Utilization of Fly Ash Nanofluids in Two-phase Closed Thermosyphon for Enhancing Heat Transfer

This study investigates how fly ash nanofluids affect the thermal performance of a two-phase closed thermosyphon at various states of operation. The utilization of nanofluids obtained from X₂O₃-type oxides, such as Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, or CuO, on the improvement of two-phase closed thermosyphon performance was reported in a number of studies in the literature. The present study experimentally demonstrated the effect of using a nanofluid obtained from fly ash comprised of various types of metal oxides in varying ratios on improving the performance of a two-phase closed thermosyphon. The fly ash was obtained from the flue gas that was captured in the cyclones of the Yatagan thermal power plant (Turkey). Triton X-100 (Dow Chemical Company) dispersant was used in the study to produce the 0.2% (wt) fly ash/water nanofluid via direct synthesis. A straight copper tube with an inner diameter of 13 mm, outer diameter of 15 mm, and length of 1 m was used as the two-phase closed thermosyphon. The nanofluid filled 33.3% (44.2 ml) of the volume ofthe two-phase closed thermosyphon. Three heating power levels (200, 300, and 400 W) were used in the experiments with three different flow rates of cooling water (5, 7.5, and 10 g/s) used in the condenser for cooling the system. A increase of 26.39% was achieved in the efficiency of the two-phase closed thermosyphon when 4% (wt) fly ash containing nanofluid was used to replace deionized water at a heat load of 200 W and with a cooling water flow rate of 5 g/s.     

INTERNAL FLOW PATTERNS OF AN INCLINED CLOSED TWO-PHASE THERMOSYPHON AT CRITICAL STATE: CASE STUDY II,EFFECT OF BOND NUMBER

The effects of Bond number (Bo) on internal flow patterns of an inclined, closed, two-phase thermosyphon at critical state are considered in this article. The thermosyphons used employed a glass tube for the evaporator and the adiabatic section, and a copper tube for the condenser section. The internal diameters of the thermosyphon were 10, 12, and 28.5 mm. The aspect ratios were 5 and 30, with inclination angles of 90 degrees, 60 degrees, and 5 degrees (against the horizontal axis). R123 was used as working fluid, with a filling ratio of 80% and 150% of the evaporator section. A solution of water and ethylene glycol was used to carry heat from the condenser, while water was employed to supply heat to the thermosyphon. A video camera was used to record all the flow patterns, while a still camera was used to record the internal flow patterns at specific times. Heat transfer rate was measured by means of a calorimeter in the condenser section. It was found from the experiments that, as under normal operating conditions, an Le/d of 10 is an important value at which changes of internal flow patterns can be observed. At an Le/d< 10 and with low Bo, the internal flow pattern at critical state changed from bubble flow at vertical to slug flow at an inclined position. Although the flow patterns were the same as with high Bo, the bubbles generated were smaller and appeared only on the upper side. In cases of Le/d>10, the pattern changed from annular flow at vertical to stratified flow at inclined positions for all Bo. Generated bubbles were comparatively small at low Bo. A flow pattern map at each angle was also created by using modified Kutateladze numbers and Reynolds numbers of the vapor.     

EFFECTS OF BOND NUMBERS ON INTERNAL FLOW PATTERNS OF AN INCLINED,CLOSED, TWO-PHASE THERMOSYPHON AT NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS

A visual study of internal flow patterns inside an inclined, closed, two-phase thermosyphon at normal operating conditions for several Bond numbers has been conducted. This article describes the effects of varying inclination angles and Bond numbers (Bo) onflow patterns, A copper thermosyphon was used. R123 was selected as the working fluid, with a vapor temperature of 30°C and a filling ratio of 50%. Flow phenomena were observed at selected inclination angles of 90° and 30° from the horizontal axis, with aspect ratios of 30 and 5. The selected external diameters were 12.0 and 28.5 mm. Flow phenomena were also recorded with a standard video camera and a still camera, and the corresponding heat transfer rates were also monitored. It was observed that the basic internal flow patterns could be classified according to the aspect ratios and the Bo as follows: At an aspect ratio of 10 and higher, the annular flow at vertical changes to slug flow in inclined positions for all values of Bo. A thin liquid film always exists in the upper part, promoting heat transfer. In this case, the ratio of heat transfer rates at peak position and those of the vertical (Q / Q90) are almost the same for all Bo. At an aspect ratio of less than 10 and a low Bo, bubbly flow at vertical changes to stratified flow at an inclined position, with bubbly flow in the lower part. Vapor slug is sometimes seen. At an aspect ratio of less than 10 and a high Bo, bubbly flow with a coagulation of bubbles at the vertical position changes to stratified flow with bubbly flow in the upper part, without any vapor slugs. Q / Q90 is comparatively higher than at lower Bo. This result may be attributed to two main factors: (1) there was an area undisturbed by bubbles in the lower part; and (2) no upward vapor slug movement was observed.     

