锥形内肋管传热与流阻性能的数值模拟

根据纵向涡强化传热技术提出了新型的强化换热管——锥形内肋管,运用数值模拟方法,研究了新型强化换热管结构参数锥底宽度a、导程P、肋深e和Re数对Nu、沿程阻力系数f及传热综合因子η的影响。结果表明：换热管内壁面边缘处产生了较多的微小涡流,有效破坏了流动边界层,强化了传热。在充分湍流的条件下,流体Re越小、e越小,其综合传热性能越强。当Re<15 000时,a对η的影响要大于P;在过渡点后, P对η影响较大。通过综合传热性能分析,给出了适合不同Re区间的锥形内肋优化参数。     

Experimental study on friction factor and numerical simulation on flow and heat transfer in an alternating elliptical axis tube

This paper focuses on the experimental study on friction factor and the numerical simulation on the periodic fully developed fluid flow and heat transfer in an alternating elliptical axis tube (AEAT). The experimental results show that in the laminar flow regime fRe = 84.7, and the transition from laminar to turbulent flow occurs at an earlier Reynolds number about 1000. The predicted cycle average Nusselt numbers from the standard k–ε model and RNG k–ε model are quite close to each other, which are appreciably higher than that of elliptic tube and round tube. Heat transfer performance comparisons are made under identical pumping power constraint, showing the obvious superiority of AEAT over a round tubes. In addition, the complicated multi-longitudinal vortex structure of the flow is detected in detail from the numerical simulation results, which improves the synergy between velocity field and temperature gradient in a large extent, hence, greatly enhancing the convective heat transfer.     

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal characteristics of a novel concentric type tube heat exchanger with turbulators

In this study, the heat transfer performance and friction characteristics of a novel concentric tube heat exchanger with different pitches of helical turbulators were investigated experimentally and numerically for a Reynolds number range from 3000 to 14 000. An experimental system was established to obtain experimental data. The numerical simulations were performed by using a three dimensional numerical computation technique, a commercial CFD computer code. Then, the heat transfer performance and friction characteristics of several helical turbulators were compared. The experimental, numerical and empirical correlation results were in a good agreement with each others. As a result, the heat transfer enhancements using turbulators were 2.91, 2.41, 2.18 and 1.99 times better than the smooth tube for pitch distances of p = 20, 40, 60 and 80 mm, respectively. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

矩形微通道中流体流动阻力和换热特性实验研究

以去离子水为流体工质,对其在矩形微尺度通道中的流动阻力和传热特性进行了实验研究。通过测量流量、进出口压力和温度等参数,获得了流体流过微通道时的摩擦阻力系数、对流换热过程中的热流通量和N u等。微尺度通道中流体流动的摩擦阻力系数较常规尺度通道中的摩擦阻力系数小,仅是常规尺度通道中摩擦阻力系数的20%~30%;且流动状态由层流向湍流转捩的临界R e也远小于常规尺度通道的。微尺度通道中对流换热的N u与常规尺度通道的显著不同。流量较小时,N u较常规尺度通道中充分发展段的小;随着水流量的增加,微通道的N u迅速增加,并很快超过常规尺度通道的N u,表现出微尺度效应。热流通量对微尺度通道中对流换热N u存在影响,其影响规律在不同流速条件下呈不同趋势,流速较小时,N u基本保持不变;而在流速较大时,N u随热流通量增加而呈增加趋势。     

Experimental study on the heat transfer enhancement of MWNT-water nanofluid in a shell and tube heat exchanger

Heat transfer enhancement of multi-walled carbon natube(MWNT)/water nanofluid in a horizontal shell and tube heat exchanger has been studied experimentally. Carbon nanotubes were synthesized by the use of catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) method over Co–Mo/MgO nanocatalyst. Obtained MWNTs were purified using a three stage method. COOH functional groups were inserted for making the nanotubes hydrophilic and increasing the stability of the nanofluid. The results indicate that heat transfer enhances in the presence of multi-walled nanotubes in comparison with the base fluid.     

