Simulation of heat transfer processes in an unconventional furnace

Heat transfer simulation is of great significance for the heating equipments control. In this paper, a set of models is proposed to solve heat transfer problems in a furnace, including radiation and convection. The heat transfer models are integrated with a furnace model to simulate the heating process. The heating rate is increased due to enhanced heat transfer at the surfaces by changing furnace chamber geometry. A fixed grid enthalpy formulation is applied to model heat transfer for an oval geometry. The heating temperature was found to increase linearly with curvature of the interior.     

The influence of furnace wall emissivity on steel charge heating

Radiation heat transfer is one of the most important heat transfer modes in high-temperature applications. It is a strongly non-linear process, which depends on the temperature and emissivity of heat exchange surfaces, their geometrical configuration and properties of the surrounding atmosphere. Heat exchange intensity between the surfaces depends mainly on their temperature differences. However, their emissivities influence significantly the radiation heat transfer process as well. Emissivity is a function of surface state or atmospheric chemical reactions, temperature and wavelengths. Because of these non-linearities, it is very complicated to evaluate such a real problem by numerical simulation, and experimental work seems to be the most reliable evaluation procedure. We applied special high-temperature coatings of different emissivities on furnace walls to evaluate the dependence between the furnace wall emissivity and steel charge heating. The emissivity analyses of the coatings used and emissivity measurement results in dependence on wavelength are presented in this paper. The dependence of the charge heating on the furnace wall emissivity, the importance of emissivity wavelength dependence and significant differences of the emissivity effect in electrical and gas heated furnaces are shown. The possible consequences and practical benefits are also discussed in this paper.     

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Coil Heating in Hydrogen Annealing Furnace for Optimum Arrangement of Charge

Annealing furnace heat transfer mechanisms were investigated both experimentally and numerically to determine optimum stacking arrangements of coils in one charge. Heating order of the coils in one charge was first determined from experimental conditions in order to interpret temperature differences between coils. A mathematical model and annealing furnace heat transfer relations were used to predict the thermal behavior of coils during the heating process. When the accuracy of the model had been ensured, the heating of the coils was simulated with different stacking arrangements and the best arrangement with the shortest heating time possible was determined. A saving of 1 to 5% was observed in the burning time of furnaces for certain stack arrangements.     

Computer modeling of a direct contact condensing heat exchanger for gas furnaces

Experiments have been performed with a direct contact condensing heat exchanger for gas furnaces, in which a direct contact bubble distributor was used to heat and criculate water through a finned-tube heat exchanger which heats the return room air blown through. This paper presents the development of a computer model simulating the system, and the results of parametric studies. The heat transfer analysis of the system indicated possible further improvement of the system. A modified system was proposed and a model was also developed for the system. Comparisons of the heat transfer performance between the two models are given. The research activity concerning this work was supported by the Gas Research Institute (U.S.A.).     

Square wave analysis of the solid-vapor adsorption heat pump

A thermally driven heat pump using a solid/vapor adsorption/desorption compression process in a vapor compression cycle is thermodynamically analyzed. The cycle utilizes a simple heat transfer fluid circulating loop for heating and cooling two solid adsorbent beds. This heat transfer fluid loop also serves to transmit heat recovered from the adsorbing bed being cooled to the desorbing bed being heated. This heat recovery process greatly improves the efficiency of the single stage solid/vapor adsorption process without the complication of a two stage cycle. During the heating and cooling processes a thermal wave profile travels through the beds. This paper uses a square wave representation for the true shape of the thermal wave. However, this square wave is assumed to stop short of the bed ends to account for realistic finite waveforms. The square wave model is integrated into a thermodynamic cycle which provides detailed information on the performance of the beds as well as the COP and the heating and cooling outputs of the heat pump system. Significant cycle design and operating parameters are varied to determine their effect on cycle performance.     

