordinate of maximal heat transfer from the place of tube expansion. Generalizing dependence for the maximum Nusselt number is given for variation of the heat layer thickness. Comparison with experimental data of [1] proved the main behavior tendencies of heat and mass transfer processes in separation flows behind a backward-facing step with different thermal prehistory.     

Influence of Vertical Foam Flow Liquid Drainage on Tube Bundle Heat Transfer Intensity

The results of an experimental investigation of staggered tube bundle heat transfer to upward and downward moving vertical foam flow are presented in this article. It was determined that a dependency exists between tube bundle heat transfer intensity on foam volumetric void fraction, foam flow velocity and direction, and liquid drainage from foam. In addition to this, the influence of tube position of the bundle on heat transfer was investigated. Experimental results were summarized by criterion equations, which can be applied in the design of foam type heat exchangers.     

Single-Phase Convective Heat Transfer of Water and Aqua Ethylene Glycol Mixture in a Small-Diameter Tube

A tailor-made convective heat transfer test facility is constructed to study the single-phase convective heat transfer of deionized water and 30 vol% and 60 vol% aqua–ethylene glycol in a stainless steel tube of 4 mm in inner diameter and 1 m in length. The heat flux is varied between 1 and 4 kW·m^?2 and for mass flux ranging from 160 to 475 kg·m^?2 s^?1. The experiments were predominantly conducted only for laminar flow regime. Finally, the heat transfer coefficient is recorded and compared with the conventional theories. It is observed that the presence of ethylene glycol in water decreases the heat transfer coefficient by more than 50%, due to the decreased Reynolds number and thermal conductivity of the mixture.     

Mechanism of stratification of turbulent heat transfer in a sound field in the presence of rotational anisotropy of the flow

It is established that the stratification of the heat transfer intensity coefficients into n discrete levels, as discovered previously in the turbulent flow accompanying rotation of a supersonic flow, is described by the formula α _n ² /α ₁ ² =2 ⁿ⁻¹, n=1,2,3,.... It is found that the ratio of the measured amplitudes of the discrete components of the pressure-pulsation spectrum is of a similar form and corresponds to the pressure field from multipole sources. As expected, similarly to the case of acoustic paramagnetic resonance, the selection of discrete frequencies of intense acoustic radiation from the external flow occurs under the influence of resonances with the radiation of multipoles of turbulent vortices oriented in the rotational anisotropy field. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 65, No. 2, 145–149 (25 January 1997)     

Mechanism of field emission from carbon materials

Field emission in diamond and graphite-like polycrystalline films is investigated experimentally. It is shown that the emission efficiency increases as the nondiamond carbon phase increases; for graphite-like films the threshold electric field is less than 1.5 V/μm, and at 4 V/μm the emission current reaches 1 mA/cm², while the density of emission centers exceeds 10⁶ cm⁻². A general mechanism explaining the phenomenon of electron field emission from materials containing graphite-like carbon is proposed. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, No. 1, 56–60 (10 July 1998)     

Photonic Electric-Field Sensor Utilizing an Asymmetric Ti:LiNbO3 Mach–Zehnder Interferometer with a Dipole Antenna

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The use of an asymmetric Ti:LiNbO₃ Mach–Zehnder interferometer with a dipole antenna to measure an electric-field strength is described in this article. The device has a small size of 46 × 7 × 1 mm and operates at a wavelength of 1.3 μm. The AC output characteristics show the modulation depth of ~75% at V_π voltage of ~5.3 V. The minimum detectable electric fields are ~0.28 V/m and ~0.646 V/m, corresponding to a dynamic range of about ~32 dB and ~26 dB at frequencies 20 MHz and 50 MHz, respectively. The sensors exhibit an almost linear response for the applied electric-field intensity from 0.298 V/m to 29.84 V/m.     

Influence of Burner Geometry on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Methane/Air Flame Impinging on Flat Surface

An experimental study has been conducted to find the heat transfer characteristics of methane/air flames impinging normally to a flat surface using different burner geometries. The burners used were of nozzle, tube, and orifice type each with a diameter of 10 mm. Due to different exit velocity profiles, the flame structures were different in each case. Because of nearly flat velocity profile, the flame spread was more in case of orifice and nozzle burners as compared to tube burner. Effects of varying the value of Reynolds number (600–2500), equivalence ratio (0.8–1.5) and dimensionless separation distance (0.7–8) on heat transfer characteristics on the flat plate have been investigated for the tube burner. Different flame shapes were observed for different impingement conditions. It has been observed that the heat transfer characteristics were intimately related to flame shapes. Heat transfer characteristics were discussed for the cases when the flame inner reaction cone was far away, just touched, and was intercepted by the plate. Negative heat fluxes at the stagnation point were observed when the inner reaction cone was intercepted by the plate due to impingement of cool un-burnt mixture directly on the surface. Different heat transfer characteristics were observed for different burner geometries with similar operating conditions. In case of tube burner, the maximum heat flux is around the stagnation point and decay is faster in the radial direction. In case of nozzle and orifice burner, the heat transfer distribution is more uniform over the surface.     

Effect of boundary layer thickness before the flow separation on aerodynamic characteristics and heat transfer behind an abrupt expansion in a round tube

Results of numerical investigation of the boundary layer thickness on turbulent separation and heat transfer in a tube with an abrupt expansion are shown. The Menter turbulence model of shear stress transfer implemented in Fluent package was used for calculations. The range of Reynolds numbers was from 5·10³ to 105. The air was used as the working fluid. A degree of tube expansion was (D ₂/D ₁)² = 1.78. A significant effect of thickness of the separated boundary layer both on dynamic and thermal characteristics of the flow is shown. In particular, it was found that with an increase in the boundary layer thickness the recirculation zone increases, and the maximum heat transfer coefficient decreases. The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project codes 07-08-00025 and 06-08-00300).     

