Local Heat Transfer Coefficients for Condensation in Stratified Countercurrent Steam-Water Flows

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 706-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Kim ◽  
S. G. Bankoff

A study of steam condensation in countercurrent stratified flow of steam and subcooled water has been carried out in a rectangular channel inclined 33 deg to the horizontal. The variables in this experiment were the inlet water and steam flow rates, and the inlet water temperature. Condensation heat transfer coefficients were determined as functions of local steam and water flow rates, and the degree of subcooling. Correlations are given for the local Nusselt number for the smooth and for the rough interface regimes, and also for the dimensionless wave amplitude. A turbulence-centered model is also developed. It is shown that better agreement with the data can be obtained if the characteristic scales in the turbulent Nusselt number and Reynolds numbers are related to measured interfacial parameters rather than the bulk flow parameters. The important effect of interfacial shear, missing in previous eddy-transport models, is thus implicitly included.

Author(s):  
David M. Sykes ◽  
Andrew L. Carpenter ◽  
Gregory S. Cole

Microchannels and minichannels have been shown to have many potential applications for cooling high-heat-flux electronics over the past 3 decades. Synthetic jets can enhance minichannel performance by adding net momentum flux into a stream without adding mass flux. These jets are produced because of different flow patterns that emerge during the induction and expulsion stroke of a diaphragm, and when incorporated into minichannels can disrupt boundary layers and impinge on the far wall, leading to high heat transfer coefficients. Many researchers have examined the effects of synthetic jets in microchannels and minichannels with single-phase flows. The use of synthetic jets has been shown to augment local heat transfer coefficients by 2–3 times the value of steady flow conditions. In this investigation, local heat transfer coefficients and pressure loss in various operating regimes were experimentally measured. Experiments were conducted with a minichannel array containing embedded thermocouples to directly measure local wall temperatures. The experimental range extends from transitional to turbulent flows. Local wall temperature measurements indicate that increases of heat transfer coefficient of over 20% can occur directly below the synthetic jet with low exit qualities. In this study, the heat transfer augmentation by using synthetic jets was dictated by the momentum ratio of the synthetic jet to the bulk fluid flow. As local quality was increased, the heat transfer augmentation dropped from 23% to 10%. Surface tension variations had a large effect on the Nusselt number, while variations in inertial forces had a small effect on Nusselt number in this operating region.


1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Stevens ◽  
B. W. Webb

The purpose of this investigation was to characterize local heat transfer coefficients for round, single-phase free liquid jets impinging normally against a flat uniform heat flux surface. The problem parameters investigated were jet Reynolds number Re, nozzle-to-plate spacing z, and jet diameter d. A region of near-constant Nusselt number was observed for the region bounded by 0≤r/d≤0.75, where r is the radial distance from the impingement point. The local Nusselt number profiles exhibited a sharp drop for r/d > 0.75, followed by an inflection and a slower decrease there-after. Increasing the nozzle-to-plate spacing generally decreased the heat transfer slightly. The local Nusselt number characteristics were found to be dependent on nozzle diameter. This was explained by the influence of the free-stream velocity gradient on local heat transfer, as predicted in the classical analysis of infinite jet stagnation flow and heat transfer. Correlations for local and average Nusselt numbers reveal an approximate Nusselt number dependence on Re1/3.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 617-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn-Jiang Hwang ◽  
Tong-Miin Liou

The effect of slit ribs on heat transfer and friction in a rectangular channel is investigated experimentally. The slit ribs are arranged in-line on two opposite walls of the channel. Three rib open-area ratios (β = 24, 37, and 46 percent), three rib pitch-to-height ratios (Pi/H = 10, 20, and 30), and two rib height-to-channel hydraulic diameter ratios (H/De = 0.081, and 0.162) are examined. The Reynolds number ranges from 10,000 to 50,000. Laser holographic interferometry is employed to measure the local heat transfer coefficients of the ribbed wall quantitatively, and observe the flow over the ribbed wall qualitatively. The results show that the slit rib has an advantage of avoiding “hot spots.” In addition, the heat transfer performance of the slit-ribbed channel is much better than that of the solid-ribbed channel. Semi-empirical correlations for friction and heat transfer are developed to account for rib spacings and open-area ratios. These correlations may be used in the design of turbine blade cooling passages.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Bunker ◽  
D. E. Metzger ◽  
S. Wittig

Detailed radial distributions of rotor heat transfer coefficients are presented for three basic disk-cavity geometries applicable to gas turbines. The experimental apparatus has been designed to obtain local heat transfer data on a number of easily interchangeable rotor surfaces. The method employs thin thermochromic liquid crystal coatings upon the rotor surfaces together with video system data acquisition and computer-assisted image analysis to detect surface color display and to extract heat transfer information. A thermally transient, aerodynamically steady technique is used, which attains consistent thermal boundary conditions over the entire disk cavity. Cooling air is introduced into the disk cavity via a single circular jet mounted perpendicularly into the stator at one of the three radial locations: 0.4, 0.6, or 0.8 times the rotor radius. Rotor heat transfer coefficients have been obtained over a range of parameters including disk rotational Reynolds numbers of 2 to 5 × 105, rotor/stator hub spacing-to-disk radius ratios of 0.025 to 0.15, and jet mass flow rates between 0.10 and 0.40 times the turbulent pumped flow rate of a free disk. The rotor surfaces include a parallel rotor-stator system, a rotor with 5 percent diverging taper, and a similarly tapered rotor with a rim sealing lip at its extreme radius. Results are presented showing the effects of the parallel rotor, which indicate strong variations in local Nusselt numbers for all but rotational speed. These results are compared to associated hub injection data of Part I of this study, demonstrating that overall rotor heat transfer is optimized by either hub injection or radial location injection of coolant dependent upon the configuration. Results with the use of the tapered rotor show significant variations in local Nusselt number compared with those of the parallel rotor, while the addition of a rim sealing lip appears to increase the Nusselt number level.


