scholarly journals Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Natural Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient in Phase Change Material (PCM) Based Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchanger

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 716
Author(s):  
Saulius Pakalka ◽  
Kęstutis Valančius ◽  
Giedrė Streckienė
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient

Latent heat thermal energy storage systems allow storing large amounts of energy in relatively small volumes. Phase change materials (PCMs) are used as a latent heat storage medium. However, low thermal conductivity of most PCMs results in long melting (charging) and solidification (discharging) processes. This study focuses on the PCM melting process in a fin-and-tube type copper heat exchanger. The aim of this study is to define analytically natural convection heat transfer coefficient and compare the results with experimental data. The study shows how the local heat transfer coefficient changes in different areas of the heat exchanger and how it is affected by the choice of characteristic length and boundary conditions. It has been determined that applying the calculation method of the natural convection occurring in the channel leads to results that are closer to the experiment. Using this method, the average values of the heat transfer coefficient (have) during the entire charging process was obtained 68 W/m2K, compared to the experimental result have = 61 W/m2K. This is beneficial in the predesign stage of PCM-based thermal energy storage units.

Thermal Response Characteristics of Flat Plate Heated by High Temperature and High Speed Flow

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 3316-3319
Author(s):  
Chuang Sun ◽  
Yang Zhao ◽  
De Fu Li ◽  
Qing Ai ◽  
Xin Lin Xia
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Field ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient

According to the view of heat transfer, the process of the fluid flow with high temperature and high speed over a flat plate may be considered as the heat transfer process within a compressible thermal boundary layer. Based on the numerical results of thermal isolation assumption, combining the temperature comparison with modification method, a coupled method of convection heat transfer coefficient with temperature field of the plate is established, and the characteristics of the thermal response for the flat plate is dominated. Take some ribbed plates as instances, the convection heat transfer coefficient and temperature field of the plate are simulated through the provided coupled method. The results show that, not only the position and materials of the plate influence the convection heat transfer coefficient, but also the time.

scholarly journals Effect of perforated concave delta winglet vortex generators on heat transfer augmentation of fluid flow inside a rectangular channel: An experimental study

2018 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 04015
Author(s):  
Syaiful ◽  
MSK Tony SU ◽  
Nazaruddin Sinaga ◽  
Retno Wulandari ◽  
Myung-whan Bae
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Vortex Generator ◽  
Longitudinal Vortex ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Delta Winglet

Compact heat exchanger with gas as a heat exchange medium is widely used in power plants, automotive, air conditioning, and others. However, the gas has a low thermal conductivity resulting in high thermal resistance causing a low rate of heat transfer. Therefore an improvement to the convection heat transfer coefficient is necessary. One way to enhance the convection heat transfer coefficient is to use a longitudinal vortex generator. However, the increase in convection heat transfer coefficient is followed by an increase in pressure drop. Therefore, this work aims to improve the convection heat transfer coefficient with a low pressure drop. To achieve this goal, experiments were carried out by perforating a longitudinal vortex generator with a diameter of 5 mm with variations in holes number one, two and three. Two types of longitudinal vortex generators are compared. The experimental results show that the convection heat transfer coefficient for the case of perforated concave delta winglet vortex generator is only decreased by 1% from that without a hole, while the pressure drop is decreased by 11.6%.

Analyses of Flow Field and Heat Exchange about Limestone Grain in the Preheater

2014 ◽  
Vol 915-916 ◽  
pp. 974-977
Author(s):  
Yong Gang Liu ◽  
Xiao Yang Zhang ◽  
Jing Yang Zheng ◽  
Jin Fa Xie
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Heat Transfer Theory

According to the structural features of the vertical preheater, the 2-dimention finite element models are set up for the section of the preheater with different arrangement and diameters for the limestone grains. The situation of gas-solid two-phase flow between the limestone grains and the hot air in the preheater is simulated by the discrete particle model. Based on the heat transfer theory, the convection heat transfer coefficient between the limestone grains and the hot air is deduced by means of the experimental correlation of the air cross-flow tube bundles. On the simulation of the 2-dimention finite element model of the vertical preheater based on the FLOTRAN module of ANSYS, the temperature field, pressure field and velocity field of the limestone grains are obtained. The results show that there is a little change of convection heat transfer coefficient by varying the arrangement of limestone grains. The convection heat transfer coefficient is improved by employing the limestone grains with little diameter. The larger the gap between the grains is, the larger the convection heat transfer coefficient is.

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