Numerical study on heat transfer characteristics of double tube heat exchangers with alternating horizontal or vertical oval cross section pipes as inner tubes

In this paper, a numerical study on the flows in parallel and counter flow double tube heat exchangers with the inner tubes being either alternating horizontal or vertical oval cross section pipes or circular pipes is presented. The results include temperature and pressure contours and velocity vectors at several selected cross sections, axial averaged Nusselt number distributions and distributions of overall heat transfer coefficient and heat transfer enhancement factor versus three different parameters. The computation shows that the introduction of the inner alternating oval tube produces axial vortices in both the inner and outer tube flows, and the tube’s heat transfer performance is improved as a result. In general, the counter flow arrangement returns a higher level of overall heat transfer coefficient than the parallel flow arrangement. However, in terms of the magnitude of heat transfer enhancement, the performance of the parallel flow arrangement is slightly better than that of the counter flow.     

加涡产生器的管片式换热器换热与阻力特性的数值研究

通过数值模拟的方法,研究了小翼式涡产生器对错排圆管管片式换热芯子换热与阻力特性的影响,比较了光板与加涡产生器强化板芯的速度场、横向平均Nu数以及平均对流换热系数、阻力系数的变化规律,为进一步提高其换热性能、改进翅片结构、设计新型换热器提供了理论依据。     

Numerical study of the intensified heat transfer of an internally longitudinal ridged finned tube under pulsating flow

The turbulent pulsating flow and heat transfer in an internally longitudinal protuberant finned tube was numerically investigated by solving unsteady three‐dimensional elliptical Navier–Stokes equations. The realized k–? turbulent model was adopted. The dynamic behaviors of velocity field, average Nusselt number, and friction number of the internally longitudinal protuberant finned tube were numerically analyzed in a pulsating period, and it was further investigated by changing the frequency of the pulsating flow. It was found that the intensity of heat transfer enhancement increases with an increase of pulsating frequency, while the pressure drop will be increased simultaneously, the intensification of heat transfer in internally longitudinal protuberant finned tubes are gradually better than the pressure drop with an increase of pulsating frequency. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/htj.20253     

Study on the heat transfer and flow characteristics in a spiral-coil tube

In the present study, numerical and experimental results of the heat transfer and flow characteristics of the horizontal spiral-coil tube are investigated. The spiral-coil tube is fabricated by bending a 8.00 mm diameter straight copper tube into a spiral-coil of five turns. The innermost and outermost diameters of the spiral-coil are 270.00 and 406.00 mm, respectively. Hot and cold water are used as working fluids. The k-ε standard two-equation turbulence model is applied to simulate the turbulent flow and heat transfer characteristics. The main governing equations are solved by a finite volume method with an unstructured nonuniform grid system. Experiments are performed to obtain the heat transfer and flow characteristics for verifying the numerical results. Reasonable agreement is obtained from the comparison between the results from the experiment and those obtained from the model. In addition, the Nusselt number and pressure drop per unit length obtained from the spiral-coil tube are 1.49 and 1.50 times higher than those from the straight tube, respectively.     

螺旋槽管传热与污垢性能的实验研究

进行了螺旋槽管的传热性能实验，得出了螺旋槽管管内强制对流换热关联式。以硬度800mg／L的人工硬水作为工质，在0．24m／s，管外水浴60℃和相同管内工质入口温度的条件下，进行了螺旋槽管及其对应光管管内污垢的对比实验。结果表明，螺旋槽管有较好的传热性能，但阻垢性能却弱于光管。     

滑移区气体-颗粒流动与传热特性研究

针对气体-颗粒微尺度流动与传热过程开展数值模拟研究,所构建模型中气体处理为可压缩、变物性流体,并在颗粒表面采用速度滑移和温度跳跃边界条件以考虑气体稀薄效应。在数值模拟基础上,研究分析稀薄效应对颗粒与其周围气体流动与换热的影响程度,并进一步提出新的阻力系数与传热努谢尔特数关联式。研究结果表明,气体稀薄效应将减小颗粒阻力系数,同时抑制颗粒与其周围气体的传热过程。     

Comparative study on heat transfer enhancement of nanofluids flow in ribs tube using CFD simulation