Author(s):  
Jenn-Jiang Hwang ◽  
Tong-Miin Liou

The effect of slit ribs on heat transfer and friction in a rectangular channel is investigated experimentally. The slit ribs are arranged in-line on two opposite walls of the channel. Three rib open-area ratios (β=24%, 37%, and 46%), three rib pitch-to-height ratios (Pi/H=10, 20, and 30), and two rib height-to-channel hydraulic diameter ratios (H/De=0.081, and 0.162) are examined. The Reynolds number ranges from 10000 to 50000. Laser holographic interferometry is employed to quantitatively measure the local heat transfer coefficients of the ribbed wall, and qualitatively observe the flow over the ribbed wall. The results show that the slit rib has an advantage of avoiding “hot-spots”. In addition, the heat transfer performance of the slit-ribbed channel is much better than that of the solid-ribbed channel. Semi-empirical correlations for friction and heat transfer are developed to account for rib spacings and open-area ratios. These correlations may be used in the design of turbine blade cooling passages.


1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn-Jiang Hwang ◽  
Tong-Miin Liou

Heat transfer and friction characteristics in a rectangular channel with perforated ribs arranged in–line on two opposite walls are investigated experimentally. Five perforated rib open–area–ratios (0, 10%, 22%, 38%, and 44%) and three rib pitch–to–height ratios (10, 15, and 20) are examined. The Reynolds number ranges from 5000 to 50000. The rib height–to–channel hydraulic diameter ratio and the channel aspect ratio are 0.081 and 4, respectively. Laser holographic interferometry is employed not only to measure the heat transfer coefficients of the ribbed wall but also to determine the rib apparent permeability. It is found that ribs with appropriately high open–area–ratio and high Reynolds number are permeable, and the critical Reynolds number for evidence of flow permeability decreases with increasing the rib open–area–ratio. Results of local heat transfer coefficients further show that the permeable ribs have an advantage of obviate the possibility of the hot–spots. Moreover, the duct with permeable ribs gives a higher thermal performance than that with solid–type ribs.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn-Jiang Hwang ◽  
Tong-Miin Liou

Heat transfer and friction characteristics in a rectangular channel with perforated ribs arranged in-line on two opposite walls are investigated experimentally. Five perforated rib open-area ratios (0, 10, 22, 38, and 44 percent) and three rib pitch-to-height ratios (10, 15, and 20) are examined. The Reynolds number ranges from 5000 to 50,000. The rib height-to-channel hydraulic diameter ratio and the channel aspect ratio are 0.081 and 4, respectively. Laser holographic interferometry is employed not only to measure the heat transfer coefficients of the ribbed wall but also to determine the rib apparent permeability. It is found that ribs with appropriately high open-area ratio and high Reynolds number are permeable, and the critical Reynolds number for evidence of flow permeability decreases with increasing rib open-area ratio. Results of local heat transfer coefficients further show that the permeable ribs have an advantage of obviating hot spots. Moreover, the duct with permeable ribs gives a higher thermal performance than that with solid ribs.


2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Cernecky ◽  
Jan Koniar ◽  
Zuzana Brodnianska

Abstract The paper deals with a study of the effect of regulating elements on local values of heat transfer coefficients along shaped heat exchange surfaces with forced air convection. The use of combined methods of heat transfer intensification, i.e. a combination of regulating elements with appropriately shaped heat exchange areas seems to be highly effective. The study focused on the analysis of local values of heat transfer coefficients in indicated cuts, in distances expressed as a ratio x/s for 0; 0.33; 0.66 and 1. As can be seen from our findings, in given conditions the regulating elements can increase the values of local heat transfer coefficients along shaped heat exchange surfaces. An optical method of holographic interferometry was used for the experimental research into temperature fields in the vicinity of heat exchange surfaces. The obtained values correspond very well with those of local heat transfer coefficients αx, recorded in a CFD simulation.


Author(s):  
T. Vossel ◽  
N. Wolff ◽  
B. Pustal ◽  
A. Bührig-Polaczek ◽  
M. Ahmadein

AbstractAnticipating the processes and parameters involved for accomplishing a sound metal casting requires an in-depth understanding of the underlying behaviors characterizing a liquid melt solidifying inside its mold. Heat balance represents a major factor in describing the thermal conditions in a casting process and one of its main influences is the heat transfer between the casting and its surroundings. Local heat transfer coefficients describe how well heat can be transferred from one body or material to another. This paper will discuss the estimation of these coefficients in a gravity die casting process with local air gap formation and heat shrinkage induced contact pressure. Both an experimental evaluation and a numerical modeling for a solidification simulation will be performed as two means of investigating the local heat transfer coefficients and their local differences for regions with air gap formation or contact pressure when casting A356 (AlSi7Mg0.3).


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