Influence of Fin Parameter and Winding Pattern on Heat and Mass Transfer Characteristics of a Vertical Absorber with Spirally Wound Fir-Finned Tube

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 484-493
Author(s):  
Kazushige Nakao ◽  
Eiichi Ozaki ◽  
Tsuneo Yumikura ◽  
Masaki Ikeuchi ◽  
Goro Yamanaka ◽  
...  
2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Kim ◽  
Y. J. Park ◽  
Y. C. Kim ◽  
S. C. Shim ◽  
S. K. Oh ◽  
...  

Abstract An experimental study was performed to investigate the heat and mass transfer characteristics of a finned-tube evaporator coil utilized in a domestic refrigerator under frosting conditions. Airside heat transfer coefficient was measured as a function of air temperature, humidity ratio, air velocity, and evaporating temperature. In addition, frost thickness was monitored and measured by visualization tests during frosting operation. Based on the experimental results, the degradation of heat transfer performance due to frost formation was explored as a function of operating parameters. The rate of frost formation on the evaporator increases at relatively high humidity, high airflow rate, low inlet air temperature and low refrigerant temperature. As the frost thickness increases, airflow rate gradually decreases, while the capacity increases at the early stage of frost formation and then significantly drops.


2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazushige Nakao ◽  
Eiichi Ozaki ◽  
Tsuneo Yumikura ◽  
Masaki Ikeuchi ◽  
Goro Yamanaka ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (17) ◽  
pp. 1705-1720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Xuesheng Wang ◽  
Weicheng Ruan ◽  
Qinzhu Chen ◽  
Zilong Liu

Author(s):  
Joonguen Park ◽  
Shinku Lee ◽  
Sunyoung Kim ◽  
Joongmyeon Bae

This paper discusses a numerical analysis of the heat and mass transfer characteristics in an autothermal methane reformer. Assuming local thermal equilibrium between the bulk gas and the surface of the catalyst, a one-medium approach for the porous medium analysis was incorporated. Also, the mass transfer between the bulk gas and the catalyst’s surface was neglected due to the relatively low gas velocity. For the catalytic surface reaction, the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model was incorporated in which methane (CH4) is reformed to hydrogen-rich gases by the autothermal reforming (ATR) reaction. Full combustion, steam reforming, water-gas shift, and direct steam reforming reactions were included in the chemical reaction model. Mass, momentum, energy, and species balance equations were simultaneously calculated with the chemical reactions for the multiphysics analysis. By varying the four operating conditions (inlet temperature, oxygen to carbon ratio (OCR), steam to carbon ratio, and gas hourly space velocity (GHSV)), the performance of the ATR reactor was estimated by the numerical calculations. The SR reaction rate was improved by an increased inlet temperature. The reforming efficiency and the fuel conversion reached their maximum values at an OCR of 0.7. When the GHSV was increased, the reforming efficiency increased but the large pressure drop may decrease the system efficiency. From these results, we can estimate the optimal operating conditions for the production of large amounts of hydrogen from methane.


2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Nandkeolyar ◽  
Peri K. Kameswaran ◽  
Sachin Shaw ◽  
Precious Sibanda

We investigated heat and mass transfer on water based nanofluid due to the combined effects of homogeneous–heterogeneous reactions, an external magnetic field and internal heat generation. The flow is generated by the movement of a linearly stretched surface, and the nanofluid contains nanoparticles of copper and gold. Exact solutions of the transformed model equations were obtained in terms of hypergeometric functions. To gain more insights regarding subtle impact of fluid and material parameters on the heat and mass transfer characteristics, and the fluid properties, the equations were further solved numerically using the matlab bvp4c solver. The similarities and differences in the behavior, including the heat and mass transfer characteristics, of the copper–water and gold–water nanofluids with respect to changes in the flow parameters were investigated. Finally, we obtained the numerical values of the skin friction and heat transfer coefficients.


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