This study presents, a numerical investigation of two‐dimensional turbulent nanofluids flow in different ribs tube configurations on heat transfer, friction, and thermal performance coefficients using ANSYS‐FLUENT software version‐16. Governing equations of mass, momentum, and energy have been solved by means of a finite volume method (FVM). Four types of nanoparticles namely; Al₂O₃, CuO, SiO₂, and ZnO with volume fraction range (1%‐4%) and different size of nanoparticles (dp = 30 nm, 40 nm, 50 nm, and 60 nm) with various Reynolds number (10 000‐30 000) in a constant heat flux tube with rectangular, triangular, and trapezoidal ribs were conducted for simulation. The results exhibit that Nusselt number for all cases enhanced with Reynolds number and nanofluid volume fraction increases. Likewise, the results also reveal that SiO₂ with volume fractions of 4% and diameters of nanoparticles of 30 nm in triangular ribs offered the highest Nusselt number at Reynolds number of Re = 30 000. In addition, the higher value of thermal performance factor was obtained at Reynolds number of Re = 10 000.     

Experimental study on heat transfer enhancement in the vertical nature convection by using delta‐winglet longitudinal vortex generators

This paper focuses on the study of heat transfer enhancement in natural vertical convection by using delta‐winglet longitudinal vortex generators. In the experimental range of Rayleigh numbers, the effect of attack angle, height, and width of the winglet of longitudinal vortex generator (LVG) on heat transfer performance was experimentally investigated. The results showed that there was an optimal attack angle and that the height and width can affect the heat transfer. In terms of array performance, it was shown that initial arrays could enhance the performance of later arrays. Moreover, the effects of LVG and low rectangular fins were compared. The results showed that the effect of LVGs was greater than that of low rectangular fins. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 35(6): 402–409, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/htj.20126     

Transversal tube pitch effects on local heat transfer characteristics of the flat tube bank fin mounted vortex generators and their sensitivity to nonuniform temperature of the fin

The tube bank fin is commonly used to increase the area of the heat transfer surface with a small heat transfer coefficient of a heat exchanger. If vortex generators (VGs) are punched on the fin surface, the heat transfer performance of the fin can be improved. This paper focused on the effect of transversal tube pitch on the local heat transfer performance of the three-row flat tube bank fin mounted with VGs. On the fin surface, constructing the flow channel but without mounted VGs, the transversal tube pitch was greater, and the span averaged Nusselt number downstream was larger because fewer interactions of vortices would be generated from different VGs located upstream. When the area goodness factor was used as the criteria on the condition of one tube unit of heat exchanger for commonly used fin materials and fin thickness, the transversal tube pitch has considerable effect on the heat transfer enhancement of VGs. Large transversal tube pitch is more sensitive to fin material than to fin thickness.     

椭圆横管外降膜流动和换热特性分析

本研究基于VOF算法编写用户UDF(自定义函数),采用FLUENT软件建立了椭圆横管外降膜流动和换热的计算模型。根据CFD(计算流体力学)模型计算和分析了在不同长短轴比下管外降膜速度分布、压力分布、液膜内温度分布和管外换热分布的变化规律。研究结果表明:长短轴比的变化影响了管外液膜速度分布、压力分布和膜内温度分布;相比圆管,椭圆管的管外膜内液体流速更快。壁面压力沿周向逐渐减少并在X=0.9附近快速回升;随长短轴比e的增加,周向压力最小值位置逐渐向后推移。局部Nu数分布与压力分布在趋势上存在一致性。当e=1.65附近时,椭圆的换热性能最优;最后,通过对管形的研究分析,提出横管的传热分区模型。     

Experimental and numerical study on tube-side flow and heat transfer characteristics of superheated vapor flow in catalyst-filled LH2 spiral wound heat exchanger

