Heat Transfer Characteristics and Pressure Drop in a Horizontal Circulating Fluidized Bed Evaporator

A vapor-liquid-solid horizontal circulating fluidized bed evaporation setup was constructed to study the thermal-exchange properties and pressure change.The influences of the operating variables,including the amount of added particles,heat flux,and circulating flow velocity,were systematically inspected using resistance temperature detectors and pressure sensors.The results showed that the heat transfer eff ect was improved with the increase in the amount of added particles,circulating flow velocity,and particle diameter,but decreased with increasing heat flux.The pressure drop fluctuated with the increase in operating parameters,except circulating flow velocity.The enhancing factor reached up to 71.5%.The enhancing fac-tor initially increased and then decreased with the increase in the amount of added particles and circulating flow velocity,fluctuated with increasing particle diameter,and decreased with increasing heat flux.Phase diagrams showing the variation ranges of the operation variables for the enhancing factor were constructed.

Experimental investigation on boiling heat transfer and pressure drop of R245fa in a horizontal micro-fin tube

An experimental investigation on the boiling heat transfer and frictional pressure drop of R245fa in a 7 mm horizontal micro-fin tube was performed.The results show that in terms of flow boiling heat transfer characteristics,boiling heat transfer coefficient(HTC)increases with mass velocity of R245fa,while it decreases with the increment of saturation temperature and heat flux.With the increase of vapor quality,HTC has a maximum and the corresponding vapor quality is about 0.4,which varies with the operating conditions.When vapor quality is larger than the transition point,HTC can be promoted more remarkably at higher mass velocity or lower saturation temperature.Among the four selected correlations,KANDLIKAR correlation matches with 91.6%of experimental data within the deviation range of±25%,and the absolute mean deviation is 11.2%.Also,in terms of frictional pressure drop characteristics of flow boiling,the results of this study show that frictional pressure drop increases with mass velocity and heat flux of R245fa,while it decreases with the increment of saturation temperature.MULLER-STEINHAGEN-HECK correlation shows the best prediction accuracy for frictional pressure drop among the four widely used correlations.It covers 84.1%of experimental data within the deviation range of±20%,and the absolute mean deviation is 10.1%.

Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Micro-Sized Tube Heat Exchanger

A micro-sized tube heat exchanger(MTHE) was fabricated, and its performance in heat transfer and pressure drop was experimentally studied. The single-phase forced convection heat transfer correlation on the sides of the MTHE tubes was proposed and compared with previous experimental data in the Reynolds number range of 500—1 800. The average deviation of the correlation in calculating the Nusselt number was about 6.59%. The entrance effect in the thermal entrance region was discussed. In the same range of Reynolds number, the pressure drop and friction coefficient were found to be considerably higher than those predicted by the conventional correlations. The product of friction factor and Reynolds number was also a constant, but much higher than the conventional.

METHODS FOR CALCULATING SHELL-SIDE CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP OF RODBAFFLE CONDENSER

1 INTRODUCTIONGentry,Yong and Small [1-3]have described their Rodbaffle heat exchangers,whichare geometrically shell-and-tube exchangers consisting of a series of shell-side bafflesas an array of supporting rods.The supporting-rod matrix creates an unobstructedflow path and makes the flow field in the shell-side of the heat exchangerpredominantly longitudinal bringing along flow-induced tube vibration in a cross flowheat-exchanger.With neither bundle cross flow form drag nor repeated flow reversal ef-fects being present,the shell-side pressure losses in Rodbaffle heat exchangers are low.Rodbaffle heat exchangers also offer an enhanced thermal performance.

