A study on a flexible wing with up–down vibration in a pulsating flow of cooling air to improve heat transfer efficiency

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1459-1470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Hong Park ◽  
June Kee Min ◽  
Jin-Kyu Kim ◽  
Sang-Hu Park ◽  
Man Yeong Ha
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 168781402092489
Author(s):  
Saadah Ahmad ◽  
Shahrir Abdullah ◽  
Kamaruzzaman Sopian

Working fluid with higher thermal conductivity and tube with better fluid mixing are two crucial elements for heat transfer enhancement in heat exchanger system. Hence, several methods and techniques have been explored to improve heat transfer efficiency, including dispersing nanoparticles into conventional heat transfer fluid and inserting instruments inside the tube of the heat exchanger. Studies have shown that nanofluid can improve heat transfer efficiency of the system due to its higher thermal conductivity and drastic Brownian motion of nanoparticles while inserts within tube can improve heat transfer efficiency by increasing axial velocity of working fluid for better fluid mixing. This article summarized 109 of journals from recent research on heat transfer enhancement of nanofluid flowing inside the tube with inserts as well as discussing the significant parameters that affected the system’s efficiency such as nanoparticles’ volume fraction, Reynolds number and types and configurations of inserts. Ultimately, analysis will be carried out to determine the most suitable modification of twisted tape inserts with the most optimum value of nanoparticle volume fraction for turbulence flow regime. Finally, some problems that need to be solved for future research such as agglomeration and pressure drop are discussed.


2021 ◽  
pp. 347-347
Author(s):  
Gaoquan Hu ◽  
Zhaohui Wang ◽  
Yiwei Fan ◽  
Hongmei Yuan ◽  
Quanjie Gao

The fluid movement motion has an important influence on the evolution of the pulsating flow in the hot runner. Using the Large Eddy Simulation numerical method, the instantaneous velocity, wall shear stress, boundary layer thickness and Nu number of hot runner section under different structural parameters at an inlet pressure of 5000 Pa were studied. The research results showed that the backflow vortex can be formed in the hot runner, and the fluid at the axis center of hot runner can form a pulsating flow under the squeezing action of the backflow vortex. The pulsating flow had a strong disturbance effect on the fluid around the axis center and accelerated the heat exchange between the fluid around the axis center and the wall. The disturbance effect of pulsating flow gradually strengthened with the flow of the main flow to the downstream. When d2/d1 was 1-1.8, the wall shear stress first increased and then decreased, and the wall heat transfer efficiency first increased and then decreased. The maximum wall shear stress was 36.4Pa. When L/D was 0.45-0.65, the boundary layer thickness first decreased and then increased, and the heat transfer efficiency first increased and then decreased. The minimum boundary layer thickness was 0.392mm and the maximum Nu number was 138. When d2/d1=1.4 and L/D=0.55, the maximum comprehensive evaluation factor reached 1.241, and the heat transfer efficiency was increased by 24.1%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-269
Author(s):  
J. Li ◽  
J. Shan ◽  
Z. Guo ◽  
A. Levtsev

In recent years, the enhancement of heat transfer by pulsating flow has become a research hotspot. A great deal of work has been done in the past, with remarkable results, to achieve better heat transfer rates. How to improve the efficiency of heat exchanger is always a research topic. In this paper, pulsating air flow is formed by standard ventilation grille and electric actuator, and the pulsating air flow is guided through two-stage heat exchanger to study the influence of pulsating air flow on heat transfer efficiency. The experimental results show that the heat transfer efficiency can be improved by pulsating flow and the heat recovery efficiency can be reduced by increasing the flow rate of the heating medium.


