Heat Transfer Analysis in a Heat Sink Embedded with a Closed Two-Phase Thermosyphon

Author(s):  
C. Teoh ◽  
M. Maschmann ◽  
H. Ma
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hatami ◽  
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D Jing ◽  

In this study, two-phase asymmetric peristaltic Carreau-Yasuda nanofluid flow in a vertical and tapered wavy channel is demonstrated and the mixed heat transfer analysis is considered for it. For the modeling, two-phase method is considered to be able to study the nanoparticles concentration as a separate phase. Also it is assumed that peristaltic waves travel along X-axis at a constant speed, c. Furthermore, constant temperatures and constant nanoparticle concentrations are considered for both, left and right walls. This study aims at an analytical solution of the problem by means of least square method (LSM) using the Maple 15.0 mathematical software. Numerical outcomes will be compared. Finally, the effects of most important parameters (Weissenberg number, Prandtl number, Brownian motion parameter, thermophoresis parameter, local temperature and nanoparticle Grashof numbers) on the velocities, temperature and nanoparticles concentration functions are presented. As an important outcome, on the left side of the channel, increasing the Grashof numbers leads to a reduction in velocity profiles, while on the right side, it is the other way around.


Author(s):  
Tadej Semenic ◽  
Seung M. You

To minimize flow boiling instabilities in two-phase heat sinks, two different types of microporous coatings were developed and applied on mini- and small-channel heat sinks and tested using degassed R245fa refrigerant. The first coating was epoxy-based and was sprayed on heat sink channels while the second coating was formed by sintering copper particles on heat sink channels. Mini-channel heat sinks had overall dimensions 25.4 mm × 25.4 mm × 6.4 mm and twelve rectangular channels with a hydraulic diameter 1.7 mm and a channel aspect ratio of 2.7. Small-channel heat sinks had the same overall dimensions, but only three rectangular channels with hydraulic diameter 4.1 mm and channel aspect ratio 0.6. The microporous coatings were found to minimize parallel channel instabilities for mini-channel heat sinks and to reduce the amplitude of heat sink base temperature oscillations from 6 °C to slightly more than 1 °C. No increase in pressure drop or pumping power due to the microporous coating was measured. The mini-channel heat sinks with porous coating had in average 1.5-times higher heat transfer coefficient than uncoated heat sinks. Also, the small-channel heat sinks with the “best” porous coating had in average 2.5-times higher heat transfer coefficient and the critical heat flux was 1.5 to 2-times higher compared with the uncoated heat sinks.


2008 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Chull Jo ◽  
Woong Sik Kim ◽  
Chang-Yong Choi ◽  
Yong Kab Lee

This paper addresses the numerical simulation of two-phase flow heat transfer in the helically coiled tubes of an integral type pressurized water reactor steam generator under normal operation using a computational fluid dynamics code. The shell-side flow field where a single-phase fluid flows in the downward direction is also calculated in conjunction with the tube-side two-phase flow characteristics. For the calculation of tube-side two-phase flow, the inhomogeneous two-fluid model is used. Both the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute wall boiling model and the bulk boiling model are implemented for the numerical simulations of boiling-induced two-phase flow in a vertical straight pipe and channel, and the computed results are compared with the available measured data. The conjugate heat transfer analysis method is employed to calculate the conduction in the tube wall with finite thickness and the convections in the internal and external fluids simultaneously so as to match the fluid-wall-fluid interface conditions properly. Both the internal and external turbulent flows are simulated using the standard k-ε model. From the results of the present numerical simulation, it is shown that the bulk boiling model can be applied to the simulation of two-phase flow in the helically coiled steam generator tubes. In addition, the present simulation method is considered to be physically plausible in the light of discussions on the computed results.


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