Thermo-Hydraulic Behavior of Microchannel Heat Exchanger System

This article presents an experimental study of thermo-hydrodynamic phenomena in a microchannel heat exchanger system. The aim of this investigation is to develop correlations between flow/thermal characteristics in the manifolds and the heat transfer performance of the microchannel. A rectangular microchannel fabricated by a laser-machining technique with channel width and hydraulic diameter of 87 μm and 0.17 mm, respectively, and a trapezoidal-shaped manifold are used in this study. The heat sink is subjected to iso-flux heating condition with liquid convective cooling through the channels. The temporal and spatial evolutions of temperature as well as total pressure drop across the system are monitored using appropriate sensors. Data obtained from this study were used to establish relationships between parameters such as longitudinal wall conduction factor, residence and switching time, and thermal spreading resistance with Reynolds number. Result shows that there exist an optimum Reynolds number and conditions for the microchannel heat exchanger system to result in maximum heat transfer performance. The condition in which the inlet manifold temperature surpasses the exit fluid temperature results in lower junction temperature. It further shows that for a high Reynolds number, the longitudinal wall conduction parameter is greater than unity and that the fluid has sufficient dwelling time to absorb heat from the wall of the manifold, leading to high thermal performance.     

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.     

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.     

用改进的遗传算法进行多流股换热器网络综合

建立了有分流情况下换热器网络综合的教学模型,该模型改进了文献中等温混合的不合理假设,有分流情况下的换热器网络综合问题本质上是一个混合整数非线性规划(MINLP)问题。这类问题的非凸非线性特性使得目标函数存在多个局部最优解,传统的基于梯度的搜索方法在处理这类问题时由于计算规模庞大且极易陷于局部最优解而不再适用,因此对遗传算法进行多流股换热器网络综合的方法进行了研究,最后通过例题证明了方法的有效性。     

地源热泵耦合地埋管换热计算若干问题的研究

针对地质构造特点,进行地下一定深度的温度场测试;对耦合地埋管的换热设计计算中的若干问题进行了研究;在简化计算换热模型的基础上,在Excel上用VBA编写宏功能,得到实用的地埋管换热的工程设计计算方法,是一种工程易用的计算软件。同时将这种计算方法应用到了一个实际工程中,并对计算结果进行了验证。     

Heat Transfer Enhancement by Using Copper–Water Nanofluid Flow Inside a Pin Channel

Influences of simultaneous utilization of pin channel and copper–water nanofluid on performance of plate-fin heat exchangers were experimentally explored and compared with results obtained for the base fluid flow inside a plain channel. Experimental results clearly indicate that compared with the plain channel, the pin channel significantly improves the thermal-hydraulic performance of the plate-fin heat exchanger, about 38%. In addition, the heat transfer coefficient as well as pressure drop are increased by using the nanofluids instead of the base fluid. Noticeable average performance factor of 1.65 is obtained for the simultaneous utilization of pin channel and nanofluid inside the plate-fin heat exchanger.     

S12交换机EC7.4版用户分组

从源的分析、字冠分析、任务单元定义3个方面,阐述了S12交换机EC7.4版的用户分组问题。     

Electrochemical behavior of active surface layers in AA8xxx aluminum alloys

AA8xxx alloys employed in the HVAC&R sector (heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigerating) were investigated to highlight the effect of active surface layers in heat-exchanger fins. The local behavior of the surface and the bulk of the alloy sheets was studied by means of an electrochemical microcell in combination with glow-discharge optical-emission spectrometry. Surface layers strongly enhance the electrochemical activity of the fin material. This is related to the segregation of Mg and other elements (Sn) strongly impairing the protective behavior of the oxide film generated during thermomechanical processing.     

双室流化换热器传热分析

介绍了一种用于腐蚀性乏气余热回收的新型无管束磨损的间热式换热器——双室流化换热器．类比壳管式换热器传热分析,对其传热特性进行了理论研究．研究表明,换热器总热阻由两流化床气固换热热阻和颗粒循环流动传热热阻串联而成;颗粒流量在一定范围内可控制其传热过程;加大气流速度,增加床层横截面积,选用大颗粒及加大颗粒流量等均可强化其传热．为后期研究其传热特性及工业应用提供了理论依据．     

一种带中间换热器的双热源高温热泵系统

为了提高工业高温热泵系统的热力性能,实现对工业低温余热的高效综合回收,提出了一种带中间换热器的双热源高温热泵系统。第一级热泵以CO2为工质、以空气为热源,在超临界状态下将冷水加热到中间温度。第二级热泵以R152a(二氟乙烷)作为工质,从工业余热源吸收热量,将用水加热到所需的高温,并且在中间换热器中将CO2加热到过热状态。对该双热源热泵系统进行热力学分析,发现给定R152a在中间换热器温降的情况下,CO2存在最大的过热度,使得整个系统达到最佳运行工况。以回收50℃废水余热为例与单热源热泵进行比较,平均供水量是后者的两倍多,单位质量热水的耗功量减少43.2%,性能系数和火用效率分别平均提高41.9%和23.96%。