Transient Subcooled Flow Boiling Phenomena in a Vertical Small Tube

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Nakamura ◽  
Qiusheng Liu ◽  
Makoto Shibahara ◽  
Koichi Hata ◽  
Katsuya Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Small Tube ◽  
Inner Diameter ◽  
Heated Length

Abstract In this research, the transient heat transfer due to exponentially increasing heat input was experimentally measured for upward water flowing in a vertical small tube. The heat generation rate was increased exponentially with a function of Qoexp (t/τ), where, Qo is an initial heat generation rate, t represents time and τ is e-folding time. The heat generation rate was controlled by high speed computer system. The test tube was heated with exponentially increasing heat input by direct current. The average temperature of test tube was measured by resistance thermometry using a double bridge circuit. The experimental apparatus consists of a test section, a cooler, a heater, a pump, a tank and a pressurizer. The working fluid was distilled and deionized water. The inlet fluid temperature of test tube was controlled by the cooler and the heater. The system pressure was up to 800 kPa. The test tube was 0.7 mm in inner diameter and 12.0 mm in heated length respectively. The ratio of heated length to inner diameter was 17.1. The test tube was electrically isolated from experimental loop by Bakelite plates. The experimental data were compared with previous correlations of nucleate boiling. It was obtained that the experimented data agree well with full-developed flow boiling correlation by Rohsenow. Moreover, the transient critical heat flux (CHF) and nucleate boiling with onset of nucleate boiling (ONB) values increased with the increase in flow velocity. The transient CHFs and ONBs increased with a decrease in e-folding time at τ < 1 s, and they approached steady-state value at τ > 1 s. It was understood that the heat transfer is in steady-state at τ > 1 s, and it is in transient state at τ < 1 s.

Experimental Study on Transient Heat Transfer for Helium Gas Flowing in a Minichannel

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Xu ◽  
Qiusheng Liu ◽  
Satoshi Kawaguchi ◽  
Makoto Shibahara
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Heat Transfer Process ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Transient Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Helium Gas

Abstract The blanket modules of first wall need bear tremendous heat flux due to the very high temperature of plasma in the nuclear fusion reactor. Therefore, it is significant to clarify the knowledge of transient heat transfer process for helium gas flowing in the tubes installed in the blanket modules. In this research, the transient heat transfer process of turbulent forced convection for helium gas flowing in a horizontal minichannel was experimentally investigated. The test tube made of platinum with the inner diameter of 1.8 mm, the wall thickness of 0.1 mm and the effective length of 90 mm was heated by a direct current from power source. The heat generation rate of the test tube, Q̇, was raised with an exponential function, Q̇ = Q0 exp(t/τ), where Q0 is the initial heat generation rate, t is time, and τ is e-folding time of heat generation rate. The heat generation rates of the test tube were controlled and measured by a heat input control system. The flow rates were adjusted by the bypass of gas loop and measured by the turbine flow meter. The experiment was conducted under the e-folding time of heat generation rate ranged from 40 ms to 15 s. Based on experimental data, it is obvious that the heat flux and temperature difference between surface temperature of test tube and bulk temperature of helium gas increased with the exponentially increasing of heat generation rate. At the same flow velocity, the heat transfer coefficients approached constant values when the e-folding time is longer than about 1 s (quasi-steady state), but increased with a decrease of e-folding time when the e-folding time is smaller than about 1 s (transient state). The heat transfer coefficients increased with the increase in flow velocities but showed less dependent on flow velocities at shorter e-folding time. Furthermore, the Nusselt number under quasi-steady and transient condition was affected by the Reynolds number and the Fourier number.

Enhancement of Forced Convection Heat Transfer Using Twisted Heater With Exponential Heat Inputs

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Shibahara ◽  
Qiusheng Liu ◽  
Katsuya Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Transient Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Plate Heater

