Comprehensive Study of the Effect of the Addition of Four Drag Reducing Macromolecules on the Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Performance of Water in a Finned Tube Heat Exchanger

Abstract

In the present study the effects of the addition of four drag reducing agents (DRA), including carboxy methyl cellulose with high molecular weight (DRA1) and medium molecular weight (DRA2), polyacrylamide (DRA3) and the natural polymer, xanthan gum (DRA4), to water on the pressure drop and heat transfer performance in a finned tube-heat exchanger were compared. Laminar flow (Reynolds number (Re) <1400) was studied to transfer heat between water and air in the finned tube heat exchanger. The results showed that DRA1, with a maximum %DR of 26%, and DRA4, with a maximum %DR of 5%, were the highest and the lowest obtained results, respectively. In the case of heat transfer reduction percentage (%HTR), DRA4, having more than 34.5%, was the highest, and DRA1, with about 13.7%, was the lowest result for the concentration range of 0-100?ppm and temperature range of 40–65?°C.     

温度和雷诺数对表面活性剂溶液传热的影响

对不同温度和雷诺数下阳性离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基氯化铵(CTAC)溶液在循环回路中的传热特性进行了实验研究。在水中加入表面活性剂后溶液的传热特性明显降低,在不同的温度工况下均存在一个临界雷诺数,随着溶液温度的改变而发生变化。在不同的实验浓度条件下均存在一个临界温度,在临界温度以下时,临界雷诺数随温度升高而增加;在临界温度以上时,临界雷诺数随温度升高而急剧下降。分析该表面活性剂溶液阻力减小和传热性能降低之间的关系,提出了通过对溶液温度的控制来改变减阻流体传热特性的方法。     

聚合物减阻对多相流传热的影响研究

本文采用内径为40 mm的API X52石油管,建立了包括水平管,倾斜上升管、倾斜下降管和垂直上升管等不同管型的实验回路,实验研究了不同管型中聚合物的减阻性能及其对多相流传热的影响,分析了多相流减阻率与传热降低率两者间的相互关系.研究发现,聚合物减阻对于多相流传热的影响,因不同的管道型态而具有不同的变化规律;减阻率为6...     

Calculation of the drag and heat transfer from a sphere in the gas flow in a cylindrical channel

A numerical experiment on the simulation of heat transfer from a sphere to a gas flow in a cylindrical channel in the Stokes and transient flow regimes has been described. Radial and axial profiles of the gas temperature and the dependences of drag coefficient C_d of the body and Nusselt number Nu on Reynolds number Re have been calculated and analyzed. The problem of the influence of the early drag crisis for a sphere on its heat transfer to the gas flow has been considered. The estimation of this phenomenon has shown that the early drag crisis of the sphere in a strongly turbulent flow causes a reduction in heat transfer from the sphere to the gas by three to six times (in approximately the same proportion as for its drag coefficient).     

Calculations of the flow resistance and heat emission of a sphere in the laminar and high-turbulent gas flows

An early drag crisis can occur at high turbulence of incoming gas flow to a sphere. To study the influence of a crisis on heat transfer from a sphere to gas, a numerical experiment was carried out in which the free gas flow around a sphere with a temperature lower than the sphere temperature was simulated for two cases. The flow was laminar in the first case and highly turbulent in the second case. To take into account turbulence, the kinematic coefficient of turbulent viscosity with a value, which is much higher (up to 2000 times) than that for physical viscosity, was introduced. The results of calculations show that the early drag crisis occurs at Reynolds numbers of about 100 and results in considerable (by four to seven times) decrease in the hydrodynamic force and sphere drag coefficient C _d . The early drag crisis is also accompanied by the crisis of heat transfer from a sphere to gas with a decrease in Nusselt numbers Nu by three to six times.     

EXPRIMENTAL STUDY ON EFFECTS OF A SINGLE POROUS-TYPE ROUGHNESS ELEMENT IN A PARALLEL-PLATE DUCT

Experiments were carried out to examine the effects of a single porous-type roughness element on the insulated wall opposite the smooth heated plate on the heat transfer. The local heat transfer and drag coefficients depend on the porous diameter and the porosity. The local heat transfer coefficient takes a peak, PI, under the porous element in laminar flow. On the other hand, in turbulent flow, it takes two peaks, PI and P2, under and after the element, respectively. The position of peak P2 varies with the height of the element and the Reynolds number. The drag coefficient of the porous element is lower than that of the solid element. According to thermal performance at constant pumping power, this kind of element should be used in laminar flow. In addition, it is estimated that the porous element should be utilized in the composite effects (the turbulence increase and the thermal radiation shielding effect) of heat transfer in order to apply the element effectively.     