Cooling of Superheated Refrigerants Flowing inside Tubes Filled with Porous Media： Study of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop, Carbon Dioxide Case Study

In this work an experimental study combined with an analytical investigation for cooling superheated Carbon Dioxide （CO2） gas were carried out. This work is intended to be part of the super critical Gustav Lorentzen refrigeration cycle of CO2. Experimental and analytical works concentrated on heat transfer and pressure drop for single phase flow during gas cooling inside tubes filled with porous media. Analytical empirical correlations were formulated for the coefficient of convectional heat transfer and for the pressure drop. A comparison between experimental results and that obtained by developed correlations were carried out, and a comparison between these results and literature published ones were carried out too. The results of this research showed that for cooling process the proposed correlations were proved to be acceptably accurate for pressure drop with difference from experimental results of 2%, while for convective heat transfer the difference from experimental results reached about 3%. More than 90% agreement with literature results was obtained. This work can enhance the calculations of heat flux and pressure drop of gases flow inside porous media filled tubes, and can help in the design procedure of heat exchangers and cooling processes.

Numerical simulation of heat transfer and flow of cooling air in triangular wavy fin channels

Numerical computation models of air cooling heat transfer and flow behaviors in triangular wavy fin channels(TWFC) were established with structural parameters of fins considered.The air side properties of heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop are displayed with variable structural parameters of fins and inlet velocities of cooling air.Within the range of simulation,TWFC has the best comprehensive performance when inlet velocity vin=4-10 m/s.Compared with those of straight fins,the simulation results reveal that the triangular wavy fin channels are of higher heat transfer performances especially with the fin structural parameters of fin-height Fh=9.0 mm,fin-pitch Fp=2.5-3.0 mm,fin-wavelength λ=14.0-17.5 mm and fin-wave-amplitude A=1.0-1.2 mm.The correlations of both heat transfer factor and friction factor are presented,and the deviations from the experimental measurements are within 20%.

Experimental study on convection heat transfer and air drag in sinter layer

Convection heat transfer coefficient and air pressure drop in sinter layer are important factors for the design of sinter cooling craft. Due to the lack of necessary data, the two parameters are studied by experimental method. The experimental results show that heat conduction of sinter impacts the measurement of convection heat transfer coefficient. Convection heat transfer increases with the increase of air volumetric flow rate. Sinter layer without small particles(sample I) gives higher convection heat transfer coefficient than that with small particles(sample II). Under the considered conditions, volumetric convection heat transfer coefficient is in the range of 400-1800 W/(m3·°C). Air pressure drop in sinter layer increases with the increase of normal superficial velocity, as well as with the rise of air temperature. Additionally, air pressure drop also depends on sinter particle size distribution. In considered experimental conditions, pressure drop in sinter sample II is 2-3 times that in sinter sample I, which resulted from 17% small scale particles in sinter sample II.

Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Four Types of Plate Fin－and－TUbe Heat Exchanger Surfaces

In this paper, air side heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of twelve three-row plate finandtube heat exchanger cores of four types of fin configurations have been experimentally investigated.The heat transfer and friction factor correlations for'the twelve cores are provided in a wide range ofReynolds number. It is found that in the range of Reynolds number tested, the Nusselt number of theslotted fin surface is the largest and that of the plain plate fin is the lowest while the Nusselt numbersof two types of wavy fins are somewhere in between.

Industrially Experimental Investigations and Development of the Curve-ROD Baffle Heat Exchanger

The conventional heat exchanger with segmental baffles is prone to bring forth fluid-induced vibration of heat transfer tubes and increase the pressure drop of shell-side greatly at higher fluid flow velocity. In order to avoid the above defects, the ROD-baffle heat exchanger has been developed. However, its collocation of heat transfer tubes is conventionally in square, which leads to fewer heat transfer area per unit volume. Based on the ROD-baffle heat exchanger, a new type curve-ROD baffle has been developed, and an industrial investigation of the curve-ROD baffle heat exchanger with normal triangular collocation has been carried into execution. In this paper, two equations using the Reynolds number were acquired to predict the heat transfer coefficients of the shell-side and tube-side. The experimental results show that the shell-side heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of the curve-ROD baffle heat exchanger are superior to those of the segmental baffle one.

