An experimental investigation of air flow and heat transfer in three types of converging-diverging tubes is presented in this study. They have the same diameter, rib height and pitch, but the different lengths of the ...An experimental investigation of air flow and heat transfer in three types of converging-diverging tubes is presented in this study. They have the same diameter, rib height and pitch, but the different lengths of the converging and diverging sections and their joint ways. The experimental results indicate that the heat transfer is enhanced when the length of converging section increases. A 12.4% increase of Nusselt number is observed and a 6.8% increase of friction coefficient is seen for the developed tube jointed linearly (DTL).Also a 5.27% increase of Nusselt number is observed and a 46.5% increase of friction coefficient is seen for the developed tube jointed convexly (DTC). The comparison results of Webb’s method show the DTL is better than OT in the range 1.5×10 4~4×10 4, but the DTC is not better than it.展开更多
A shell-and-tube heat exchanger with separated baffles parallel to segmental baffles was proposed, and an investigation on velocity distribution, heat transfer and flow resistance characteristics in the shell side of ...A shell-and-tube heat exchanger with separated baffles parallel to segmental baffles was proposed, and an investigation on velocity distribution, heat transfer and flow resistance characteristics in the shell side of the proposed heat exchanger and traditional single segmental baffled shell-and-tube heat exchanger was reported. After the experiment, the empirical relations of heat transfer and flow resistance were obtained. The heat transfer enhancement comprehensive evaluation factor η was in the range from 1.15 to 1.20 for Reynolds number (1.25×10 4—3.35×10 4). The results indicated that flow field uniformization was enhanced in the shell side of shell-and-tube heat exchangers by two separated baffles parallel to segmental baffles and the performance of heat transfer was improved by controlling the dimension of vortices. The results could be used as reference in further research.展开更多
文摘An experimental investigation of air flow and heat transfer in three types of converging-diverging tubes is presented in this study. They have the same diameter, rib height and pitch, but the different lengths of the converging and diverging sections and their joint ways. The experimental results indicate that the heat transfer is enhanced when the length of converging section increases. A 12.4% increase of Nusselt number is observed and a 6.8% increase of friction coefficient is seen for the developed tube jointed linearly (DTL).Also a 5.27% increase of Nusselt number is observed and a 46.5% increase of friction coefficient is seen for the developed tube jointed convexly (DTC). The comparison results of Webb’s method show the DTL is better than OT in the range 1.5×10 4~4×10 4, but the DTC is not better than it.
文摘A shell-and-tube heat exchanger with separated baffles parallel to segmental baffles was proposed, and an investigation on velocity distribution, heat transfer and flow resistance characteristics in the shell side of the proposed heat exchanger and traditional single segmental baffled shell-and-tube heat exchanger was reported. After the experiment, the empirical relations of heat transfer and flow resistance were obtained. The heat transfer enhancement comprehensive evaluation factor η was in the range from 1.15 to 1.20 for Reynolds number (1.25×10 4—3.35×10 4). The results indicated that flow field uniformization was enhanced in the shell side of shell-and-tube heat exchangers by two separated baffles parallel to segmental baffles and the performance of heat transfer was improved by controlling the dimension of vortices. The results could be used as reference in further research.