Turbulent rotating convection at high Rayleigh and Taylor numbers

2010 ◽  
Vol 649 ◽  
pp. 509-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. NIEMELA ◽  
S. BABUIN ◽  
K. R. SREENIVASAN
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transport ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Rossby Number ◽  
Sharp Transition ◽  
Cryogenic Helium ◽  
Helium Gas ◽  
Steady Rotation ◽  
Parameter Ranges ◽  
Peak Value

We report heat transport measurements in a cylindrical convection apparatus rotating about the vertical axis. The aspect ratio was 1/2. The working fluid was cryogenic helium gas and the following parameter ranges applied: the Rayleigh number, Ra, varied in the range 1011 < Ra < 4.3 × 1015, the Taylor number, Ta, varied in the range 1011 < Ta < 3 × 1015, the convective Rossby number, Ro, varied in the range 0.4 < Ro < 1.6 and the Prandtl number, Pr, varied in the range 0.7 < Pr < 5.9. Boussinesq conditions applied quite closely. The heat transport for steady rotation, under all conditions of the present experiments, was smaller than that for the non-rotating case. When the rotation rate varied periodically in time, a sharp transition to a state of significantly enhanced heat transport was observed for modulation Taylor numbers Ta* ≳ 1014, where Ta* is based on the peak value of the modulation angular velocity.

Stability of steady rotation of a rotor about its vertical axis on hydrodynamic bearings

1987 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 1189-1195
Author(s):  
N. V. Derendyaev ◽  
V. A. Senyatkin ◽  
V. M. Sandalov
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Hydrodynamic Bearings ◽  
Steady Rotation

Heat Transport Limitation of a Triangular Micro Heat Pipe

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sugumar ◽  
Kek Kiong Tio
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Operating Temperature ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Transport Capacity ◽  
Condenser Section ◽  
Micro Heat Pipe ◽  
Evaporator Section ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Specific Temperature

A micro heat pipe will operate effectively by achieving its maximum possible heat transport capacity only if it is to operate at a specific temperature, i.e., design temperature. In reality, micro heat pipe’s may be required to operate at temperatures different from the design temperature. In this study, the heat transport capacity of an equilateral triangle micro heat pipe is investigated. The micro heat pipe is filled optimally with working fluid for a specific design temperature and operated at different operating temperatures. For this purpose, water, pentane and acetone was selected as the working fluids. From the numerical results obtained, it shows that the optimal charge level of the micro heat pipe is dependent on the operating temperature. Furthermore, the results also shows that if the micro heat pipe is to be operated at temperatures other than its design temperature, its heat transport capacity is limited by the occurrence of flooding at the condenser section or dryout at the evaporator section, depending on the operating temperature and type of working fluid. It is observed that when the micro heat pipe is operated at a higher temperature than its design temperature, the heat transport capacity increases but limited by the onset of dryout at the evaporator section. However, the heat transport capacity decreases if it is to be operated at lower temperatures than its design temperature due to the occurrence of flooding at condenser end. From the results obtained, we can conclude that the performance of a micro heat pipe is decreased if it is to be operated at temperatures other than its design temperature.

Experimental Study of Linear and Radial Two-Phase Heat Transport Devices Driven by Electrohydrodynamic Conduction Pumping

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Pearson ◽  
Jamal Seyed-Yagoobi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Source ◽  
Capillary Pressure ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Radial Direction ◽  
Heat Pipes ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Transport Capacity ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Capillary Phenomenon

Heat pipes are well known as simple and effective heat transport devices, utilizing two-phase flow and the capillary phenomenon to remove heat. However, the generation of capillary pressure requires a wicking structure and the overall heat transport capacity of the heat pipe is generally limited by the amount of capillary pressure generation that the wicking structure can achieve. Therefore, to increase the heat transport capacity, the capillary phenomenon must be either augmented or replaced by some other pumping technique. Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) conduction pumping can be readily used to pump a thin film of a dielectric liquid along a surface, using electrodes that are embedded into the surface. In this study, two two-phase heat transport devices are created. The first device transports the heat in a linear direction. The second device transports the heat in a radial direction from a central heat source. The radial pumping configuration provides several advantages. Most notably, the heat source is wetted with fresh liquid from all directions, thereby reducing the amount of distance that must be travelled by the working fluid. The power required to operate the EHD conduction pumps is a trivial amount relative to the heat that is transported.

Description of an Operating Closed Cycle: Helium Gas Turbine

1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
James K. La Fleur
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Refrigeration Cycle ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Closed Cycle ◽  
Helium Gas ◽  
Compressor Inlet ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
Low Temperature Refrigeration ◽  
Made In

In May of 1960 La Fleur Enterprises, later to become The La Fleur Corporation, undertook the design of a closed-cycle gas turbine utilizing helium as a working fluid. The useful output of this machine was to be in the form of a stream of helium bled from the last stage of the compressor. This stream was to be used in a low-temperature refrigeration cycle (not described in this paper) and would be returned to the compressor inlet at approximately ambient temperature and at compressor-inlet pressure. The design of this machine was completed by the end of 1960 and construction was initiated immediately. The unit was completed and initial tests were made in the Spring of 1962. This paper covers the design philosophy as it affected the conceptual and preliminary design phases of the project and describes briefly the design of the various components. Photographs of these components and a flow schematic are included.