Advanced industrial ceramic heat pipe recuperators

This paper summarizes the results of an investigation involving the use of ceramic heat pipe recuperators for high-temperature heat recovery from industrial furnaces. The function of the recuperator is to preheat combustion air with furnace exhaust gas. To maximize fuel savings, a very high air preheat temperature is desirable; this necessitates the use of ceramic elements in the recuperator.The heat pipe recuperator comprises a bundle of individual ceramic heat pipes acting in concert, with a partition separating the air and exhaust gas flow streams. The heat pipe fluid is a liquid metal. The ceramic heat pipe recuperator concept offers several advantages as compared to tubular type ceramic recuperators. Because each heat pipe is essentially an independent heat exchanger, the failure of a single tube does not compromise recuperator integrity and has only a minimal effect on overall heat exchanger performance. This independent element characteristic also enables easier replacement of individual heat pipes in the recuperator. In addition, the heat pipe acts as an essentially isothermal heat transfer device, leading to a high thermodynamic efficiency.Cost estimates developed for heat pipe recuperator systems indicate favorable payback periods. Laboratory studies have demonstrated the feasibility of fabricating the required ceramic tubes, coating the inside of the tubes with CVD tungsten (which functions as both a protective layer and a heat pipe fluid wick), and sealing the heat pipe with an electron-beam-welded or vacuum-brazed end cap.     

Phenomenological models of microwave heating of a flat coal mass with release of absorbed heat by the convection law

Phenomenological models of electrodynamics and heat transfer in application to microwave heating are constructed. Analytically rigorous solutions to problems of heating a flat coal mass under microwave radiation are obtained. The boundary conditions correspond to convection mechanism of absorbed heat release to the ambient medium. Mathematical models of dielectric heating for homogeneous boundary conditions are solved by a method of dual integral Laplace and Fourier transform. In the presence of inhomogeneities in the boundary conditions, a quite universal method of Green functions is used. The obtained formulas have a constraint associated with constancy of electro- and thermophysical characteristics of coal fuel, or when their piecewise constant approximation is admissible. The obtained dependences form the basis for scientific support of the microwave heating technology.     

Boiling heat transfer of refrigerant R-21 in upward flow in plate-fin heat exchanger

The article presents the results of experimental investigation of boiling heat transfer of refrigerant R-21 in upward flow in a vertical plate-fin heat exchanger with transverse size of the channels that is smaller than the capillary constant. The heat transfer coefficients obtained in ranges of small mass velocities and low heat fluxes, which are typical of the industry, have been poorly studied yet. The characteristic patterns of the upward liquid-vapor flow in the heat exchanger channels and the regions of their existence are detected. The obtained data show a weak dependence of heat transfer coefficient on equilibrium vapor quality, mass flow rate, and heat flux density and do not correspond to calculations by the known heat transfer models. A possible reason for this behavior is a decisive influence of evaporation of thin liquid films on the heat transfer at low heat flux.     

Investigation of the third heat transfer crisis on a vertical surface

The process of development of the third heat transfer crisis for vertical orientation of the heating surface was studied experimentally. Experiments were carried out with acetone under the conditions of saturation for the pressures in the working volume from 20 to 28 kPa. In all experiments, the third heat transfer crisis was preceded by propagation of evaporation front along the heating surface. The threshold values of heat flux densities, above which a stable vapor film is formed on the whole heating surface, are lower for vertical orientation of this heating surface than for the horizontal one. Data on the threshold heat flux densities and overheating before boiling-up were obtained. Above these values, formation of evaporation fronts was observed. The range of operation parameters corresponding to formation of the sites of unstable film boiling on the heating surface after boiling-up was determined.     