Theoretical and experimental investigation on vertical tank technology for sinter waste heat recovery

In the present work, the gas flow pressure drop and gas–solid heat transfer characteristics in sinter bed layer of vertical tank were studied experimentally on the basis of the homemade experimental setup. The gas flow pressure drop through the sinter bed layer was measured with different gas velocity and particle diameters, as well as the sinter and air temperatures. The influences of gas superficial velocity and particle diameter on the gas flow pressure drop and gas solid heat transfer in sinter bed layer were analyzed in detail. The revised Ergun's correlation and gas solid heat transfer correlation were obtained according to the regression analysis of experimental data. It is found that, the pressure drop of unit bed layer height gradually increases as a quadratic relationship with increasing the gas superficial velocity, and decreases as an exponential relationship with the increase of sinter particle diameter. For a given sinter temperature, the heat transfer coefficient in sinter bed layer increases with increasing the gas superficial velocity, and increases with decreasing the sinter particle diameter. In addition, the heat transfer coefficient also gradually increases with increasing the sinter temperature at the same gas superficial velocity and sinter particle diameter. The mean deviations between the experimental data obtained from this work and the values calculated by the revised Ergun's correlation and the experimental heat transfer correlation are 7.22% and 4.22% respectively, showing good prediction.

Pressure Drop of Liquid–Solid Two-Phase Flow in the Vertical Tube Bundle of a Cold-Model Circulating Fluidized Bed Evaporator

A cold-model vertical multi-tube circulating fluidized bed evaporator was designed and built to conduct a visualization study on the pressure drop of a liquid–solid two-phase flow and the corresponding particle distribution.Water and polyformaldehyde particle(POM)were used as the liquid and solid phases,respectively.The effects of operating parameters such as the amount of added particles,circulating flow rate,and particle size were systematically investigated.The results showed that the addition of the particles increased the pressure drop in the vertical tube bundle.The maximum pressure drop ratios were 18.65%,21.15%,18.00%,and 21.15%within the experimental range of the amount of added particles for POM1,POM2,POM3,and POM4,respectively.The pressure drop ratio basically decreased with the increase in the circulating flow rate but fluctuated with the increase in the amount of added particles and particle size.The difference in pressure drop ratio decreased with the increase in the circulating flow rate.As the amount of added particles increased,the difference in pressure drop ratio fluctuated at low circulating flow rate but basically decreased at high circulating flow rate.The pressure drop in the vertical tube bundle accounted for about 70%of the overall pressure drop in the up-flow heating chamber and was the main component of the overall pressure within the experimental range.Three-dimensional phase diagrams were established to display the variation ranges of the pressure drop and pressure drop ratio in the vertical tube bundle corresponding to the operating parameters.The research results can provide some reference for the application of the fluidized bed heat transfer technology in the industry.

Heat transfer analysis of the bent cooling channels in SSRF light-blocked components

The front end light-blocked components of the third generation of synchrotron radiation facility,which are subjected to high heat load,are cooled with flowing water through the cooling channels.The convective heat transfer coefficient and the flow resistance(or pressure drop) are two important parameters for evaluating the heat transfer performance of the cooling channels and should be strictly quantified.In this research,two typical bent cooling channels in Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility(SSRF) were modeled and their in-pipe turbulent flows were simulated.The two criteria obtained under different channel water velocities met the SSRF technical requirements.To reduce the total pressure drop,arc transitions were proposed to replace the right angle transitions in the cooling channels.At the same time,an experiment was performed to measure the convective heat transfer coefficient of a typical bent channel unit.The experimental results were in good agreement with the simulation ones.

Numerical Studies on Thermal and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of LNG in Helically Coiled Tube-in-Tube Heat Exchangers

