A method to predict two-phase pressure drop using condensation heat transfer data

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-190
Author(s):  
P Sarma
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Condensation Heat Transfer ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Transfer Data ◽  
Phase Pressure

A method to predict two-phase pressure drop using condensation heat transfer data

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.K. Sarma ◽  
V.D. Rao ◽  
T. Subrahmanyam ◽  
Sadik Kakac ◽  
H.T. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Condensation Heat Transfer ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Transfer Data ◽  
Phase Pressure

Two-Phase Pressure Drop and Boiling Heat Transfer in a Single Horizontal Microchannel

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheol Huh ◽  
Moo Hwan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Mass Flux ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Local Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Phase Pressure

With a single microchannel and a series of microheaters made with MEMS technique, two-phase pressure drop and local flow boiling heat transfer were investigated using deionized water in a single horizontal rectangular microchannel. The test microchannel has a hydraulic diameter of 100 μm and length of 40 mm. A real time observation of the flow patterns with simultaneous measurement are made possible. Tests are performed for mass fluxes of 90, 169, and 267 kg/m2s and heat fluxes of from 100 to 600 kW/m2. The experimental local flow boiling heat transfer coefficients and two-phase frictional pressure gradient are evaluated and the effects of heat flux, mass flux, and vapor qualities on flow boiling are studied. Both the evaluated experimental data are compared with existing correlations. The experimental heat transfer coefficients are nearly independent on mass flux and the vapor quality. Most of all correlations do not provide reliable heat transfer coefficients predictions with vapor quality and prediction accuracy. As for two-phase pressure drop, the measured pressure drop increases with the mass flux and heat flux. Most of all existing correlations of two-phase frictional pressure gradient do not predict the experimental data except some limited conditions.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document