Utilization of blast furnace slag nano-fluids in two-phase closed thermos-syphon heat pipes for enhancing heat transfer

This article deals with utilization of blast furnace slag nano-fluids in two-phase closed thermo-syphon heat pipes for enhancing heat transfer at various states of operation. The utilization of nano-fluids obtained from X₂O₃-, XO-, XO₂-, and X₂O-type oxides, such as Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, CaO, SiO₂, MgO, MnO, K₂O, and Na₂O, on the improvement of heat pipe performance has been separately reported in a number of studies in the literature. The present study experimentally demonstrated the effect of using a nano-fluid obtained from blast furnace slag comprised of various types of metal oxides in varying ratios on improving the performance of a heat pipe. The slag was obtained from the iron blast furnace of Karabük Iron Steel Workings (Turkey). Triton X-100 (Dow Chemical Company) dispersant was used in the study to produce the blast furnace slag/water nano-fluid via direct-synthesis. The 2 wt% concentration of blast furnace slag/water nano-fluid was used as the working fluid in heat pipes. 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 heat pipe in the present experimental study. The nano-fluid filled 33.3% (44.2 ml) of the volume of the two-phase closed thermo-syphon. 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. An increase of 22% was achieved in thermal performance of the two-phase closed thermo-syphon when 2 wt% blast furnace slag containing nano-fluid was used to replace pure water at a heat load of 200 W with a cooling water flow rate of 5 g/s.     

Determination of the volumetric heat generation in a furnace chamber from the radiation flux distribution

A thermal model of a furnace chamber involving both a three-dimensional radiation heat transfer equation and an energy equation describing the one-dimensional flow of a combustible mixture is proposed. Convective heat transfer at the walls and shields is taken into account by the approximate standardized method. The model allows one to calculate the temperature and heat flux distributions both in the volume and at the boundaries of the furnace chamber. The problem of finding the specific volumetric heat generation from the radiation fluxes measured at the furnace walls is considered with this model.     

Optimization of fin geometry in heat convection with entransy theory

The entransy theory developed in recent years is used to optimize the aspect ratio of a plate fin in heat convection.Based on a two-dimensional model,the theoretical analysis shows that the minimum thermal resistance defined with the concept of entransy dissipation corresponds to the maximum heat transfer rate when the temperature of the heating surface is fixed.On the other hand,when the heat flux of the heating surface is fixed,the minimum thermal resistance corresponds to the minimum average temperature of the heating surface.The entropy optimization is also given for the heat transfer processes.It is observed that the minimum entropy generation,the minimum entropy generation number,and the minimum revised entropy generation number do not always correspond to the best heat transfer performance.In addition,the influence factors on the optimized aspect ratio of the plate fin are also discussed.The optimized ratio decreases with the enhancement of heat convection,while it increases with fin thermal conductivity increasing.     

Fundamental optimal relation of a generalized irreversible Carnot heat pump with complex heat transfer law

The fundamental optimal relation between heating load and coefficient of performance (COP) of a generalized irreversible Carnot heat pump is derived based on a new generalized heat transfer law, which includes the generalized convective heat transfer law and generalized radiative heat transfer law, q ∝ (ΔT ⁿ ) ^m . The generalized irreversible Carnot heat pump model incorporates several internal and external irreversibilities, such as heat resistance, bypass heat leakage, friction, turbulence and other undesirable irreversibility factors. The added irreversibilities besides heat resistance are characterized by a constant parameter and a constant coefficient. The effects of heat transfer laws and various loss terms are analysed. The heating load vs. COP characteristic of a generalized irreversible Carnot heat pump is a parabolic-like curve, which is consistent with the experimental result of thermoelectric heat pump. The obtained results include those obtained in many literatures and indicated that the analysis results of the generalized irreversible Carnot heat pump were more suitable for engineering practice than those of the endoreversible Carnot heat pump.     

新型沟槽道微热管散热性能实验研究

微热管以其效率高、响应快且无能耗,在高功率集成微电子散热方面应用广泛。针对电子器件的小型化、高能耗发展趋势,本文提出一种新型沟槽道微热管结构,对该沟槽道微热管进行稳态和瞬态热性能实验研究,研究了风速、角度、加热功率等因素对该新型热管的热性能影响规律。结果表明,该微热管在整个散热器传热上起主导作用,性能比达到0.88,冷凝端温差为0.8℃,具有良好的均温性,该微热管加热功率为140 W,空气流速1.5 m/s时,换热系数可达2 359 W/(m^2·℃),热阻为0.27℃/W;高功率状态下可保持良好的热扩散性能,有效避免微热管的热应力集中,有望高效解决集成电子器件的散热问题。     

