相变乳状液在蛇形管中的流动和传热特性

用正十四烷、复合表面活化剂和水制成O/W型相变乳状液作为相变蓄冷及传热介质,对其作为非牛顿流体和固液两相流的流动和传热特点进行了分析,通过测试得出不同浓度乳状液在蛇形管道中的对流换热Nυ数和摩擦系数,并给出了换热和阻力的无量纲关联式。指出了对这类特殊相变蓄冷材料作进一步研究的方向。     

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF COLD STORAGE IN PACKED CAPSULES WITH SOLIDIFICATION

This article investigates the thermal performance of cold storage in packed capsules with solidification. First, an experimental apparatus utilizing water capsules as phase-change material was designed and constructed. The test section has been mathematically modeled for transient response with the lump theory. Experimental data of temperature profiles for various porosities, flow rates, and different inlet coolant temperatures confirm the validity of this theory. A closed-form solution of the required time for latent heat storage has been established on the basis of the quasi-steady-state assumption of the coolant. By incorporating the experimental results and theory predictions, a correlation of internal heat transfer coefficients for cold storage in packed capsules with solidification has also been developed.     

Spiral phase-change material for enhancing natural circulation solar water heater: An experimental study

This article studies the use of spiral phase-change material as an energy storage to improve the performance of a domestic solar water heater. The heating and cooling tests have been conducted for the vertical and horizontal position of the phase-change material in the water heater tank. The vertical position phase-change material yields better results than horizontal position. The charging energy and system thermal efficiencies of the tank are increased up to 20% and 12%, respectively, when the phase-change material is kept vertically. Also, it is observed that better heat transfer coefficient between water and phase-change material and upgraded thermal stratification during the cooling tests.     

Experimental thermal performance study of natural graphite as sensible heat storage material using different heat transfer fluids

In this paper thermal performance of graphite-based sensible heat storage system with embedded helical coil in rectangular shell was studied. Plain water at four flow rates (0.25 LPM–1.0 LPM) and four inlet temperatures (60°C–90°C) was passed through the graphite bed and charging time was measured. Expanded graphite/water suspension and Al₂O₃/water nanofluid were also used to study charging behavior of graphite. Results showed that charging time of packed bed was reduced with increase in flow rate and inlet temperature of heat transfer fluid. Charging time using expanded graphite/water solution and nanofluid was 14.2% and 21.2% lesser than water.

Abbreviations: h_i: internal heat transfer coefficient (W m^?2 K^?1); HTF: Heat transfer fluid; h_o: External heat transfer coefficient (W m^?2 K^?1); LPM: liter per minute; k: thermal conductivity (W m^?1 K^?1); TSU: Thermal storage unit     

A heat transfer model for phase change thermal energy storage

The modelling of the heat-transfer process in a phase-change storage medium consisting of parallel flow channels is presented. The model describing the mechanism of heat transfer from the process air stream to the surface of phase-change material by convection and diffusion of heat by conduction in the media consists of coupled, non-linear partial differential equations. These equations are solved by a finite difference scheme. Numerical solutions are used to study the performance of phase-change storage media during a single blow operation. A parametric study is also carried out for different non-dimensional parameters and operating conditions.     

微胶囊化相变悬浮液层流传热强化的参数分析

通过对微胶囊相变悬浮液管内层流恒热流对流换热的数学建模和模拟计算,获得在恒热流加热边界条件下,不同参数匹配时相变糊状区的确切范围以及固液相变两条相界面的数值结果。利用该模型对影响悬浮型固液两相流传热特性的诸多参数进行了比较细致的定量分析,这些参数包括固相体积浓度、斯蒂芬(Ste)数、粒径比、无量纲相变温度区间宽度以及无量纲过冷度等。分析和模拟计算的结果显示微胶囊浓度和斯蒂芬数对管内层流传热具有最重要的影响。     

SOLIDIFICATION VOID FORMATION IN TUBES: ROLE OF LIQUID SHRINKAGE AND BUBBLE NUCLEATION

Experiments were carried out to observe the solidification sequence and void distribution for experimental liquids enclosed in Pyrex tubes under a wide range of cooling rates. A physical model based on liquid thermal shrinkage and nucleation considerations has been developed to predict the number of voids formed in terms of the heat transfer rate and thermophysical properties of the phase-change material. Agreement of the results with our experimental data is encouraging. Understanding such aspects of the solidification process is vital to development of better thermal energy storage systems for a variety of applications.     