激光聚变黑腔中等离子体的热流研究

辐射流体采用限流的局域Spitzer-Harm(S-H)电子热流近似,在预估等离子体状态时可能与实验观察存在偏差.利用一维(1D3V)含碰撞的粒子模拟程序,研究了激光聚变黑腔中金等离子体的电子分布函数和电子热流.分析表明,在等离子体的冕区,α=Z(νos/νte)^2>1,电子分布函数表现为超高斯分布(m=3.34),克努森数λe/Le=0.011大于局域S-H理论的临界值2×10^-3.这导致了局域S-H电子热流远大于实际热流.这种实际热流受限现象将导致辐射流体模拟给出的冕区电子温度高于神光实验测量值.而在等离子体的高密度区域,电子分布函数仍表现为超高斯分布(m=2.93),克努森数λe/Le=7.58×10^-4小于局域S-H理论的临界值,限流的局域S-H电子热流具有一定的适用性.但电子热流严重依赖于限流因子,辐射流体模拟需要根据不同位置的光强和电子温度调整的大小.     

Heat generation ability in AC magnetic field and their computer simulation for Ti tube filled with ferrite powder

The heat generation ability of needle-type materials was studied for the application of thermal coagulation therapy in an AC magnetic field. Although the Ti tube without the MgFe₂O₄ powder or Ti rod showed poor heat generation abilities in an AC magnetic field, the temperature was significantly increased by the presence of ferrite powder in the Ti tube. We confirmed using a computer simulation that the eddy loss of the Ti tube was increased by the enhanced magnetic flux density due to the ferrite powder in the Ti tube. The heat generation of the ferrite filled Ti tube was increased by utilization of the quenched MgFe₂O₄ powder from elevated temperature. The relative magnetic permeability of the quenched ferrite was enhanced with the decrease in the inverse ratio of the cubic spinel structure. The heat generation ability was increased with the increase in the relative magnetic permeability of the Ti tube with ferrite powder. The calculated joule loss based on the experimental results showed an agreement with those using the computer simulation.     

Pneumatic Drying of Solid Particle: Experimental and Model Comparison

Abstract

This article presents a mathematical model approach to studying the drying phenomena of solid particle in a pneumatic (flash) dryer. The analysis is focused on the pneumatic momentum, mass, and heat balance of the solid particle when it moves inside the reactor. A fixed bed fluidization model was used to calculate the forces balance on the single solid particle. By solving mass and heat balance occurred in the particle, the water/liquid removal efficiency can be calculated. To validate the model calculations, we conducted a set of experiments and compared the simulation with the experimental data. High-moisture, natural concrete sand, the additional material for portland cement, was used and dried along a vertical cylindrical tube with length of 2 m and diameter of 6.68 cm. The drying gas was supplied by a high-capacity air blower which was connected to the burner to produce 120 m³/h of drying gas with maximum temperature of 800°C.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER FROM A DISCRETE SOURCE TO A CIRCULAR LIQUID JET WITH ANNULAR COLLECTION OF THE SPENT FLUID

This study reports an experimental investigation of evaporative heat transfer and pressure drop of R-134a flowing downward inside vertical corrugated tubes with different corrugation pitches. The double tube test section is 0.5 m long with refrigerant flowing in the inner tube and hot water flowing in the annulus. The inner tubes are comprised of one smooth tube and three corrugated tubes with different corrugation pitches of 6.35, 8.46, and 12.7 mm. The test runs are performed at evaporating temperatures of 10°C, 15°C, and 20°C; heat fluxes of 20, 25, and 30 kW/m²; and mass fluxes of 200, 300, and 400 kg/m²s. The experimental data obtained from the smooth tube are plotted with flow pattern map for vertical flow. Comparisons between smooth and corrugated tubes on the heat transfer and pressure drop are also discussed. It is observed that the heat transfer coefficient and frictional pressure drop obtained from the corrugated tubes are higher than those from the smooth tube. Furthermore, the heat transfer coefficient and frictional pressure drop increase as the corrugation pitch decreases. The maximum heat transfer enhancement factor and penalty factor are up to 1.22 and 4.0, respectively.     

Photochemical conversion and optical absorption spectra of V centers in coloured KI crystals

Abstract

The initial V₂ and V₃ bands observed after quenching of coloured KI crystals are found to be the superposition of absorption bands due to two kinds of V centres with ?110? and ?111? symmetries. The ratio of concentrations of the former to the latter V centers is estimated to be about 3:1. When a quenched crystal is irradiated at 19 K with V₃-light in the 270-nm region, V centers are bleached forming I_2-like centers. On the basis of the I₃ molecule-ion model bound to a cation vacancy, a review is given of recent work on the photochemical conversion of V centers at low temperatures.     

The effect of tube mass on the flow induced response of various tube arrays in water

Experiments were run in a water tunnel to study the effect of mass ratio on the cross-flow induced response of heat exchanger tube arrays with a pitch ratio of 1·5. All four standard tube array geometries were examined and three different tube masses were used for each geometry. Response curves and frequency data are presented including Strouhal numbers, vorticity resonance amplitudes and fluidelastic stability thresholds.