聚光型光伏电池冷却热管蒸发端的数值模拟

针对碟式聚光型太阳能光伏电池效率受温度制约的问题,采用两相闭式热虹吸管(重力热管)散热的方式,工质采用水.热管的蒸发端与聚光太阳能电池接触,其温度场对电池性能和热管效率影响显著.通过FLuENT建立了蒸发端底部的数学模型,计算过程中考虑热流密度、蒸汽饱和温度以及充液量对蒸发端性能的影响.计算结果表明,在聚光倍数为140...     

Effects of closed immersion filtered water flow velocity on the ablation threshold of bisphenol A polycarbonate during excimer laser machining

A closed flowing thick film filtered water immersion technique ensures a controlled geometry for both the optical interfaces of the flowing liquid film and allows repeatable control of flow-rate during machining. This has the action of preventing splashing, ensures repeatable machining conditions and allows control of liquid flow velocity. To investigate the impact of this technique on ablation threshold, bisphenol A polycarbonate samples have been machined using KrF excimer laser radiation passing through a medium of filtered water flowing at a number of flow velocities, that are controllable by modifying the liquid flow-rates. An average decrease in ablation threshold of 7.5% when using turbulent flow velocity regime closed thick film filtered water immersed ablation, compared to ablation using a similar beam in ambient air; however, the use of laminar flow velocities resulted in negligible differences between closed flowing thick film filtered water immersion and ambient air. Plotting the recorded threshold fluence achieved with varying flow velocity showed that an optimum flow velocity of 3.00 m/s existed which yielded a minimum ablation threshold of 112 mJ/cm². This is attributed to the distortion of the ablation plume effected by the flowing immersion fluid changing the ablation mechanism: at laminar flow velocities Bremsstrahlung attenuation decreases etch rate, at excessive flow velocities the plume is completely destroyed, removing the effect of plume etching. Laminar flow velocity regime ablation is limited by slow removal of debris causing a non-linear etch rate over ‘n’ pulses which is a result of debris produced by one pulse remaining suspended over the feature for the next pulse. The impact of closed thick film filtered water immersed ablation is dependant upon beam fluence: high fluence beams achieved greater etch efficiency at high flow velocities as the effect of Bremsstrahlung attenuation is removed by the action of the fluid on the plume; low fluences loose efficiency as the beam makes proportionally large fluence losses at it passes through the chamber window and immersion medium.     

规则结构多孔填料塔两相流动特性实验研究

本文以空气和水为工质,对规则结构多孔填料塔的气-液逆向流动特性进行了可视化实验,研究了填料塔内气一液两相流动规律.实验结果表明:当液体流量一定时,随着气体流量的增加,压力损失增大;当气体流量一定时,随着液体流量的增加,气相压力损失增加.根据实验结果提出了采用水力雷诺数、韦伯数和无量纲流动参数的填料塔内气-液两相流动阻力系数实验关联式.     

Heat transfer performance of a toluene loaded two-phase thermosyphon

Large dimension thermosyphons are efficient heat transfer components in heat recovery systems. Their performance limits depend on the following parameters: geometrical (length, diameter, inclination angle), physical (fluid, fill charge), thermal (temperature, heat flux).An experimental investigation was carried out with a large dimension, closed, two-phase thermosyphon which correspond to a device used in industrial recuperators. A vertical or inclinded steel thermosyphon, 3 m long and 27 mm inner diameter, was tested at temperatures varying from 100°C to 300°C with toluene as the working fluid. The lower part of the pipe was electrically heated along a variable length and the upper zone was cooled with an air stream whose flow rate and temperature were controlled. The maximum heat flux was measured as a function of temperature for different liquid fill charges and inclination angles. From these experimental data, boiling and condensation heat transfer coefficients were deduced. It was observed that the critical heat flux depends little on the fill ratio unless the charge is less than 20% for which a local dry-out occurs. The optimal fill charge was found to be between 20% and 50%. Experimental data have been compared with existing theories. The inclination effects have been taken into account with an empirical formula.     

Forced convection heat transfer around large two-phase bubbles condensing in an immiscible liquid

In this investigation, an equation is theoretically developed to predict the Nusselt number and hence the collapse rate of large spherical two-phase bubbles condensing in quiescent immiscible liquid. Heat transfer from the thin film of condensate and in the wake is determined. Theoretical prediction and experimental data show satisfactory agreement. A parametric study is also carried out for different parameters affecting the collapse rate.     

