Temperature distribution over the absorber plate of a parallel flow flat-plate solar collector is numerically analyzed. The governing differential equations with boundary conditions are solved numerically using fluent...Temperature distribution over the absorber plate of a parallel flow flat-plate solar collector is numerically analyzed. The governing differential equations with boundary conditions are solved numerically using fluent software. Effects of the inlet mass flux, inlet temperature and tube spacing on velocity and temperature distributions are discussed. Numerical results show that the distributions of velocity and temperature of fluid is unsymmetrical inside pipe.展开更多
The critical transition Reynolds number is the lowest value at which the turbulent flow can hold in real flows.The determination of the critical transition Reynolds number not only is a scientific problem,but also is ...The critical transition Reynolds number is the lowest value at which the turbulent flow can hold in real flows.The determination of the critical transition Reynolds number not only is a scientific problem,but also is important for some engineering problems.However,there is no available theoretical method to search the critical value.For the hypersonic boundary layer with significant importance for engineering problems,there is no available experimental method to search the critical value so far.Consequently,it is imperative to take numerical method to search it.In this paper,direct numerical simulations(DNS)method is employed to determine the critical transition Reynolds number for the incompressible flat-plate boundary layer.Firstly,under the assumption of parallel flow,the temporal mode DNS is performed to determine the critical value as Re_(xpcr)=43767,which is quite close to the numerical results of other people.Secondly,under the condition of nonparallel flow,the spatial mode DNS is performed to determine the critical transition Reynolds number as Re_(xcr)=3×10^(5),which is well consistent with the experimental results.In principle,the proposed method in this paper can be extended to the supersonic/hypersonic boundary layer,and that problem will be discussed in the subsequent papers.展开更多
In this paper,the visualization of the thermo-hydrodynamic behavior in flat-plate pulsating heat pipe(FP-PHP)with HFE-347 is experimentally investigated.The FP-PHP is vertically placed with filling rate of 20%to 70%an...In this paper,the visualization of the thermo-hydrodynamic behavior in flat-plate pulsating heat pipe(FP-PHP)with HFE-347 is experimentally investigated.The FP-PHP is vertically placed with filling rate of 20%to 70%and heating power of 20 W to 140 W.A high-speed camera is used to record the two-phase flow in the FP-PHP.Four flow pattern types and four flow directions are observed.The flow directions of the two-phase flow inside the FP-PHP with medium filling rate(40%–60%)are the most complex,and the FP-PHP with high filling rate(70%)is most likely to form a directional circulating flow.At high heating power(100 W to 140 W),the flow patterns in FP-PHP with medium(40%–60%)and high filling rate(70%)are dominated by mixed flow.The wall temperature fluctuates greatly at moderate heating power(60 W to 80 W)owing to the uncertainty of the flow direction.The temperature distribution of the FP-PHP is highly affected by the heat transfer intensity of the working fluid under different flow states,so that the state of fluid flow and the thermal performance of FP-PHP can be evaluated through the infrared thermal image of the FP-PHP.展开更多
文摘Temperature distribution over the absorber plate of a parallel flow flat-plate solar collector is numerically analyzed. The governing differential equations with boundary conditions are solved numerically using fluent software. Effects of the inlet mass flux, inlet temperature and tube spacing on velocity and temperature distributions are discussed. Numerical results show that the distributions of velocity and temperature of fluid is unsymmetrical inside pipe.
基金supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0401200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12072230,11672204,91952301,and 11732011).
文摘The critical transition Reynolds number is the lowest value at which the turbulent flow can hold in real flows.The determination of the critical transition Reynolds number not only is a scientific problem,but also is important for some engineering problems.However,there is no available theoretical method to search the critical value.For the hypersonic boundary layer with significant importance for engineering problems,there is no available experimental method to search the critical value so far.Consequently,it is imperative to take numerical method to search it.In this paper,direct numerical simulations(DNS)method is employed to determine the critical transition Reynolds number for the incompressible flat-plate boundary layer.Firstly,under the assumption of parallel flow,the temporal mode DNS is performed to determine the critical value as Re_(xpcr)=43767,which is quite close to the numerical results of other people.Secondly,under the condition of nonparallel flow,the spatial mode DNS is performed to determine the critical transition Reynolds number as Re_(xcr)=3×10^(5),which is well consistent with the experimental results.In principle,the proposed method in this paper can be extended to the supersonic/hypersonic boundary layer,and that problem will be discussed in the subsequent papers.
基金financial support provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project No.51506033)Guangxi Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.2017JJA160108)Guangxi Colleges and Universities Program of Innovative Research Team and Outstanding Talent。
文摘In this paper,the visualization of the thermo-hydrodynamic behavior in flat-plate pulsating heat pipe(FP-PHP)with HFE-347 is experimentally investigated.The FP-PHP is vertically placed with filling rate of 20%to 70%and heating power of 20 W to 140 W.A high-speed camera is used to record the two-phase flow in the FP-PHP.Four flow pattern types and four flow directions are observed.The flow directions of the two-phase flow inside the FP-PHP with medium filling rate(40%–60%)are the most complex,and the FP-PHP with high filling rate(70%)is most likely to form a directional circulating flow.At high heating power(100 W to 140 W),the flow patterns in FP-PHP with medium(40%–60%)and high filling rate(70%)are dominated by mixed flow.The wall temperature fluctuates greatly at moderate heating power(60 W to 80 W)owing to the uncertainty of the flow direction.The temperature distribution of the FP-PHP is highly affected by the heat transfer intensity of the working fluid under different flow states,so that the state of fluid flow and the thermal performance of FP-PHP can be evaluated through the infrared thermal image of the FP-PHP.