Thermo-physical characteristics during the flow and heat transfer analysis of GO-nanoparticles adjacent to a continuously moving thin needle

Nanofluids have shown significant promise in thermal enhancement of many industrial systems and they have been used extensively in energy applications during recent years. Keeping such applications in mind, the present work exhibits a two-dimensional numerical simulation for the boundary layer flow of Graphene oxide (GO)-nanofluids adjacent to a thin needle along with heat transfer. Influence of heat generation/absorption and viscous dissipation have been included to explore the heat transport analysis. The nanofluid flow is generated due to a continuously moving horizontal thin needle. The non-linear expressions governing the flow and heat transfer analysis are changed into dimensionless form by introducing new dimensionless variables. The novelty of current study is to predict the multiple numerical solutions for dimensionless velocity and temperature fields. Numerical computations and graphical delineations were done with the assistance of MATLAB software. This study explores the impacts of several dimensionless key parameters, like, magnetic parameter, Prandtl number, nanoparticles volume fraction and ratio of needle's velocities on the flow and thermal distributions. The computational results have proved that the fluid temperature enhances for higher values of nanoparticles volume fraction while an opposite is true for velocity distributions. In addition, the computed outcomes revealed that for the case of upper branch solution, significant reduction in skin-friction coefficient is seen for higher magnetic parameter.     

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of 3-dimensional natural convection heat transfer of CuO/water nanofluids

The present study investigated fluid flow and natural convection heat transfer in an enclosure embedded with isothermal cylinder. The purpose was to simulate the three-dimensional natural convection by thermal lattice Boltzmann method based on the D3Q19 model. The effects of suspended nanoparticles on the fluid flow and heat transfer analysis have been investigated for different parameters such as particle volume fraction, particle diameters, and geometry aspect ratio. It is seen that flow behaviors and the average rate of heat transfer in terms of the Nusselt number (Nu) are effectively changed with different controlling parameters such as particle volume fraction (5 % ≤ φ ≤ 10 %), particle diameter (d _p = 10 nm to 30 nm) and aspect ratio (0.5 ≤ AR ≤ 2) with fixed Rayleigh number, Ra = 10⁵. The present results give a good approximation for choosing an effective parameter to design a thermal system.     

振荡流共轭换热格子-Boltzmann模拟

振荡流共轭换热现象广泛存在于热声热机等工程应用中.基于双分布格子-Boltzmann模型,对平行平板间振荡流共轭换热进行了数值模拟.通过假定共轭界面处流体和固体的未知内能分布函数均为对应的平衡态滑移修正格式,提出了一种处理共轭换热边界的新方法.模拟结果表明,该方法可以保证共轭界面上温度连续和热流连续.分析了不同流体与固体导热系数比情况下振荡流共轭换热的速度场、温度场以及热流分布的特点.     

Experimental Investigations on Latent Heat Storage Unit using Paraffin Wax as Phase Change Material

Thermal performance of a latent heat storage unit is evaluated experimentally. The latent heat thermal energy storage system analyzed in this work is a shell-and-tube type of heat exchanger using paraffin wax (melting point between 58°C and 60°C) as the phase change material. The temperature distribution in the phase change material is measured with time. The influence of mass flow rate and inlet temperature of the heat transfer fluid on heat fraction is examined for both the melting and solidification processes. The mass flow rate of heat transfer fluid (water) is varied in the range of 0.0167 kg/s to 0.0833 kg/s (1 kg/min to 5 kg/min), and the fluid inlet temperature is varied between 75°C and 85°C. The experimental results indicate that the total melting time of the phase change material increases as the mass flow rate and inlet temperature of heat transfer fluid decrease. The fluid inlet temperature influences the heat fraction considerably as compared to the mass flow rate of heat transfer fluid during the melting process of the phase change material.     