Forced convection transient heat transfer coefficients have been measured for nitrogen gas flowing over a twisted heater due to exponentially increasing heat inputs (Q0exp(t/τ)). And then, the effect of heater configuration on transient heat transfer by a twisted heater has been investigated comparing to that of the plate heater. In the experiment, the platinum ribbon with a thickness of 0.1 mm and a width of 4.0 mm was used as a test heater. For heat transfer enhancements in single-phase flow, it was twisted at the central part of the heater with an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the upper part of the heater. The heat generation rate was exponentially increased with a function of Q0exp(t/τ). The gas flow velocity ranged from 1 to 4 m/s for the gas temperatures of 313K. The periods of heat generation rate ranged from 46 ms to 17 s. The surface temperature difference and heat flux increased exponentially as the heat generation rate increased with the exponential function. The heat transfer coefficients for twisted heater have been compared to those of the plate heater. They were 24 % higher than those of the plate one. The geometric effect (twisted effect) of heater in this study showed an enhancement on the heat transfer coefficient. It was considered that the heat transfer coefficients are affected by the change in the flow due to swirling flow on the twisted heater. Finally, the empirical correlations for quasi-steady-state heat transfer and transient one have been obtained based on the experimental data.

Effect of Heater Configurations on Transient Heat Transfer for Various Gases Flowing Over a Twisted Heater

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Shibahara ◽  
Qiusheng Liu ◽  
Katsuya Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Transient Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

Forced convection transient heat transfer coefficients were measured for helium gas and carbon dioxide gas flowing over a twisted heater due to exponentially increasing heat input (Q0exp(t/τ)). The twisted platinum plate with a thickness of 0.1 mm was used as test heater and heated by electric current. The heat generation rate was exponentially increased with a function of Q0exp(t/τ). The gas flow velocities ranged from 1 to 10 m/s, the gas temperatures ranged from 313 to 353 K, and the periods of heat generation rate ranged from 46 ms to 17 s. The surface temperature difference and heat flux increase exponentially as the heat generation rate increases with the exponential function. Transient heat transfer coefficients increase with increasing gas flow velocity. The geometric effect of twisted heater in this study shows an enhancement on the heat transfer coefficient. Empirical correlation for quasi-steady-state heat transfer was obtained based on the experimental data. The data for heat transfer coefficient were compared with those reported in authors’ previous paper.

Transient Critical Heat Fluxes of Subcooled Water Flow Boiling in a Short SUS304-Tube With Twisted-Tape Insert

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Hata ◽  
Yasuyuki Shirai ◽  
Suguru Masuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Effective Length ◽  
Twisted Tape ◽  
Swirl Velocity ◽  
Twist Ratio ◽  
Inner Diameter ◽  
Heated Length

The transient critical heat fluxes (transient CHFs) in a short SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are systematically measured for mass velocities (G = 3997.79 to 13419.8 kg/m2s), inlet liquid temperatures (Tin = 293.55 to 300.85 K), outlet pressures (Pout = 825.19 to 860.95 kPa) and exponentially increasing heat inputs (Q = Q0exp(t/τ), τ = 26.85 ms to 8.42 s) by the experimental water loop comprised of a multistage canned-type circulation pump controlled by an inverter. The SUS304 test tube of inner diameter (d = 6 mm), heated length (L = 59.4 mm), effective length (Leff = 49.4 mm), L/d (= 9.9), Leff/d (= 8.23) and wall thickness (δ = 0.5 mm) with average surface roughness (Ra = 3.89 μm) is used in this work. The SUS304 twisted-tape with width (w = 5.6 mm), thickness (δT = 0.6 mm), total length (l = 372 mm) and twist ratio, y [= H/d = (pitch of 180° rotation)/d], of 3.37 is used. The transient CHFs for a short SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are compared with authors’ steady-state CHF data for a short SUS304-tube with various twisted-tape inserts, their transient CHF data for the empty SUS304-tube and the values calculated by authors’ steady-state CHF correlations for the test tubes with various twisted-tape inserts and their transient CHF correlations for the empty test tubes. The influences of twisted-tape insert, heating rate and swirl velocity on the transient CHF are investigated into details and the widely and precisely predictable correlations of the transient CHF for the test tube with twisted-tape insert are given based on the experimental data. The correlations can describe the transient CHFs for a short SUS304-tube with twisted-tape of y = 3.37 obtained in this work within −27 to 7.9 % difference.

