摘要
An experiment has been carried out to investigate the local convective heat transfer from a horizontal circular copper tube in an acoustic cavitation field. The effects of acoustical parameters (including sound source intensity, the vibrator location and sound distance), fluid temperature and thermophysical properties of working fluid on heat transfer enhancement were studied, as well as the variation of heat transfer rate with sound source intensity at constant heat flux. Results show that convection heat transfer was remarkably enhanced due to disturbance and impingement by cavitation bubble. Among these cases tested, the maximum augmentation ratio of 3.95 was reached for acetone with a cluster of cavitation bubbles impinging perpendicularly on the tube surface.
An experiment has been carried out to investigate the local convective heat transfer from a horizontal circular copper tube in an acoustic cavitation field. The effects of acoustical parameters (including sound source intensity, the vibrator location and sound distance), fluid temperature and thermophysical properties of working fluid on heat transfer enhancement were studied, as well as the variation of heat transfer rate with sound source intensity at constant heat flux. Results show that convection heat transfer was remarkably enhanced due to disturbance and impingement by cavitation bubble. Among these cases tested, the maximum augmentation ratio of 3.95 was reached for acetone with a cluster of cavitation bubbles impinging perpendicularly on the tube surface.
Keywords acoustic cavitation - heat transfer - enhancement - convection - cavitation bubble
CLC number TK124