Analytical prediction of forced convective heat transfer of fluids embedded with nanostructured materials (nanofluids)

Nanofluids are a new class of heat transfer fluids developed by suspending nanosized solid particles in liquids. Larger thermal conductivity of solid particles compared to the base fluid such as water, ethylene glycol, engine oil etc. significantly enhances their thermal properties. Several phenomenological models have been proposed to explain the anomalous heat transfer enhancement in nanofluids. This paper presents a systematic literature survey to exploit the characteristics of nanofluids, viz., thermal conductivity, specific heat and other thermal properties. An empirical correlation for the thermal conductivity of Al₂O₃ + water and Cu + water nanofluids, considering the effects of temperature, volume fraction and size of the nanoparticle is developed and presented. A correlation for the evaluation of Nusselt number is also developed and presented and compared in graphical form. This enhanced thermophysical and heat transfer characteristics make fluids embedded with nanomaterials as excellent candidates for future applications.      

Prediction of thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids by molecular dynamics simulation

Limitations of conventional heat transfer fluids in different industries because of their poor thermal conductivity made heat transfer improvement in working fluids was performing, as a new method of advanced heat transfer. Therefore, the dispersion solid particle idea in fluids, which has been started with mili- and micrometer particles, completed by using nanoparticles and today nanofluids have been found to provide a considerable heat transfer and viscosity enhancement in comparison to conventional fluids such as water, ethylene glycol, and engine oil. In this study, molecular dynamics simulation was used to predict thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids. Water was used as a base fluid. The simple point charge-extended (SPC/E) model was used for simulation of water and Ewald sum method for electrostatic interactions. Lennard–Jones potential for Van der Waals interactions, KTS potential for water and SiO₂ and Spor and Heinzinger correlation for water and Pt were used. The results were compared with experimental data. For investigation of the effect of temperature, simulation was done for three temperatures of 20, 30, and 50?C. The results showed that the ratio of thermal conductivity of nanofluid to base fluid and viscosity will decrease as the temperature increases. The effect of the concentration of nanoparticle was studied for three different concentrations, namely, 0.45, 1.85, and 4%. The thermal conductivity of nanofluid increases with increasing the concentration. Moreover, the effect of two nanoparticle sizes (i.e., 5 and 7 nm) on the thermal conductivity of nanofluid was investigated. It was shown that an increase in the size causes a decrease in the thermal conductivity. Finally, by replacing the SiO₂nanoparticle with a Pt nanoparticle in the nanofluid, it was observed that the kind of nanoparticle had not a considerable effect on increasing the thermal conductivity of nanofluid.     

Heat Transfer Study in a Discoidal System: The Influence of an Impinging Jet and Rotation

Abstract

This article presents an experimental study of the local heat transfer on the rotor surface in a discoidal rotor-stator system air-gap in which an air jet comes through the stator and impinges the rotor. To determine the surface temperatures, measurements were taken on the rotor, using an experimental technique based on infrared thermography. A thermal balance was used to identify the local convective heat transfer coefficient. The influence of the axial Reynolds number Re _j and the rotational Reynolds number Re was measured and compared with the data available in the literature. Local convective heat transfer coefficients were obtained for a dimensionless space between the two disks G = 0.01, for Re _j between 0 and 41,666, and for Re between 20,000 and 516,000. The flow data found in the literature can be used to explain the heat transfers in this small space configuration. In fact, the rotating disk can be divided into two influence zones: one dominated by the air jet near the center of the rotor and one affected by both the air jet and rotation. Heat transfers with non zero impinging jets appear to be continuously improved compared to those with no jets, even if the two influence zones mentioned previously are situated differently.     