Subcooled Boiling Heat Transfer in a Short Vertical SUS304-Tube at High Liquid Reynolds Number

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Hata ◽  
Suguru Masuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Nucleate Boiling ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Subcooled Boiling ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Spontaneous Nucleation

The subcooled boiling heat transfer and the steady state critical heat fluxes (CHFs) in a short vertical SUS304-tube for the flow velocities (u = 17.28 to 40.20 m/s), the inlet liquid temperatures (Tin = 293.30 to 362.49 K), the inlet pressures (Pin = 842.90 to 1467.93 kPa) and the exponentially increasing heat input (Q = Q0 exp(t/τ), τ = 10 s) were systematically measured by the experimental water loop comprised of a multistage canned-type circulation pump with high pump head. The SUS304 test tubes of inner diameters (d = 3 and 6 mm), heated lengths (L = 33 and 59.5 mm), effective lengths (Leff = 23.3 and 49.1 mm), L/d (= 11 and 9.92), Leff/d (= 7.77 and 8.18), and wall thickness (δ = 0.5 mm) with average surface roughness (Ra = 3.18 μm) are used in this work. The inner surface temperature and the heat flux from non-boiling to CHF were clarified. The subcooled boiling heat transfer for SUS304 test tube was compared with our Platinum test tube data and the values calculated by other workers’ correlations for the subcooled boiling heat transfer. The influence of flow velocity on the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHF is investigated into details and the widely and precisely predictable correlation of the subcooled boiling heat transfer for turbulent flow of water in a short vertical SUS304-tube is given based on the experimental data. The correlation can describe the subcooled boiling heat transfer coefficients obtained in this work within 15% difference. Nucleate boiling surface superheats for the SUS304 test tube become very high. Those at the high liquid Reynolds number are close to the lower limit of Heterogeneous Spontaneous Nucleation Temperature. The dominant mechanisms of the flow boiling CHF in a short vertical SUS304-tube are discussed.

Enhanced Heat Transfer for Various Gases Flowing Over a Twisted Heater Due to Exponentially Increasing Heat Input

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Shibahara ◽  
Qiusheng Liu ◽  
Katsuya Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Heat Input ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

Forced convection transient heat transfer coefficients were measured for various gases (helium, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide gas) flowing over a twisted heater due to exponentially increasing heat input (Q0exp(t/τ)). The platinum ribbon with a thickness of 0.1 mm and a width of 4.0 mm was used as the test heater. It was twisted at the center of the heater with an angle of 45 and 90 degrees with respect to the upper part of the heater. The heat generation rate was exponentially increased with a function of Q0exp(t/τ). The gas flow velocities ranged from 1 to 10 m/s, the gas temperatures ranged from 313 to 353 K, and the periods of heat generation rate ranged from 45 ms to 17 s. The surface temperature difference and heat flux increase exponentially as the heat generation rate increases with exponential function. The heat transfer coefficients for twisted heater were compared with those of a plate heater. They are 13 ∼ 28% higher than those of the plate one. The geometric effect (twisted effect) of heater in this study shows an enhancement on the heat transfer coefficient. This is because the heat transfer coefficients are affected by the change in the flow due to swirling flow on the twisted heater. And also, it was understood that heat transfer coefficient increase with the angle of twisted heater due to swirl motion and raised turbulence intensity. Empirical correlations for quasi-steady-state heat transfer and transient one were obtained based on the experimental data.

CFD Simulations of Natural Convection/Radiation Heat Transfer Within the Fuel Regions of a Truck Cask for Normal Transport

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkata V. R. Venigalla ◽  
Miles Greiner
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Radiation Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Capacity ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Radiation Heat ◽  
Cfd Simulations

A two-dimensional finite volume mesh is constructed that accurately represents the geometry of a legal weight truck cask, including four PWR fuel assemblies inside. CFD simulations calculate buoyancy driven gas motion as well as natural convection and radiation heat transfer in the gas filled fuel regions. They also calculate conduction within the cask solid components. The cask is in a normal transportation environment. The fuel and cask temperatures are calculated for ranges of fuel heat generation rate and cladding emissivity, for both helium and nitrogen backfill gas. The cask thermal capacity, which is the fuel heat generation rate that brings the peak fuel cladding to its temperature limit, is also determined. The results are compared to simulations in which the gas speed is set to zero, to determine the effect of buoyancy induced motion. The allowable heat generation rate is 23% higher for helium than for nitrogen due to helium’s higher thermal conductivity. Increasing the cladding emissivity by 10% increases the allowed fuel heating rate by 4% for nitrogen, but only 2% for helium. The higher value for nitrogen is caused by the larger fraction of heat transported by radiation when it is the backfill gas compared to helium. The stagnant-gas calculations give only slightly higher cladding temperatures than the gas-motion simulations. This is because buoyancy induced gas motion does not greatly enhance heat transfer compared to conduction and radiation for this configuration. The cask thermal capacity from the stagnant-CFD calculation is therefore essentially the same as that from the CFD simulation. This suggests that future cask thermal calculations may not need to include gas motion. These results must be experimentally benchmarked before the CFD methods can be used with confidence for designing transport casks. Basket surface temperatures calculated in this work can be used as the basis for boundary condition in those experiments.