INTERNAL HEAT TRANSFER TO VISCOELASTIC FLOWS THROUGH POROUS MEDIA

Heat transfer and pressure drop were measured for flow of water, mineral oil, and aqueous solutions of viscoelastic polymers through a vertical tube filled with porous media. The heated stainless steel test section has an inside diameter of 2.25 cm, and is 200 diameters long. The porosity was varied from 0.32 to 0.68 by using uniform spherical glass beads. Uniform heat flux thermal boundary condition was imposed by passing direct electric current through the tube wall. Over a range of the parameters 8 &lt; Re &lt; 31,000, 7 &lt; Pr &lt; 245, 0.22 &lt; d/D &lt; 0.6, and polymer concentration from 100 to 500 parts per million, the friction factor data for Newtonian fluids agreed with the predictions in the literature. Drag reduction was noticed in the turbulent flow of dilute viscoelastic polymer solutions (Praestol at 100 and 200 wppm; polyox at 500 wppm) at φ &lt; 0.68. Viscoelastic effect on heat transfer was insignificant. A new correlation was proposed for predicting heat transfer to Newtonian as well as viscoelastic flows through confined porous media.     

Evaluation on the heat transfer performance of a vertical ground U-shaped tube heat exchanger buried in soil–polyacrylamide

Ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems have been applied widely because of their environmental-friendly, energy-saving, and sustainable nature. In this work, heat transfer performance of a single vertical small-scale U-shaped tube ground heat exchanger under hot climatic condition is addressed considering the influences of inlet water temperature, Reynolds number, and backfill materials (raw soil; soil–polyacrylamide (PAM) blend (0.27% blending ratio for PAM). The backfill materials had an important effect on the heat transfer of the ground heat exchanger. At an inlet water temperature of 45°C and Reynolds numbers of 3104 and 4656, the temperature drops of water in the tube in the soil–PAM blend increased by about 0.3 and 0.4°C compared to that in the raw soil. Within Reynolds number from 3104 to 6208, the average surface heat transfer coefficients of the water in the tube in the soil–PAM blend and raw soil at an inlet water temperature of 45°C were 411 and 231 W m^?2K^?1, respectively. The results suggest that adding the PAM into soil can be an effective manner for enhancing the heat transfer of the ground heat exchanger. The dimensionless surface heat transfer correlation of the water in the U-tube heat exchanger in the soil–PAM blend was obtained. The model could better fit the experimental data within ±10% deviation.     

Experimental study on the characteristics of ventilated cavitation around an underwater navigating body influenced by turbulent drag-reducing additives

In this study, a new control strategy for turbulent drag reduction involving ventilated cavitation is proposed. The configurational and hydrodynamic characteristics of ventilated cavities influenced by turbulent drag-reducing additives were experimentally studied in water tunnel. The test model was fixed in the water tunnel by a strut in the aft-part. Aqueous solutions of CTAC/Na Sal(cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride/sodium salicylate) with weight concentrations of 100, 200, 400 and 600 ppm(part per million), respectively, were injected into the ventilated air cavity from the edge of the cavitator with accurate control by an injection pump. The cavity configurations were recorded by a high-speed CCD camera. The hydrodynamic characteristics of the test model were measured by a six-component balance. Experimental results show that, within the presently tested cases, the lengths of cavity influenced by drag-reducing solution are smaller than normal condition(ventilated cavity) in water, but the asymmetry of the cavity is improved. The drag resisted by the test model is reduced dramatically(the maximum drag reduction can reach to 80%) and the re-entrant jet is more complex after the CTAC solution is injected into the cavity. Turbulent drag-reducing additives have the potential in enhancement of supercavitating asymmetry and further drag reduction.     

水蒸汽在水平三维微肋管内的凝结换热及阻力特性

本文以水蒸汽为工质对水平三维微肋管内凝结换热及阻力特性进行了实验研究．与光管和二维管相比，在相同条件下，实验中效果最好的T3管全长平均凝结换热系数分别提高了113％～410％和20％～65％，同时，与二维管相比流动阻力增加较小，最大值不超过6．3％．比较另两种管型（T1，T2管）也证明三维管以较小的流阻增加为代价换取了明显的强化效果．