Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Bubble Behavior on Flow Boiling Pressure Drop in Narrow Channel

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deqi Chen ◽  
Ren Song ◽  
Liang-ming Pan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Channel Wall ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Narrow Channel ◽  
High Speed Camera ◽  
Bubble Behavior ◽  
Channel Dimension

Bubble behavior in narrow channel can be quite different with that in conventional channel. When the bubble reaches a size which is comparable with the channel dimension, the bubble is confined by the channel wall. This influences the bubble evolution significantly in the narrow channel. Then the characteristics of pressure drop in the narrow channel is affected significantly. In order to investigate the effect of bubble behavior on flow boiling pressure drop, a visual study was carried out with a high speed camera (5,000 frame per second was used) to record the bubble behavior. It is found that the OSV (Onset of Significant Vapor) emerges much earlier in narrow channel when comparing with that in conventional channel. A revised correlation for prediction of the real void fraction is proposed based on the experimental investigation. It is also found that the bubble behavior affects the pressure drop in narrow channel significantly, and the channel will be blocked easily when the confined vapor cluster appears. The pressure drop, however, dose not increase linearly with increasing void fraction, and the minimum pressure drop occurs with 60% void fraction. With increasing void fraction, the bubble behavior is more intense and turbulent, which induces more severe fluctuation in pressure drop.

Recognition Statistic and Analysis of Bubbles in Flow Boiling

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongyi Wang ◽  
Pu-zhen Gao ◽  
Dali Yu ◽  
Zheng Yang ◽  
Hanying Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Void Fraction ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Measuring Method ◽  
Narrow Channel ◽  
High Speed Camera ◽  
Fraction Measurement

Void fraction measurement is very important in the thermal-hydraulic experiments. In this work, a new measuring method was proposed to detect the bubbles’ size and sketch by using the high-speed camera. To check the accuracy of this method, flow boiling condition in the vertical rectangular narrow channel was considered. Firstly, boiling phenomenon was observed in the test pipe. Then recognition and statistic of bubbles were performed to obtain the bubbles’ quantity, size and speed. The conclusion of this work is that the bubble images can be divided into nearly round bubbles and irregular bubbles and this method have a good performance in the bubble s’ recognition and statistic.

Experimental Studies of Adiabatic Flow Boiling in Fractal-Like Branching Micro-Channels

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Daniels ◽  
James A. Liburdy ◽  
Deborah V. Pence
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Channel Length ◽  
Channel Height ◽  
Channel Network ◽  
Adiabatic Flow ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Micro Channels

Experimental results of adiabatic boiling of water flowing through a fractal-like branching microchannel network are presented and compared to numerical simulations for identical flow conditions. The fractal-like branching channel network had channel length and width ratios between adjacent branching levels of 0.7071, a total flow length of 18 mm, a channel height of 150 μm and a terminal channel width of 100 μm. The channels were DRIE etched into a silicon disk and pyrex was anodically bonded to the silicon to form the channel top and allowed visualization of the flow within the channels. The water flowed from the center of the disk where the inlet was laser cut through the silicon to the periphery of the disc. The flow rates ranged from 100 to 225 g/min and the inlet subcooling levels varied from 0.5 to 6 °C. Pressure drop across the channel as well as void fraction in each branching level were measured for each of the test conditions. The measured pressure drop ranged from 20 to 90 kPa, and the measured void fraction ranged from 0.3 to 0.9. The pressure drop results agree well with the numerical predictions. The measured void fraction results followed the same trends as the numerical results.

Experimental Study of Flow Patterns, Pressure Drop and Flow Instabilities in Parallel Rectangular Minichannels

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabhu Balasubramanian ◽  
Satish G. Kandlikar
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Flow Instability ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Flow Instabilities ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Phase System ◽  
High Heat Flux

The use of phase change heat transfer in parallel minichannels and microchannels is one of the solutions proposed for cooling high heat flux systems. The increase in pressure drop in a two phase system is one of the problems, that need to be studied in detail before proceeding to any design phase. The pressure drop fluctuations in a network of parallel channels connected by a common head need to be addressed for stable operation of flow boiling systems. The current work focuses on studying the pressure-drop fluctuations and flow instabilities in a set of six parallel rectangular minichannels, each with 333 μm hydraulic diameter. Demonized and degassed water was used for all the experiments. Pressure fluctuations are recorded and signal analysis is performed to find the dominant frequencies and their amplitudes. These pressure fluctuations are then mapped to their corresponding flow patterns observed using a high speed camera. The results help us to relate pressure fluctuations to different flow characteristics, and their effect on flow instability.