High energy consumption is considered to be one of the most persistent problems in liquid hydrogen (LH₂) plants. The combination of heat exchanger and ortho-para (O–P) hydrogen conversion has attracted considerable attention as a cutting-edge technology to reduce energy consumption. The flow and heat transfer characteristics of O–P hydrogen conversion catalyst-filled spiral wound heat exchanger (SWHE) were investigated in this study in two steps. In the first step, pressure-drop experiments were performed in a tube filled with porous media. The results indicated that the pressure drop was overestimated when using Ergun's equation. Therefore, a new empirical pressure-drop correlation for a channel filled with O–P catalyst was formulated. Subsequently, a novel heat transfer model was established based on this correlation for further numerical simulations. The distributions of the temperature, pressure, and para hydrogen content in a catalyst-filled tube were determined. In addition, the influence of the flow rate on the heat exchange coefficient and outlet para hydrogen was clarified; it was found that, with an increase in the flow rate, the heat exchange coefficient increased, whereas the outlet para hydrogen content decreased. At a flow rate of 0.5 m³/h, the para hydrogen content increased by 44% after hydrogen flowed through the channel filled with the O–P catalyst. Furthermore, a prediction model for the para hydrogen content with a flow rate range of 0–1.5 m³/h was derived. This study provides promising theoretical evidence for the engineering application of SWHEs filled with O–P catalysts in large-scale hydrogen liquefaction units.     

螺旋管内水和蒸汽局部传热特性研究

以高温气冷堆蒸发器为背景,采用FLUENT软件模拟了单相水和蒸汽在不同尺寸螺旋管内部的流动和传热过程,研究了壁面局部传热特性。计算结果表明,远离螺旋中心线一侧局部传热较强而靠近螺旋中心线一侧传热较弱,壁面Nu周向分布非常不均匀。管径与螺旋直径之比是主要影响因素,当其值增大时截面温度极值点向螺旋中心线外侧移动,加剧了温度分布和Nu分布的不均匀性。在层流向湍流过渡区内,Re的增大使截面各点温度梯度均有所增加,同时也增大了Nu周向分布的不均匀程度,但在旺盛湍流区内Re对Nu分布无明显影响。壁面热边界条件形式对局部Nu周向分布没有显著影响。给出了局部Nu的估算式。     

涟漪纹管内R22单相传热与流动特性的实验与数值研究

涟漪纹管是一种新型三维内外表面强化传热管,内径11.500 0mm、外径12.700 0mm,管壁表面有直径为3.500 0mm的半球凹坑与高度为0.177 8mm的涟漪花纹。工质R22在涟漪纹管内的质量流量设定为40~90kg/h,实验结果表明,涟漪纹管内对流传热努赛尔数(Nu)是相同雷诺数(Re)下光管的2.48倍。同时,对具有不同表面参数(凹坑直径0.0000到4.000 0mm,花纹高度0.0000到0.277 8mm)的涟漪纹管内湍流传热进行了数值模拟,结果显示,在所研究的范围内,管壁表面凹坑直径越大,Nu越大;花纹虽有助于提高传热效果,但花纹高度越大,Nu越小;而摩擦阻力随着凹坑直径与花纹高度的增大而增大。如果以基于相同泵功的强化因子η′评价其综合强化传热性能,则当凹坑直径为1.000 0mm且无花纹存在时,管内的强化传热效果最好。     

Simulation of free surface MHD‐flow and heat transfer around a cylinder

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) free‐surface flow and heat transfer of liquid metal around a cylinder under different Reynolds numbers were simulated numerically. The effects of the application of a magnetic field on wake and vortex shedding were analyzed. The characteristics of flow fields and temperature as well as Lorentz forces under two different Reynolds numbers were presented. The results showed that magnetic field could not only change substantially the flow pattern, but also suppress turbulent viscosity and surface renewal, which degraded heat transfer. Under the same Hartmann numbers, compared with the MHD‐flow and heat transfer of lower Reynolds numbers, the turbulence intensity and interaction between free surface and wake were still stronger for higher Reynolds numbers; consequently, the heat transfer was still high. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 37(1): 11–19, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/htj.20189     

Experimental and Numerical Simulations of Flow and Heat Transfer in Heat Exchanger Elements Using Liquid Crystal Thermography

Experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow were conducted for classic heat exchanger elements (flat plate with fin-tubes in-line, staggered and with vortex generators) and corrugated-undulated ducts under transitional and weakly turbulent conditions.The dependence of average heat transfer and pressure drop on Reynolds number and geometrical parameters was investigated. Distributions of local heat transfer coefficient were obtained by using liquid crystal thermography and surface-averaged values were computed. Three-dimensional numerical simulations were conducted by a finite-volume method using a low-Reynolds number k-e model under the assumption of fully developed flow. Computed flow fields provided otherwise inaccessible information on the flow patterns and the mechanisms of heat transfer enhancement.