A novel interferometric method for simultaneous measurement of film thickness and film interface temperature for a horizontal tube falling film evaporator for MED systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 122231
Author(s):  
Akhil Krishnan Maliackal ◽  
A.R. Ganesan ◽  
A. Mani
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Simultaneous Measurement ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Interface Temperature ◽  
Falling Film ◽  
Interferometric Method ◽  
Film Evaporator ◽  
Film Interface

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FILM DISTRIBUTION IN HORIZONTAL-TUBE FALLING FILM EVAPORATOR

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIN-BO CHEN ◽  
QING-GANG QIU
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Flow Density ◽  
Falling Film ◽  
Film Distribution ◽  
Simulation Results

The technique of horizontal-tube falling film has been used in the cooling and heating industries such as refrigeration systems, heating systems and ocean thermal energy conversion systems. The comprehensive performance of evaporator is directly affected by the film distribution characteristics outside tubes. In this paper, numerical investigation was performed to predict the film characteristics outside the tubes in horizontal-tube falling film evaporator. The effects of liquid flow rate, tube diameter and the circular degree of tube on the film thickness were presented. The numerical simulation results were compared with that of the empirical equations for calculating the falling film thickness, and agreements between them were reasonable. Numerical simulation results show that, at the fixed fluid flow density, the liquid film is thicker on the upper and lower tube and the thinnest liquid film appears at angle of about 120°. The results also indicate that, when the fluid flow density decreases to a certain value, the local dryout spot on the surface of the tube would occur. In addition, the film thickness decreases with the increases of the tube diameter at the fixed fluid flow density.

Numerical Simulation of the Liquid Flowing and Heat-Transfer outside the Tube of the Horizontal-Tube Falling Film Evaporator

2012 ◽  
Vol 614-615 ◽  
pp. 296-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Kang Hu ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Lei Hong Guo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Water Desalination ◽  
Falling Film ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Film Evaporation ◽  
Film Evaporator ◽  
Spray Density ◽  
Performance Of Heat Transfer ◽  
Falling Film Evaporation

This paper mainly studies the falling film evaporator in the field of water desalination. Using the method of fluent simulates the process of the liquid flowing and heat-transfer on the horizontal-tube falling film evaporation. The author analyses the distribution of the liquid film, and obtain the rule that spray density, evaporation temperature, temperature difference and pipe diameter affect the performance of heat-transfer in a certain range. So the paper plays a guiding role in heat transfer enhancement in the falling film evaporator.

scholarly journals Distribution of brine temperature in a large-scale horizontal-tube falling film evaporator

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 114437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luyuan Gong ◽  
Shihe Zhou ◽  
Yali Guo ◽  
Shengqiang Shen
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Falling Film ◽  
Film Evaporator
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