Friction and heat transfer in drag-reducing surfactant solution flow through curved pipes and elbows

A study of drag-reducing flow in curved pipes was conducted. In contrast to earlier studies we show that if we use a modified definition of drag reduction that includes only the turbulence effects, we observe indeed the same level of drag reduction in both coiled and straight pipes. More complex results showing reduced drag reduction compared to curved pipes were achieved with elbows. Two elbows of different size and type were tested in turbulent flow of both water and drag-reducing surfactant solution. A more elaborate analysis was conducted for a half-inch threaded elbow with a ratio of curvature radius to diameter of 1.2. The pressure drop and heat transfer were measured in a section downstream from the elbow over a distance of x/D = 130 in order to investigate the hydrodynamic and thermal developments of the flow. The pressure drop coefficient of the elbow was calculated for water and a surfactant solution, based on the total increase in pressure drop in the system due to the presence of the elbow. For a larger welded elbow of 6″ diameter some drag reduction was measured for the surfactant solution.     

An investigation of pressure transients in pipelines with two-phase bubbly flow

This paper presents a two-dimensional model for the analysis of the pressure transient of a two-phase homogeneous bubbly mixture flowing in a pipeline and the numerical integration using the centre implicit method (CIM). Experiments were conducted to confirm the proposed sonic speed equation of an air–water mixture for an air concentration of less than 1%. The 2D CIM model is compared with the method of characteristics (MoC) for a two-phase bubbly flow in a pipeline. The comparisons show that the proposed 2D CIM model generally gives good agreement with the method of characteristics.     

微型热管传热极限的研究

热管技术已在电子设备散热领域得到广泛应用。热管的传热能力虽然很大,但不能无限加大热负荷。文中讨论了热管的主要极限如沸腾极限、毛细极限、粘性极限、声速极限、携带极限等的理论表达式,就一种实验用微槽平板热管进行了理论计算,得出了毛细极限是实验热管主要传热极限的结论。     

旋转热管生物反应器的流场模拟研究

采用热管技术对传统生物反应器进行革新,自主开发出一种适用于多种生物反应的新型生物反应器,提出了将热管本身作为搅拌轴的设计思想,同时以计算流体力学(CFD)为基础建立旋转热管生物反应器的数学模型,计算了不同雷诺数下此类搅拌轴的功率准数,并得到了功率曲线。采用标准k-ε湍流模型成功模拟了反应器内的速度分布,为反应器的优化设计提供了基础。     

环状集输水平管内油-气-水三相流流型试验研究

目前我国东部陆上油田大部分已进入特高含水采油期,绝大多数油井综合含水率已超过85%,部分油井已达到95%。油-气-水三相流型是特高含水混输技术界限确定、水力热力计算方法研究及集输系统科学运行管理的基础。为了研究大庆低渗透油田环状集输水平管道内油-气-水三相流型,研制一套流型试验装置,进行了一系列试验研究,获得了1360组油气水三相流型图及相应的流动参数。对采集到的流型及试验数据进行分析,首次总结出水平环状集输管道中油-气-水三相流的五种流型,分别为分层流、三层扰动流、波浪冲击流、气弹掺混流和完全掺混流。同时给出了每种流型对应的参数范围,并对每种流动形态及典型特征进行了解释。     

热管式吸附床制冷性能的实验研究

利用高效热管作为吸附床的传热部件,有效地提高了船用柴油机废气的热量回收。本文将热管式吸附床与传统的壳管式吸附床进行了性能对比。同时,选择氯化钙-氨作为吸附工质对,通过实验测定解吸、吸附过程的变化情况。本文的研究结果表明,采用热管式吸附床使得初始解吸和吸附速率有明显提高,从而有效缩短解吸和吸附周期,并能有效提高系统的SCP和COP。     

Examples of boundary layers associated with the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

The author surveys a few examples of boundary layers for which the Prandtl boundary layer theory can be rigorously validated. All of them are associated with the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for Newtonian fluids equipped with various Dirichlet boundary conditions (specified velocity). These examples include a family of (nonlinear 3D) plane parallel flows, a family of (nonlinear) parallel pipe flows, as well as flows with uniform injection and suction at the boundary. We also identify a key ingredient in establishing the validity of the Prandtl type theory, i.e., a spectral constraint on the approximate solution to the Navier-Stokes system constructed by combining the inviscid solution and the solution to the Prandtl type system. This is an additional difficulty besides the wellknown issue related to the well-posedness of the Prandtl type system. It seems that the main obstruction to the verification of the spectral constraint condition is the possible separation of boundary layers. A common theme of these examples is the inhibition of separation of boundary layers either via suppressing the velocity normal to the boundary or by injection and suction at the boundary so that the spectral constraint can be verified. A meta theorem is then presented which covers all the cases considered here.     

高性能计算机用热管复合制冷系统设计研究

根据高性能计算机全天候温控的需要,提出了综合应用蒸气压缩和动力型分离式热管制冷技术的复合冷源方案。在冬季及春、秋过渡的低温季节,运行热管循环不仅大幅降低环控装置的能耗,而且可以避免在低温环境运行压缩式制冷易发生的冷启动、回油润滑等问题。提出了蒸气压缩制冷、蒸气压缩/热管复合制冷和热管制冷的分区工作模式,引入复合制冷模式有效拓宽了热管运行温区,大幅提高了制冷系统的综合COP。模拟分析了在北京地区应用热管复合制冷技术的节能性能,相比常规的压缩制冷节能率高达40%。研究表明:热管复合制冷系统具有显著的节能减排优势,特别适用于全天候工作的机房、基站等高热密度电子集成系统的温控。     

Empirical Study of an Air-to-Air Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger in Tropical Climates

Abstract

This article presents the empirical study of a heat pipe heat exchanger that was directly experiencing the ambient tropical air in its evaporator section. The performance of the heat pipe heat exchanger was monitored during two weeks of operation to determine the performance curves. The temperature of return air was controlled at about 22°C as the representative temperature of inside air, and a face velocity of 2 m/s on the heat pipe heat exchanger coil was established for this purpose. It was found that for the present investigation, the heat pipe heat exchanger can pay for itself in 1.5 years.     

Internal Flow Patterns on Heat Transfer Performance of a Closed-Loop Oscillating Heat Pipe with Check Valves

This article presents the experimental results of an evaluation of the influence of internal flow patterns on the heat transfer performance of a closed-loop oscillating heat pipe with check valves. It was found that the internal flow patterns could be classified according to four flow patterns: dispersed bubble flow, bubble flow, slug flow, and annular flow, respectively. The main regime of each flow pattern can be determined from a flow pattern map. The map can be used to predict the trend of the heat transfer rate in the closed-loop oscillating heat pipe with check valves.