Experimental Investigation of the Maximum Heat Transport in Triangular Grooves

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 740-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. B. Ma ◽  
G. P. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Heat Pipes ◽  
Effective Area ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Maximum Heat ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Micro Heat Pipes

An experimental investigation was conducted and a test facility constructed to measure the capillary heat transport limit in small triangular grooves, similar to those used in micro heat pipes. Using methanol as the working fluid, the maximum heat transport and unit effective area heat transport were experimentally determined for ten grooved plates with varying groove widths, but identical apex angles. The experimental results indicate that there exists an optimum groove configuration, which maximizes the capillary pumping capacity while minimizing the combined effects of the capillary pumping pressure and the liquid viscous pressure losses. When compared with a previously developed analytical model, the experimental results indicate that the model can be used accurately to predict the heat transport capacity and maximum unit area heat transport when given the physical characteristics of the working fluid and the groove geometry, provided the proper heat flux distribution is known. The results of this investigation will assist in the development of micro heat pipes capable of operating at increased power levels with greater reliability.

Heat Transport Characteristics in Closed Loop Oscillating Heat Pipes

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuangfeng Wang ◽  
Shigefumi Nishio
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Liquid Volume ◽  
High Heat Flux ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Working Fluids ◽  
Inner Diameter

Heat transport rates of micro scale SEMOS (Self-Exciting Mode Oscillating) heat pipe with inner diameter of 1.5mm, 1.2mm and 0.9mm, were investigated by using R141b, ethanol and water as working fluids. The effects of inner diameter, liquid volume faction, and material properties of the working fluids are examined. It shows that the smaller the inner diameter, the higher the thermal transport density is. For removing high heat flux, the water is the most promising working fluid as it has the largest critical heat transfer rate and the widest operating range among the three kinds of working fluids. A one-dimensional numerical simulation is carried out to describe the heat transport characteristics and the two-phase flow behavior in the closed loop SEMOS heat pipe. The numerical prediction agrees with the experimental results fairly well, when the input heat through was not very high and the flow pattern was slug flow.   This paper was also originally published as part of the Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems.

Effect of Fluid Loading on the Performance of Wicked Heat Pipes

Volume 3 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kempers ◽  
A. Robinson ◽  
C. Ching ◽  
D. Ewing
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Heat Pipes ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Fluid Loading ◽  
Maximum Heat ◽  
Horizontal Orientation ◽  
Maximum Heat Flux ◽  
Dry Out

A study was performed to experimentally characterize the effect of fluid loading on the heat transport performance of wicked heat pipes. In particular, experiments were performed to characterize the performance of heat pipes with insufficient fluid to saturate the wick and excess fluid for a variety of orientations. It was found that excess working fluid in the heat pipe increased the thermal resistance of the heat pipe, but increased maximum heat flux through the pipe in a horizontal orientation. The thermal performance of the heat pipe was reduced when the amount of working fluid was less than required to saturate the wick, but the maximum heat flux through the heat pipe was significantly reduced at all orientations. It was also found in this case the performance of this heat pipe deteriorated once dry-out occurred.

scholarly journals Experiments on transitions of baroclinic waves in a differentially heated rotating annulus

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1033-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Th. von Larcher ◽  
C. Egbers
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Axisymmetric Flow ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Complex Flows ◽  
Wave Regime ◽  
Baroclinic Waves ◽  
Dependent Behaviour

Abstract. Experiments of baroclinic waves in a rotating, baroclinic annulus of fluid are presented for two gap widths. The apparatus is a differentially heated cylindrical gap, rotated around its vertical axis of symmetry, cooled from within, with a free surface, and filled with de-ionised water as working fluid. The surface flow was observed with visualisation technique while thermographic measurements gave a detailed understanding of the temperature distribution and its time-dependent behaviour. We focus in particular on transitions between different flow regimes. Using a wide gap, the first transition from axisymmetric flow to the regular wave regime was characterised by complex flows. The transition to irregular flows was smooth, where a coexistence of the large-scale jet-stream and small-scale vortices was observed. Furthermore, temperature measurements showed a repetitive separation of cold vortices from the inner wall. Experiments using a narrow gap showed no complex flows but strong hysteresis in the steady wave regime, with up to five different azimuthal wave modes as potential steady and stable solutions.

Micro-Scale Two-Phase Flow Heat Transport Device Driven by Electrohydrodynamic Conduction Pumping

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viral K. Patel ◽  
Jamal Seyed-Yagoobi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transport ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Electrode Spacing ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Flow Heat ◽  
Transport Device

Micro-scale two-phase flow heat transport involves specialized devices that are used to remove large amounts of heat from small surface areas. They operate by circulating a working fluid through a heated space which causes phase change from liquid to vapor. During this process, a significant amount of heat is transported away from the heat source. Micro-scale heat transport devices are compact in size and the heat transfer coefficient can be orders of magnitude higher than in macro-scale for similar operating conditions. Thus, it is of interest to develop such devices for cooling of next-generation electronics and other applications with extremely large heat fluxes. The heat transport device presented in this paper is driven by electrohydrodynamic (EHD) conduction pumping. In EHD conduction pumping, when an electric field is applied to a dielectric liquid, flow is induced. The pump is installed in a two-phase flow loop and has a circular 1 mm diameter cross section with electrode spacing on the order of 120 μm. It acts to circulate the fluid in the loop and has a simple yet robust, non-mechanical design. Results from two-phase flow experiments show that it is easily controlled and such electrically driven pumps can effectively be used in heat transport systems.

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