Numerical study of heat transfer enhancement of counter nanofluids flow in rectangular microchannel heat exchanger

This paper reports a numerical analysis of the performance of a counter-flow rectangular shaped microchannel heat exchanger (MCHE) using nanofluids as the working fluids. Finite volume method was used to solve the three-dimensional steady, laminar developing flow and conjugate heat transfer in aluminum MCHE. The nanofluids used were Ag, Al₂O₃, CuO, SiO₂, and TiO₂ and the performance was compared with water. The thermal, flow fields and performance of the MCHE were analyzed using different nanofluids, different Reynolds numbers and different nanoparticle concentrations. Temperature profile, heat transfer coefficient, pressure profile, and wall shear stress were obtained from the simulations and the performance was discussed in terms of heat transfer rate, pumping power, effectiveness, and performance index. Results indicated enhanced performance with the usage of nanofluids, and slight penalty in pressure drop. The increase in Reynolds number caused an increase in the heat transfer rate and a decrease in the overall bulk temperature of the cold fluid. The increase in nanoparticle concentration also yielded better performance at the expense of increased pressure drop.     

Study of Automatic Transmission Fluid in a Serpentine Minichannel Heat Exchanger: An Experimental Approach

An experimental investigation was conducted on automatic transmission fluid cooling in a minichannel heat exchanger using a closed-loop integrated thermal wind tunnel test facility. Effects of automatic transmission fluid Reynolds number (Re_L) on heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number were examined within the Re_L of 3–30 for air-flow Re of 1,450–5,200. Effects of serpentine on heat transfer enhancement and flow characteristics were evaluated through Dean number analysis. The analysis of Eckert number and Brinkman number showed a contribution to the viscous heating even for a low Re_L in the minichannel. The study showed enhanced heat transfer characterizations of the multi-port minichannel heat exchanger.     

流体变物性对细矩形通道流动和传热的影响

以细矩形通道为研究对象,基于CFD的二次开发技术,采用流体固体共轭传热技术数值研究了流体变物性和入口平均物性对细矩形通道平均流动和平均传热特性的影响,同时研究了流体变物性对细通道转捩雷诺数的影响,为进一步揭示微细通道的流动和传热机理提供了依据.     

Experimental determination of interfacial energies for Ag2Al solid solution in the CuAl2--Ag2Al system

The equilibrated grain boundary groove shapes of solid solution Ag2Al in equilibrium with an Al-Cu-Ag liquid were observed from a quenched sample with a radial heat flow apparatus.The Gibbs-Thomson coefficient,solid-liquid interfacial energy and grain boundary energy of the solid solution Ag2Al have been determined from the observed grain boundary groove shapes.The thermal conductivity of the solid phase and the thermal conductivity ratio of the liquid phase to solid phase for Ag2Al-28.3 at the %CuAl2 alloy at the melting temperature have also been measured with a radial heat flow apparatus and Bridgman type growth apparatus,separately.     

Développement simultané hydrodynamique et thermique d'un écoulement laminaire dans un tube incliné en régime de convection mixte

In this work, we study numerically the heat transfer and fluid flow inside a circular inclined tube. The thermal boundary condition is that of a constant and uniform (axially and circumferentially) heat flux on the tube wall. A finite volume method is used to solve, in dimensionless form, the parabolic equations of mixed convection. The results, obtained for water with different combinations of the Grashof number and the tube inclination, show that the average heat transfer is improved and the wall shear stress is increased compared to those of pure forced flow.     

Analytical Analysis of Heat Transfer and Entropy Generation in a Tube Filled with Double-Layer Porous Media

The heat transfer and entropy generation in a tube filled with double-layer porous media are analytically investigated. The wall of the tube is subjected to a constant heat flux. The Darcy-Brinkman model is utilized to describe the fluid flow, and the local thermal non-equilibrium model is employed to establish the energy equations. The solutions of the temperature and velocity distributions are analytically derived and validated in limiting case. The analytical solutions of the local and total entropy generation, as well as the Nusselt number, are further derived to analyze the performance of heat transfer and irreversibility of the tube. The influences of the Darcy number, the Biot number, the dimensionless interfacial radius, and the thermal conductivity ratio, on flow and heat transfer are discussed. The results indicate, for the first time, that the Nusselt number for the tube filled with double-layer porous media can be larger than that for the tube filled with single layer porous medium, while the total entropy generation rate for the tube filled with double-layer porous media can be less than that for the tube filled with single layer porous medium. And the dimensionless interfacial radius corresponding to the maximum value of the Nusselt number is different from that corresponding to the minimum value of the total entropy generation rate.