INVESTIGATION ON VOID FRACTION FOR TWO-PHASE FLOW PRESSURE DROP OF EVAPORATIVE R-290 IN HORIZONTAL TUBE

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (8-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Sunjarianto Pamitran ◽  
Sentot Novianto ◽  
Normah Mohd-Ghazali ◽  
Nasruddin Nasruddin ◽  
Raldi Koestoer
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Void Fraction ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Homogeneous Model ◽  
Saturation Temperature ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Experimental Conditions

Two-phase flow boiling pressure drop experiment was conducted to observe its characteristics and to develop a new correlation of void fraction based on the separated model. Investigation is completed on the natural refrigerant R-290 (propane) in a horizontal circular tube with a 7.6 mm inner diameter under experimental conditions of 3.7 to 9.6 °C saturation temperature, 10 to 25 kW/m2 heat flux, and 185 to 445 kg/m2s mass flux. The present experimental data was used to obtain the calculated void fraction which then was compared to the predicted void fraction with 31 existing correlations. A new void fraction correlation for predicting two-phase flow boiling pressure drop, as a function of Reynolds numbers, was proposed. The measured pressure drop was compared to the predicted pressure drop with some existing pressure drop models that use the newly developed void fraction model. The homogeneous model of void fraction showed the best prediction with 2% deviation

Flow Boiling in a Parallel Strip Fin Heat Sink With Nonuniform Heat Flux Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kexian Ren ◽  
Ze Miao ◽  
Bo Yang ◽  
Tongzhi Yang ◽  
Weixing Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Thermal Load ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Flow Boiling ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
High Speed Camera ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Boiling Process ◽  
Parallel Strip

Abstract This study investigates the thermal performance of a parallel strip fin heat sink (PSFHS) under various heat flux conditions at a flowrate of 100 ml/min, including uniform heat flux and nonuniform heat flux. The heat sink consists of 150 fins with a width of 1 mm, a height of 5.5 mm, and a pitch of 1 mm and has a Z-type inlet/outlet arrangement. Nine separate heaters offer thermal load to the heat sink in order to provide a uniform or nonuniform heat flux. The flow boiling process is captured by a high-speed camera. The temperatures of the heaters have been measured under the uniform and nonuniform heat flux conditions. In addition, the pressure drops inside the heat sink are also obtained. A minichannel heat sink (MCHS) with the same channel dimensions and inlet/outlet configuration is tested too. A comparison between MCHS and PSFHS is discussed in detail, which helps to understand the flow boiling characteristic in PSFHS.

Experimental Study on Flow Patterns and Pressure Drop of Decaying Swirling Gas-Liquid Flow in a Vertical Pipe

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiarong Zhang ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
Shuai Liu ◽  
Hanyang Gu
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Tangential Velocity ◽  
High Speed Camera ◽  
Vertical Pipe ◽  
Gas Liquid Flow

Abstract Vertical swirling gas-liquid flow is a kind of complex two-phase flow containing a nonzero tangential velocity component in engineering applications. The accurate flow regime characterization, phase distribution information and pressure drop data about vertical swirling flow are the basis for the optimization of steam generator (SG), which can greatly reduce the cost and improve the safety of nuclear plants. To get these key parameters of swirling vertical flow, we have made a comprehensive visualization experiment in a vertical pipe with 30mm diameter and 5m length by high-speed camera. The experimental pipe is separated into swirling part and non-swirling part. We have set three observation section with different vertical heights in the swirling part. Changing the flow rate of water and gas, different swirling flow pattern photos can be captured by high-speed camera. Based on the photos of different positions and image-processing MATLAB code, we can get three flow regime maps and figure out the decaying law of swirling gas-liquid flow. The pressure drop can be recorded by rotameter at each position. The decaying law of pressrure drop can be concluded from it. These data can be a guide for designing gas-liquid separator in SG to improve the efficiency of nuclear plant.

Experimental Investigation on Flow Field in a Rotating Channel With a New TR-PIV System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengjun Zhou ◽  
Haiwang Li ◽  
Zhi Tao ◽  
Ruquan You ◽  
Haoyu Duan
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Laser Diode ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry System ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
High Speed Camera ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Rotating Channel

In the current study, the influence of different rotation conditions on the flow behavior is experimentally investigated by a new system which is designed for time-resolved PIV measurements of the smooth channels at rotation conditions. The Reynolds number equals 15000 and the rotation number ranges from 0 to 0.392 with an interval of 0.098. This new time-resolved Particle Image Velocimetry system consists of a 10 Watts continuous laser diode and a high-speed camera. The laser diode can provide a less than 1mm thickness sheet light. 6400 frames can be captured in one second by the high-speed camera. These two parts of the system are fixed on a rotating disk. In this case, the relative velocity of flows in the rotating smooth square channel can be measured directly to reduce the measurement error. This system makes high-speed camera close to the rotating channel, which allows a high resolution for the measurements of main stream. In addition, high accuracy and temporal resolution realize a detailed analysis of boundary layer characteristics in rotation conditions. Based on this system, experimental investigation has been undertaken. Results are presented of the evolution of velocity and boundary layer thickness at various rotation numbers and different circumferential positions.

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