scholarly journals Transitional flow regime heat transfer and pressure drop in an annulus with non-uniform wall temperatures

Author(s):  
Dickson D. Ndenguma ◽  
Jaco Dirker ◽  
Josua P. Meyer
Author(s):  
J. P. Meyer ◽  
A. Du Preez

Owing to design limitations, heat exchangers are frequently forced to operate in the transitional flow regime, however, there exists no accurate measurements for both heat transfer and pressure drop in this region. In order to optimize a heat exchanger for maximum efficiency and minimum pressure losses, it is required to design it for the transitional flow regime. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to obtain accurate Nusselt numbers and pressure drop coefficients for water flowing through a horizontal smooth tube with a constant wall temperature. Heat transfer and pressure drop measurements were conducted on a 5.33 mm tube at Reynolds numbers ranging from 1 000 to 5 000.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1080 (1) ◽  
pp. 012050
Author(s):  
Suvanjan Bhattacharyya ◽  
Devendra Kumar Vishwakarma ◽  
Manoj Kumar Soni

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