Heat Transfer in Gas–Liquid Flows Through Wire-Mesh Packing

This article presents the research on the air–water system flowing in a pipe section with electrical heating with a wire-mesh bed inside it. The heat flux was determined and so was the convective heat transfer coefficient for the two-phase flow through a pipe length that had been completely or partially filled with the wire-mesh packing. The packing level was found to strongly affect the heat transfer potential. Also, the dominant role was identified for a liquid in the heat exchange process under two-phase gas–liquid flow through the wire-mesh packing.     

水平螺旋槽管壁面升膜形成机理的研究

对驱动升膜形成的润湿力进行分析,建立单组分流体的数学模型,得出壁面液膜蒸发时的速度和厚度分布。基于此得到蒸发过程中水平螺旋槽管管外壁升膜的形成机理和流动特性,并给出液膜润湿整个管壁面的临界条件。     

Experimental Study of Two Phase Closed Thermosyphon Using Cuo/Water Nanofluid in the Presence Of Electric Field

In this article, the effect of applying an electric field on the performance of a two-phase closed thermosyphon is investigated experimentally. A CuO/water nanofluid is used as the working fluid in the present investigation; 40% of the evaporator volume is filled with the working fluid during the tests. An electric field in various voltages ranging from 5 to 20 kV is applied to the system. Also, the input power supplied to the evaporator varies between 60 to 120 W. The thermal efficiency and the thermal resistance of the two-phase closed thermosyphon are evaluated in various strengths of electric field and different volume fractions. It is found that using the nanofluid and applying an electric field could increase the thermal efficiency by up to 30% as compared with the case in which the working media is pure water and no electric field is applied. To illustrate the effect of the electric field on the heat transfer enhancement, the augmentation Nusselt number, defined as the ratio of the Nusselt numbers after and before applying the electric field, is discussed. The results show that utilizing an electric field is more advantageous when the input power applied to the system is lower.     

HEAT TRANSFER TO TWO-PHASE AIR–VISCOELASTIC FLUID FLOWS OVER A HOT CYLINDER

Over a range of 70 < Re _a < 9,600, 7 < Pr _a < 130, 0 < β < 0.12, and 0.7 < n < 1, circumferential wall temperatures for air–water and air–aqueous polymer (viscoelastic) solution flows over a horizontal cylinder were measured experimentally. The 2.5-cm-diameter and 7.5-cm-long cylinder was heated by passing direct electric current through it. The peripherally averaged heat transfer coefficient for relatively dilute viscoelastic–air solutions, at any fixed flow rate of liquid phase, increases with β. Such increase is more pronounced at lower flow rates of liquid phase. For relatively more elastic solutions, the two-phase heat transfer decreases with increasing β. Such reduction is more pronounced at higher flow rates of liquid phase. A new correlation is proposed for predicting the Nusselt number for air–viscoelastic fluid flows over a heated cylinder in cross flow.     

水平微肋管内基于分层流流型的沸腾传热理论模型

本文提出了基于气液分层流的水平螺旋微肋管内沸腾传热理论预测模型。在模型建立过程中,采用了与开发微肋管冷凝分层流模型类似的理论处理方法。在气液分界面以上区域,相邻微肋之间的沟槽内的半月形液面形状取决于重力和表面张力之间的静力平衡关系,其中半月形液面中的薄液膜区域的传热特性由先前提出的薄液膜蒸发模型预测;分层流液体中的传热特性由Mori等建立的基于实验数据的关联式确定。将模型理论预测值与已由的四种不同结构的微肋管、三种有机工质下得到的实验数据进行了比较,结果表明,只要不发生管内部分烧涸现象,在Fr0<2.5时,理论预测值和实验数据符合得相当好。     

卧式螺旋管内汽液两相流不稳定性试验研究

本文在中、低压汽水试验台上对卧式螺旋管内汽液两相流动不稳定性进行了详细的试验研究，获得了各类脉动发生的界限及各主要参数对脉动的影响规律，并在无固次分析的基础上，给出了密度波脉动起始边界的预报关系式。     

强化管管外升膜蒸发换热特性实验

升膜蒸发是利用微细槽道对液体的毛细抽吸作用,在强化管外表面覆盖一层薄液膜,进而以薄膜蒸发的形式实现强化换热.本文针对强化管在水中的浸入深度,蒸发压力,加热壁面过热度等因素对升膜蒸发换热性能的影响展开实验研究.实验结果表明随着管外液位的降低升膜蒸发换热系数明显提高,此外,蒸发压力和加热壁面过热度因素对升膜蒸发换热性能也有着显著的影响.     