煤粉炉内弥散介质辐射传热的综合模拟

本文基于辐射传热计算的DT法和颗粒运动计算的随机轨道法,并结合单颗粒的辐射特性模型,构造了能够详细考虑颗粒燃尽、湍流弥散诸因素对炉内空间局部辐射特性及总体辐射传热影响的弥散介质辐射传热计算模型,并将其耦合到炉内过程的总体数值模型中。采用该程序,比较计算了几种颗粒辐射特性模型对某300MW锅炉炉内温度场的预报结果,结果表明：通常采用的均匀颗粒辐射特性模型会导致温度场的极大误差;由于炉内颗粒浓度的不均匀分布,炉内的温度分布呈现高度非均匀状态,在炉膛轴线上有大面积的高温烟气区存在;考虑残炭存在时,温度分布的不均匀性更显著．     

分离式螺旋热管在蓄冷系统的换热特性分析

阐述了分离式螺旋热管的换热特性,并提出了将螺旋热管应用于蓄冷系统的新方案。建立了分离式螺旋热管的换热模型,分析了热流密度、充液率以及几何尺寸对螺旋热管管内换热的影响,为螺旋热管结构的优化以及在蓄冷系统的应用提供了理论依据。     

Entropy resistance analyses of a two-stream parallel flow heat exchanger with viscous heating

Heat exchangers are widely used in industry, and analyses and optimizations of the performance of heat exchangers are important topics. In this paper, we define the concept of entropy resistance based on the entropy generation analyses of a one-dimensional heat transfer process. With this concept, a two-stream parallel flow heat exchanger with viscous heating is analyzed and discussed. It is found that the minimization of entropy resistance always leads to the maximum heat transfer rate for the discussed two-stream parallel flow heat exchanger, while the minimizations of entropy generation rate, entropy generation numbers, and revised entropy generation number do not always.     

煤灰沉积的传热过程模型及其数值研究

计算流体力学（ＣＦＤ）方法的应用在锅炉设计或燃烧设备的改造过程中有着十分重要的作用．本文研究了实际燃烧过程中普遍存在的煤灰沉积现象对数值计算结果的影响，提出了描述煤灰沉积的新型传热模型，比较了新模型采用前后数值计算结果与实测数据的差异，从而验证了该模型的合理性，提高了对炉内积灰、结渣过程数值描述的精度．     

Effect of heat transfer on the penetration of an electromagnetic pulse into a plasma layer and the inverse skin effect

Penetration of a heating pulse into a plasma layer was studied using the system of coupled nonlinear equations for electric field, electron, and ion temperatures. Numerical calculations of field structure and temperature evolution are performed both in the absence and in the presence of heat transfer. It is established that heat transfer leads to a more rapid penetration of the field near the illuminated surface of the layer and impairs penetration in regions of the layer far from this surface. We found that heat transfer promotes the creation of more favourable conditions for manifestation of the inverse skin effect.     

Thermal control of electronic equipment by heat pipes

In the frame of the BRITE-EURAM european programme (KHIEPCOOL project), a literature survey on the main heat pipe and micro heat pipe technologies developed for thermal control of electronic equipment has been carried out. The conventional heat pipes are cylindrical, flat or bellow tubes, using wicks or axial grooves as capillary structures. In the field of micro heat pipes, three and four corner tubes have been developed. The pipes are mounted on single chips, in-line chip arrays or integrated into the component interconnection substrate. The best performances were achieved with Plesch's axially grooved flat miniature heat pipe [1], which is able to transfer a heat flux of about 60 W·cm⁻². Theoretical models have shown that the performance of micro heat pipe arrays increase with increasing tube diameter, decreasing tube length and increasing heat pipe density. The heat pipe technologies are classified and compared according to their geometry and location in the system. A list of about 150 references, classified according to their subjects, is presented.