As compact and efficient heat exchange equipment,helically coiled tube-in-tube heat exchangers(HCTT heat exchangers)are widely used in many industrial processes.However,the thermal-hydraulic research of liquefied natural gas(LNG)as the working fluid inHCTT heat exchangers is rarely reported.In this paper,the characteristics of HCTT heat exchangers,in which LNG flows in the inner tube and ethylene glycol-water solution flows in the outer tube,are studied by numerical simulations.The influences of heat transfer characteristics and pressure drops of the HCTT heat transfers are studied by changing the initial flow velocity,the helical middle diameter,and the helical pitch.The results indicate that different initial flow velocities in the inner tube and the outer tube of the HCTT heat exchanger have little influence on the secondary flow of the fluid in the helical tubes,and the overall flow characteristics tend to be stable.The smaller helical middle diameter of the HCTT heat exchanger leads to the shorter fluid flow length,the smaller resistance along the tubes and the increase of initial pressure under the condition of constant inlet velocity,which promotes the occurrence of secondary flow.The axial flow of fluid promotes the destruction of heat transfer boundary layer and gains strength of the turbulence and heat transfer efficiency.With the increase of the helical pitch of the HCTT heat exchanger,the turbulent intensity and the heat transfer efficiency are also increased.Moreover,the improvement of the flow state of the HCTT exchanger in a longer helical pitch also enhances the heat exchange efficiency.

Forced Convection Heat Transfer in Porous Structure: Effect of Morphology on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Coefficient

A light-weight structure with sufficient mechanical strength and heat transfer performance is increasingly required for some thermal management issues.The porous structure with the skeleton supporting the ambient stress and the pores holding the flowing fluid is considered very promising,attracting significant scientific and industrial interest over the past few decades.However,due to complicated morphology of the porous matrices and thereby various performance of the pressure drop and heat transfer coefficients (HTC),the comprehensive comparison and evaluation between different structures are largely unclear.In this work,recent researches on the efforts of forced convection heat transfer in light-weight porous structure are reviewed;special interest is placed in the open-cell foam,lattice-frame,structured packed bed,and wire-woven structures.Their experimental apparatus,morphological of the porous structures,effect of morphology on pressure drop and HTC,and further applications are discussed.The new method which measure morphology accurately should be paid more attention to develop more accuracy correlation.Also,the most research focused on low Reynolds number and existing structure,while very few researchers investigated the property of forced convection heat transfer in high velocity region and developed new porous structure.

Numerical investigation on gas flow heat transfer and pressure drop in the shell side of spiral-wound heat exchangers

As a critical facility,spiral-wound heat exchanger was(SWHE)has the been widely used in many industrial applications.boundary A computational fluid dynamics(CFD)model employed with smallest periodic element results and periodic conditions to examine around the the characteristics tube of the shell side of SWHE.Numerical simulation show that the heat transfer coefficients and initially mean increase absolute and subsequently decrease simulated 5%with heat radial angle because of the influence measured of backflow turbulent separation.nitrogen The deviation between is transfer coefficients and values for methane,drop,ethane,and are a mixture(methane/ethane)within when mean Reynolds number is over is 30000.For the pressure the simulated results values smaller than the measured values,and the absolute on deviation within 9%.Numerical simulation also tubes indicate that the pressure drop the and heat of transfer coefficients angle the shell side and of SWHE heat decrease as the winding the angle of the increases.Nusselt Considering effect winding on pressure drops transfer coefficients,modified correlations of_=0.308Re^(0.64)Pr^(0.36)(1+sin)^(1.38 )and friction factor f_=0.435Re^(-0.133)(sin)^(-0.36),are proposed.Comparing Nu number with the experimental data,the maximum deviations for heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops are less than 5%and11%respectively.

Airside pressure drop characteristics of three analogous serpentine tube heat exchangers considering heat transfer for aero-engine cooling

This study explores the design,analysis,and air pressure drop assessment of three analogous air–fuel heat exchangers consisting of thin serpentine tube bundles intended for use in high Mach number aero-engines.In high speed flight,the compressor bleed air used to cool high temperature turbine blades and other hot components is too hot.Hence,aviation kerosene is applied to precool the compressor bleed air by means of novel air–fuel heat exchangers.Three light and compact heat exchangers including dozens of in-line thin serpentine tube bundles were designed and manufactured,with little difference existing in aspects of tube pitches and outer diameters among three heat exchangers.The fuel flows inside a series of parallel stainless serpentine tubes(outer diameter:2.2,1.8,1.4 mm with 0.2 mm thickness),while the air externally flows normal to tube bundles and countercurrent with fuel.Experimental studies were carried out to investigate the airside pressure drop characteristics on isothermal states with the variation of air mass flow rates and inlet temperatures.Non-isothermal measurements have also been performed to research the effect of heat transfer on pressure drops.The experimental results show that inlet temperatures have significant influence on pressure drops,and higher temperatures lead to higher pressure drops at the same mass flow rate.The hydraulic resistance coefficient decreases quickly with Reynolds number,and the descent rate slows down when Re>6000 for all three heat exchangers.Additionally,the pressure drop on heat transfer states is less than that on isothermal states for the same average temperatures.Moreover,the pressure drop through heat exchangers is greatly affected by attack angles and transverse pitches,and an asymmetric M-shaped velocity profile is generated in the crosssection of sector channels.