Author(s):  
Yao Li ◽  
Haiqing Si ◽  
Jingxuan Qiu ◽  
Yingying Shen ◽  
Peihong Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract The plate-fin heat exchanger has been widely applied in the field of air separation and aerospace due to its high specific surface area of heat transfer. However, the low heat transfer efficiency of its plate bundles has also attracted more attention. It is of great significance to optimize the structure of plate-fin heat exchanger to improve its heat transfer efficiency. The plate bundle was studied by combining numerical simulation with experiment. Firstly, according to the heat and mass transfer theory, the plate bundle calculation model of plate-fin heat exchanger was established, and the accuracy of the UDF (User-Defined Functions) for describing the mass and heat transfer was verified. Then, the influences of fin structure parameters on the heat and mass transfer characteristics of channel were discussed, including the height, spacing, thickness and length of fins. Finally the influence of various factors on the flow field performance under different flow states was integrated to complete the optimal design of the plate bundle.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3255
Author(s):  
Aizhao Zhou ◽  
Xianwen Huang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Pengming Jiang ◽  
Xinwei Li

For reducing the initial GSHP investment, the heat transfer efficiency of the borehole heat exchange (BHE) system can be enhanced to reduce the number or depth of drilling. This paper proposes a novel and simple BHE design by changing the cross-sectional shape of the U-tube to increase the heat transfer efficiency of BHEs. Specifically, in this study, we (1) verified the reliability of the three-dimensional numerical model based on the thermal response test (TRT) and (2) compared the inlet and outlet temperatures of the different U-tubes at 48 h under the premise of constant leg distance and fluid area. Referent to the circular tube, the increases in the heat exchange efficiencies of the curved oval tube, flat oval tube, semicircle tube, and sector tube were 13.0%, 19.1%, 9.4%, and 14.8%, respectively. (3) The heat flux heterogeneity of the tubes on the inlet and outlet sides of the BHE, in decreasing order, is flat oval, semicircle, curved oval, sector, and circle shapes. (4) The temperature heterogeneity of the borehole wall in the BHE in decreasing order is circle, sector, curved oval, flat oval, and semicircle shapes. (5) Under the premise of maximum leg distance, referent to the heat resistance of the tube with a circle shape at 48 h, the heat exchange efficiency of the curved oval, flat oval, semicircle, and sector tubes increased 12.6%, 17.7%, 10.3%, and 7.8%, respectively. (6) We found that the adjustments of the leg distance and the tube shape affect the heat resistance by about 25% and 12%, respectively. (7) The flat-oval-shaped tube at the maximum leg distance was found to be the best tube design for BHEs.


Author(s):  
H. Zabiri ◽  
V. R. Radhakrishnan ◽  
M. Ramasamy ◽  
N. M. Ramli ◽  
V. Do Thanh ◽  
...  

The Crude Preheat Train (CPT) is a set of large heat exchangers which recover the waste heat from product streams back to preheat the crude oil. The overall heat transfer coefficient in these heat exchangers may be significantly reduced due to fouling. One of the major impacts of fouling in CPT operation is the reduced heat transfer efficiency. The objective of this paper is to develop a predictive model using statistical methods which can a priori predict the rate of the fouling and the decrease in heat transfer efficiency in a heat exchanger in a crude preheat train. This predictive model will then be integrated into a preventive maintenance diagnostic tool to plan the cleaning of the heat exchanger to remove the fouling and bring back the heat exchanger efficiency to their peak values. The fouling model was developed using historical plant operating data and is based on Neural Network. Results show that the predictive model is able to predict the shell and tube outlet temperatures with excellent accuracy, where the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) obtained is less than 1%, correlation coefficient R2 of approximately 0.98 and Correct Directional Change (CDC) values of more than 90%. A preliminary case study shows promising indication that the predictive model may be integrated into a preventive maintenance scheduling for the heat exchanger cleaning.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1088 ◽  
pp. 807-813
Author(s):  
Miao Xia Xie ◽  
Lin Jie Zhang

In this work, effects of major welding parameters, such as laser power, defocus distance of laser beam, inter-heat sources distance and welding speed, on weld geometry were investigated for pulsed Nd:YAG laser/GTAW hybrid welding of 304 stainless steel. Heat transfer efficiency of pulsed Nd:YAG laser/GTAW hybrid welding process was quantitativly analyzed based on rosenthal equation. Furthermore, melting efficiency was determined from the measured welding seams cross section area.


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