Impact of open de-ionized water thin film laminar immersion on the liquid-immersed ablation threshold and ablation rate of features machined by KrF excimer laser ablation of bisphenol A polycarbonate

Debris control and surface quality are potential major benefits of sample liquid immersion when laser micromachining; however, the use of an immersion technique potentially modifies the ablation mechanism when compared to an ambient air interaction. To investigate the machining characteristics, bisphenol A polycarbonate has been laser machined in air and under a controllable open liquid film. To provide quantitative analysis, ablation threshold, ablation rate and the attenuation coefficient of the immersing de-ionized (DI) water fluid were measured. In ambient air the threshold fluence was measured to be 37 mJ cm⁻². Thin film immersion displayed two trends: threshold fluences of 58.6 and 83.9 mJ cm⁻². The attenuation of DI water was found to be negligible; thus, the change in ablation rate resulted from increased confinement of the vapour plume by the liquid medium, generating higher Bremsstrahlung attenuation of the beam, lowering the laser etch rate. Simultaneously, splashing motivated by the confined ablation plume allowed release of plume pressure before plume etching commenced. This contributed to the loss of total etching efficiency. Two interaction scenarios were obsereved as a result of splashing: (i) intermediate threshold fluence, where splashing occured after every pulse in a mode that interrupted the flow entirely, leaving an ambient air interaction for the following pulse; (ii) high threshold fluence, where splashing occured for every pulse in a mode that allowed the flow to recommence over the image before the next pulse causing every pulse to experience Bremsstrahlung attenuation. Since attenuation of the immersion liquid was negligible, it is the action of the constrained ablation plume within a thin flowing immersion liquid, the resultant Bremsstrahlung attenuation and splashing events that are the critical mechanisms that modify the primary ablation characteristics.     

Mathematical simulation of a gas flow in the vicinity of the open end of a tube for harmonic oscillations of a piston at the resonance frequency at the other end of the tube

The structure of the gas flow in the vicinity of the open end of a tube for the oscillating gas flow caused by piston oscillations at the first resonance frequency at the other end of the tube has been determined by numerical integration of the Navier–Stokes equations using the ANSYS FLUENT program package. For the variant of the tube with an infinitely long flange and a sharp edge, the influence of the piston displacement amplitude on the gas flow rate in the tube is investigated, and the phases of gas inflow and outflow during the period of oscillation have been determined.     

顶置渗透廊土壤强制通风下气液两相流动实验

本文搭建了带顶置渗透廊及强制通风条件下土壤内气液两相流动的可视化实验系统,对气、液在土壤中的流动特性进行了实验研究,测量了不同条件下土壤内的液体流量、液体饱和度等参数。实验结果显示:土壤的结构在多次通水通气后而逐渐趋于稳定,液体流量在通气后会有所降低,而液体饱和度分布则由于受气体流动阻力的影响而变化趋势较为缓慢。     

Generation of acoustic waves by power microwave pulses with the use of thin metal films

We study the features of excitation of acoustic waves by high-power microwave pulses in thin metal films bordering on liquid. Aluminum films with thicknesses 1–10 nm deposited onto a quartz substrate were used in experiments. It is shown theoretically that the absorption coefficient of microwaves is maximum for film thickness from 2 to 3 nm and the value of this maximum is determined by the dielectric permittivity of the bordering liquid. Theoretical calculations and experiments are performed for water and ethyl alcohol. The sound generation in a layered system quartz-aluminum film-liquid is analyzed with the help of the step-by-step approach. At the first step, microwave energy is absorbed in the film and heat is released. Then heat almost instantly diffuses into a liquid whose thermal expansion creates an acoustic signal. Profiles of acoustic signals excited in aluminum films by microwave pulses with a 5-ns duration and an energy of up to 1 mJ are experimentally detected. The most efficient transduction was observed for an aluminum film 3.5 nm thick.     

倾斜粗糙壁面上含不溶性活性剂溶液的动力学特性

针对倾斜随机粗糙壁面上含不溶性活性剂溶液的流动过程, 采用润滑理论建立了液膜厚度和浓度的时空演化模型, 通过PDECOL程序数值求解得到了液膜流/液滴铺展的动力学特性及壁面结构参数的影响. 研究表明: 在重力分量和Marangoni效应共同作用下, 液膜流/液滴铺展速度加快, 液膜边缘和液滴中心出现毛细隆起, 液膜/液滴底部出现凹陷, 同时受粗糙壁面影响, 液膜表面变形更显著. 增加壁面倾角θ具有使重力分量和Marangoni效应增强, 导致隆起和凹陷程度均有所增加的作用. 增大壁面高度D可使液膜流/液滴铺展速度加快, 表面变形放大. 而壁面波数k₀则使液膜流/液滴铺展过程减缓, 抑制隆起和凹陷产生. 与液膜流相比, D和k₀对液滴铺展速度的影响相对较小. 关键词： 随机粗糙壁面 液膜 Marangoni效应 倾斜流动