Experimental Research on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Two Configurations of Pin Finned-Tubes in an In-line Array

In this paper, a local simulation method is employed to investigate the heat transfer and pressure dropcharacteristics of two configurations of pin finned tubes deployed in an in-line array. In this research,heat pipes are adopted as heating elements. Therefore, the experimental equipment becomes simpleand has an advantage of sufficient reducibility. The air-side heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for each type of pin fin surface including the effect of the tube-row number are obtained in theReynolds number range commonly encountered in engineering. These correlations may be used in thedesign of pin finned tube heat exchangers.

R513A水平管内冷凝换热特性

R513A是第4代新型环保制冷剂,在制冷空调等方面有着广阔的应用前景。为研究R513A在水平管内的冷凝换热特性,搭建一套冷凝/蒸发一体式水平单管换热实验台。实验工况:冷凝温度分别为33、35、38、40℃,质量流速为50—225 kg/(m^(2)·s)。研究变质量流速、变冷凝温度等对管内冷凝换热特性和流动压降的影响,并与工质R32和R134a对比。研究结果表明:R513A冷凝换热系数和压降均随质量流速的增加而增加,随冷凝温度的增大而减小;R32冷凝换热性能要优于R513A与R134a,而R134a的冷凝换热系数比R513A高19.7%,但其压降要比R513A高49.2%,综合考虑,R513A可用于R134a的替代。最后,将实验值与关联式预测值进行对比,显示Dobson和Chato、Cavallini等关联式的换热系数预测效果较好,其平均绝对误差为13.2%和13.62%。

亚临界过冷水在大宽高比矩形窄缝通道内的沸腾传热特性

开展了亚临界压力下大宽高比矩形窄缝通道内的过冷沸腾换热试验研究,通道截面尺寸为60 mm×2 mm,试验参数覆盖了板状燃料堆芯的实际运行工况,其中压力为10∼16 MPa。采用电加热的方式模拟了板状燃料组件的发热,结果表明,通道的大宽高比致使加热平板在横向方向上表现出传热不均匀性,并由此产生较大的横向壁面温差,与周向均匀传热的通道相比,其部分沸腾区间的范围更大。由于横向传热的不均匀性,在单相对流传热和部分过冷沸腾区,观察到较为明显的横向浮升力效应;此外,质量流速的降低、热流密度的增大以及系统压力的升高均会加剧横向传热的不均匀性。

水滴形热管阵列预冷器综合换热特性数值研究

提出了一种应用于高超声速飞行器进气预冷的水滴形热管阵列预冷器构想,以实现进气预冷的高效换热和低流动损失。基于将热管处理为恒定温度导热体的简化模型假设,采用数值模拟方法研究了水滴形热管预冷器的流动换热特性以及水滴热管形状、纵向间距和来流马赫数的影响,并与具有相同截面积的圆形热管预冷器进行了对比分析。结果表明,水滴外形减少了外掠高温来流在热管尾缘脱落涡的产生,流动变得平滑。与圆形热管预冷器相比,水滴形热管预冷器极大地减小了高温来流流动损失,仅为圆形热管阵列的30%。虽然温降有所降低,但综合性能因子大于圆形热管预冷器。在本文的研究参数范围内,存在相对较优的水滴形状和热管纵向间距,可以获得更高的综合换热特性;随着来流马赫数增大,预冷器的综合换热特性有所提升。