Heat Transfer and Two-Phase Flow Regimes in Manifolded Microgaps: Performance Comparison Between R245fa and FC-72

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Deisenroth ◽  
Michael Ohadi ◽  
Avram Bar-Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase

Numerical Simulation of Flow Regime Transition From Slug to Wavy Flow in Helically Coiled Tubes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaoxu Li ◽  
Hongye Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Centrifugal Force ◽  
Slug Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Pressurized Water

Two-phase flow in helically coiled tubes is becoming the interest of many investigators because of its importance in various applications, such as nuclear engineering, chemical engineering, refrigerating engineering and power engineering. Compared with U-type tubes used in pressurized water reactor (PWR), helically coiled tubes have advantages in size, heat transfer capacity, thermal stress toleration and two-phase stability. Accordingly the helically coiled tubes have been utilized in the steam generators of the next general reactors, such as gas-cooled reactor, fast breeder reactor and integrated pressurized water reactor. In helically coiled tubes the characteristics of momentum and heat transfer are distinct from those in straight tubes due to the presence of centrifugal force, especially for two-phase flow. Meanwhile, the transitions of flow regime, which is the crucial knowledge for the designers to determine the heat transfer rates and flow resistance, are also significantly affected by the centrifugal force. In this study, two-phase flow regimes in helically coiled tubes are investigated. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), using fractional volume of fluid (VOF) model, is carried out to simulate wavy and slug flow regimes in helically coiled tubes. The corresponding experiment is also conducted to visualize these flow regimes at different superficial flow velocities. Numerical simulation results actually reflect the influence of centrifugal force on the two-phase flow and show a good agreement with the photographs captured from the experiment. Based on the simulations at different superficial flow velocities, the boundary between the slug and wavy flow regimes is predicted, in addition, compared with that in inclined tubes. The comparison indicates that centrifugal force could induce the appearance of wavy flows in advance and prompt the transition from slug flow to wavy flow.

Modeling and Prediction of Two-Phase Refrigerant Flow Regimes and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Microgap Channels

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avram Bar-Cohen ◽  
Emil Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Annular Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Channel Diameter ◽  
Dielectric Liquids ◽  
Transition Criteria

This keynote lecture will open with a brief review of the primary two-phase flow regimes and their impact on thermal transport phenomena in tubes and channels. The Taitel and Dukler flow regime mapping methodology will then be described and applied to the two-phase flow of refrigerants and dielectric liquids in microgap channels. The effects of channel diameter, as well as alternative transition criteria, on the prevailing flow regimes in microgaps will be explored along with available criteria for microchannel behavior. Available microgap data will then be shown to reflect the dominance of annular flow and to display a characteristic heat transfer coefficient curve in such configurations. It is found that the heat transfer coefficients in the low-quality annular flow segment of this locus can be predicted by available, microtube correlations, but that the moderate-quality transition to the axially-decreasing segment occurs at substantially.

Experimental Investigation and Empirical Correlations of Heat Transfer in Different Regimes of Air–Water Two-Phase Flow in a Horizontal Tube

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Nada
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Flow Regimes ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase

This article reports on the experimental investigation of heat transfer to cocurrent air–water two-phase flow in a horizontal tube. The idea is to enhance heat transfer to the coolant liquid by air injection. Experiments were conducted for different air water ratios in constant temperature heated tube. Visual identification of flow regimes was supplemented. The effects of the liquid and gas superficial velocities and the flow regimes on the heat transfer coefficients were investigated. The results showed that the heat transfer coefficient generally increases with the increase of the injected air flow rate, and the enhancement is more significant at low water flow rates. A maximum value of the two-phase heat transfer coefficient was observed at the transition to wavy-annular flow as the air superficial Reynolds number increases for a fixed water flow rate. It was noticed that the Nusselt number increased about three times due to the injection of air at low water Reynolds number. Correlations for heat transfer by air–water two-phase flow were deduced in dimensionless form for different flow regimes.

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