scholarly journals Transient Heat Transfer Characteristics of Twisted Structure Heated by Exponential Heat Flux

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Penetration Depth ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Transient Heat Transfer ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Wide Range

This study was conducted to investigate the transient heat transfer characteristics of a twisted structure. The twisted structure was heated according to exponential function (Q=Q0×exp(t/τ), where Q0 is the initial heat generation rate, W/m3; t is time, s; and τ is the period of heat generation rate). A wide range of τ from 37 ms to 14 s was applied for the experimental study. A platinum plate with five pitches (each was 180° twisted with 20 mm in length) was used in the experiment. Helium gas with inlet temperature of 298 K under 500 kPa was used as the coolant. The heat transfer coefficient is found to increase with the decrease of τ, and the transition point was estimated to be at τ≈1s, which means that, when the increasing ratio of heat generation rate satisfies dQdt≥Q0⋅et, the heat transfer enhancement phenomenon will be observed. The response analysis for transient heat transfer at fluid-solid interface was conducted by applying the concept of penetration depth. It is considered that, when the penetration depth is smaller than the thermal boundary thickness, the heat transfer from the interface (wall surface) to the fluid domain is not fully developed during the disturbance.

Transient Heat Transfer for Carbon Dioxide Flowing Over a Horizontal Plate With Exponentially Increasing Heat Input

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Shibahara ◽  
Qiusheng Liu ◽  
Katsuya Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Transient Heat Transfer ◽  
Horizontal Plate ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

Transient heat transfer coefficients for carbon-dioxide gas flowing over a horizontal plate (ribbon) at various periods of exponentially increasing heat input was experimentally and theoretically studied. In the experimental studies, transient heat transfer coefficients were measured under various velocities and periods. The platinum plate with a thickness of 0.1 mm was used as test heater and heated by electric current. The heat generation rate was exponentially increased with a function of Q0exp(t/τ). The gas flow velocities ranged from 1 to 3 m/s, the gas temperatures ranged from 313 K to 353 K, and the periods of heat generation rate ranged from 46 ms to 17 s. The surface temperature and heat flux increase exponentially as the heat generation rate increases with the exponential function. It was clarified that the heat transfer coefficient approaches the quasi-steady-state one for the period longer than about 1 s, and it becomes higher for the period shorter than around 1 s. In the theoretical study, forced convection transient heat transfer was numerically solved based on a conventional turbulent flow model. The temperature within the boundary layer around the heater increases with the increase of the surface temperature. It is understood that the gradient of the temperature distribution near the wall of the plate is higher at a higher surface temperature difference. The values of numerical solutions for the heat fluxes agree well with the experimental data, though the numerical solutions for surface temperatures show some differences with the experimental data.

Transient Forced Convection Heat Transfer for Helium Gas Flowing Over a Horizontal Plate

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiusheng Liu ◽  
Makoto Shibahara ◽  
Katsuya Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Heat Generation ◽  
Generation Rate ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
Horizontal Plate ◽  
Heat Generation Rate ◽  
Helium Gas ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

Transient heat transfer coefficients for helium gas flowing over a horizontal plate (ribbon) were measured under wide experimental conditions. The platinum plate with a thickness of 0.1 mm was used as test heater and heated by electric current. The heat generation rate was exponentially increased with a function of Q0exp(t/τ). The gas flow velocities ranged from 4 to 10 m/s, the gas temperatures ranged from 313 to 353 K, and the periods of heat generation rate, τ, ranged from 50 ms to 17 s. The surface superheat and heat flux increase exponentially as the heat generation rate increases with the exponential function. It was clarified that the heat transfer coefficient approaches the quasi-steady-state one for the period τ longer than about 1 s, and it becomes higher for the period shorter than around 1 s. The dependence of transient heat transfer on the gas flowing velocity becomes weaker when the period becomes very shorter. The gas temperature in this study shows little influence on the heat transfer coefficient. Empirical correlation for quasi-steady-state heat transfer was obtained based on the experimental data.

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