Numerical Investigation of the Heat Transfer Characteristics of R290 Flow Boiling in Corrugated Tubes with Different Internal Corrugated Structures
The heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of R290 flow boiling in a corrugated tube were investigated through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in this study. We established a model of flow boiling in a corrugated tube with different corrugated structures (rectangular and circular corruga...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Sumario: | The heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of R290 flow boiling in a corrugated tube were investigated through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in this study. We established a model of flow boiling in a corrugated tube with different corrugated structures (rectangular and circular corrugations) and validated the model using the Liu–Winterton and Xu–Fang empirical equations. The heat transfer coefficient (HTC) and pressure drop were obtained at a mass flow rate of 0.04–0.2 kg/s and a water inlet temperature of 310–330 K. The results show that the HTC and the drop in the pressure of the corrugated tubes both obviously increased compared with a smooth tube as the mass flow rate increased. The HTC decreased for the three tubes as the water inlet temperature increased, while the drop in pressure slightly increased for the three tubes. Moreover, the corrugated structure was found to significantly enhance the heat transfer; the heat transfer enhancement factor (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi mathvariant="normal">E</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) of the corrugated tube with the rectangular corrugations and the corrugated tube with the circular corrugations was 2.01–2.36 and 1.67–1.98, respectively. The efficiency index (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>I</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>) for both the rectangular corrugated pipe and the circular corrugated pipe was greater than 1 (1.05–1.24 and 1.13–1.29, respectively). The application of corrugated tubes with round and rectangular corrugations can reduce the heat transfer area required for the exchange of heat and, thus, reduce the cost. |
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