scholarly journals Film condensation on a vertical smooth surface in flowing vapor. 1st report. Flow patterns of condensate film and local heat transfer coefficients.

1989 ◽  
Vol 55 (510) ◽  
pp. 450-456
Author(s):  
Haruo UEHARA ◽  
Shinji EGASHlRA ◽  
Yuzo TAGUCHI
2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1769-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Rifert ◽  
Volodymyr Sereda

Survey of the works on condensation inside smooth horizontal tubes published from 1955 to 2013 has been performed. Theoretical and experimental investigations, as well as more than 25 methods and correlations for heat transfer prediction are considered. It is shown that accuracy of this prediction depends on the accuracy of volumetric vapor content and pressure drop at the interphase. The necessity of new studies concerning both local heat transfer coefficients and film condensation along tube perimeter and length under annular, stratified and intermediate regimes of phase flow was substantiated. These characteristics being defined will allow determining more precisely the boundaries of the flow regimes and the methods of heat transfer prediction.


Author(s):  
Tzu-Hsiang Yen ◽  
Masahiro Shoji ◽  
Fumio Takemura ◽  
Yuji Suzuki ◽  
Nobuhide Kasagi

Visualization experiments of convective boiling in transparent single micro conduits with the same hydraulic diameter but different cross sections are carried out with simultaneous measurement of local heat transfer coefficients and pressure losses. Two different cross sections with the same similar hydraulic diameters are applied: A circular microtube of 210μm in diameter and a square microchannel of 214μm × 214μm cross section. ITO/Ag thin film of 100 nm is sputtered on the outer surface of the conduits for the direct joule heating. The convective boiling shows some periodic variation of different flow patterns in both square and circular conduits. These flow patterns include bubbly, plug, slug, annular and capillary flows. The capillary flow pattern is the independent liquid droplets moving in the flow direction and very rarely observed in conventional tubes. The reason of such variation of flow patterns is that confined spaces limit the bubble growth in radial direction. So the nucleation bubble grows in both upstream and downstream and makes the flow pattern varies radically. The square microchannel conduit has more simple flow pattern variation, more nucleation bubbles and larger local heat transfer coefficients at lower vapor quality. It is due to that corners of the square microchannel act as helps nucleation cavities. Corners also promotes the formation of liquid film and the contact line between liquid and wall, which can stabilize the flow field. Local heat transfer coefficients decrease with increasing local vapor qualities. Local heat transfer coefficients increase with increasing boiling number but have their maximum value when boiling number reaches critical value. Such peculiar heat transfer characteristics can also be explained by the visualization results.


Author(s):  
Douglas N. Barlow ◽  
Yong W. Kim

An experimental investigation of film cooling on rough surfaces has been accomplished at a Reynolds number and dimensionless boundary layer momentum thickness found in current high performance first stage turbine vanes. A transient experimental method using thermochromic liquid crystals is employed to determine both local heat transfer coefficients and film cooling effectiveness values on planar rough surfaces. Two surface roughness configurations are investigated with a single row of cooling holes spaced three diameters apart and inclined 30° to the mainstream flow. The mainstream turbulence level at the point of film injection is 8.5% and the density ratio considered is approximately 1.0. The influence of roughness on the centerline film cooling effectiveness, laterally averaged film cooling effectiveness, laterally averaged heat transfer coefficients, as well as area averaged values are presented. It is found that the presence of roughness causes a decrease in the film cooling effectiveness over that of the smooth surface for the range of experimental parameters considered in this study. In addition, significant lateral smoothing in film cooling effectiveness distribution is observed for the rougher surfaces. Measured heat transfer coefficients on rough surfaces show a trend of monotonic increase with blowing ratio. However, such increase is not as great as that for the case of smooth surface.


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).


2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhilesh P. Rallabandi ◽  
Huitao Yang ◽  
Je-Chin Han

Systematic experiments are conducted to measure heat transfer enhancement and pressure loss characteristics on a square channel (simulating a gas turbine blade cooling passage) with two opposite surfaces roughened by 45 deg parallel ribs. Copper plates fitted with a silicone heater and instrumented with thermocouples are used to measure regionally averaged local heat transfer coefficients. Reynolds numbers studied in the channel range from 30,000 to 400,000. The rib height (e) to hydraulic diameter (D) ratio ranges from 0.1 to 0.18. The rib spacing (p) to height ratio (p/e) ranges from 5 to 10. Results show higher heat transfer coefficients at smaller values of p/e and larger values of e/D, though at the cost of higher friction losses. Results also indicate that the thermal performance of the ribbed channel falls with increasing Reynolds numbers. Correlations predicting Nusselt number (Nu) and friction factor (f¯) as a function of p/e, e/D, and Re are developed. Also developed are correlations for R and G (friction and heat transfer roughness functions, respectively) as a function of the roughness Reynolds number (e+), p/e, and e/D.


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