Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Vertical Annulus by Introduction of Air in Liquid Flow

In this paper, boiling heat transfer in a vertical annulus with inner side heated with and without air introduction is experimentally studied. Results show that boiling heat transfer is significantly enhanced by the introduction of air. When air is introduced into the liquid with a temperature below boiling point, the enhancement of heat transfer is also detected. It is concluded from the study that the heat transfer enhanced by introduction of inert gas is due to the liquid vaporization at the gas-liquid interface near the wall, which removes a large amount of latent heat and lowers the interfacial temperature considerably. Thus the gas-liquid interface acts as a 'heat sink'and the heat transfer is augmented significantly.

Entropy generation for mixed convection flow in vertical annulus with two regions hydromagnetic viscous and Cu-Ag water hybrid nanofluid through porous zone: a comparative numerical study

The primary determination of this study is a numerical investigation of the entropygeneration (EG) in the steady two-region flow of viscous fluid and hybrid nanofluid (NF) in along-infinite vertical annulus having a clear region as well as porous media. Stoke’s and single-phase NF models are used to study the viscous fluid and hybrid nanofluid (HNF) heat transferdevelopments, respectively. Two types of nanoparticles are taken, such as copper (Cu) and sil-ver (Ag) within base fluid water to make it a HNF. Darcy-Brinkman law is also used to examinethe flow through the porous zone in the annulus. Necessary quantities have been used in thesystem of equations to transfer them into non-dimensional forms. For momentum and energytransport, the numerical results are evaluated for various model parameters and are examinedvia the shooting method in MATHEMATICA. It is noted that the momentum and energy trans-port are more significant when two immiscible fluids in a clear vertical annulus are taken. Thefindings also indicate that two-phase momentum and heat flow are greater when a NF is used in Region-II and lower when a HNF is used. The temperature (in Region-II) falls with a high na-nomaterials volume fraction (see Figure 4) while it is increased when the Hartman number isincreased. Moreover, velocity declines with increment in nanomaterials volume fraction. Thus,higher thermal conductivity can be accomplished by using a magnetic field.

Natural convection flow in a vertical annulus with time-periodic thermal boundary conditions

This paper presents an analytical solution for natural convection flow in a vertical annulus due to time-periodic heating of annulus surfaces.Closed-form expressions for velocity,temperature,skin-friction,mass flow rate and rate of heat transfer which is expressed as Nusselt number are obtained by solving the present mathematical model after separating into steady component and periodic regime.The effects of pertinent parameters such as Strouhal number(St),Prandtl number(Pr)and radius ratio(λ)are shown with the aid of contour and line graphs.Results indicate that the role of Strouhal number and Prandtl number is to decrease fluid velocity,temperature and skin-friction.Furthermore,increase in Strouhal number increases the temperature phase-lag.

Magnetohydrodynamic Effect on Free Convection of Three Dimensional Laminar Flow in Porous Annulus

A numerical study has been carried out to investigate heat transfer by free convection under the effect of MHD （magnetohydrodynamic） for steady state three-dimensional laminar flow in horizontal and vertical cylindrical annulus filled with saturated porous media （sand silica） with fins attached to the inner cylinder. A single electric coil placed around the inner cylinder to generate a magnetic field. The governing equations which used are continuity, momentum （using Darcy＇s law） and energy equations which are transformed to dimensionless equations. The finite difference approach is used to obtain all the computational results using Fortran 90 program. The parameters affected on the system are Rayleigh number ranging within （102 ~ Ra＊ 〈 104）, and MHD （Mn） （0 〈_ Mn 〈_ 100） and radius ratio Rr （0.225, 0.338 and 0.435）. The results obtained are presented graphically in the form of streamline and isotherm contour plots and the results show that heat transfer decrease with the increase of magnetohydrodynamic. It was found that the average Nusselt number increase with Ra＊ and decrease with H~ Mn and Rr. A correlation for the average Nusselt number in terms of Ra＊ and Mn, has been developed for the inner cylinder.