In this paper, theoretical analysis on evaporating heat transfer in capillary with equilateral triangular cross section is presented and numerical calculations based on glass-water system are carried out. Considering ...In this paper, theoretical analysis on evaporating heat transfer in capillary with equilateral triangular cross section is presented and numerical calculations based on glass-water system are carried out. Considering evaporation mechanism in capillary with polygonal section, one-dimensional model is used to describe the three-dimensional case. The evaporating meniscus in the capillary along axis can be divided into six regions. The following conclusions are obtained: (1) The local heat transfer coefficients and heat fluxes in capillary increase quickly in the first and second regions, and slowly in the third region. The maximum value appears at interline between the third and fourth regions, then gradually decreases in the last three regions. (2) The average heat transfer coefficients decrease when the sizes of the capillary section increase, and become larger under higher wall temperature.展开更多
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文摘In this paper, theoretical analysis on evaporating heat transfer in capillary with equilateral triangular cross section is presented and numerical calculations based on glass-water system are carried out. Considering evaporation mechanism in capillary with polygonal section, one-dimensional model is used to describe the three-dimensional case. The evaporating meniscus in the capillary along axis can be divided into six regions. The following conclusions are obtained: (1) The local heat transfer coefficients and heat fluxes in capillary increase quickly in the first and second regions, and slowly in the third region. The maximum value appears at interline between the third and fourth regions, then gradually decreases in the last three regions. (2) The average heat transfer coefficients decrease when the sizes of the capillary section increase, and become larger under higher wall temperature.