The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of internal longitudinal finned tube were investigated experimentally,and were compared with those of circular annulus tube. It was shown that the internally longitudin...The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of internal longitudinal finned tube were investigated experimentally,and were compared with those of circular annulus tube. It was shown that the internally longitudinal finned tube had better heat transfer performance than the circular annulus tube with increase of pressure drop simultaneously.Numerical results based on the realized k-ε turbulence model agreed well with the experimental results.It was found that there existed a critical Reynolds number, that is, when Reynolds number was less than the critical value, the Nusselt number of internally longitudinal finned tube was smaller than that of circular annulus tube in laminar flow.In addition,the Reynolds number for the transition from laminar to turbulent flow was greatly decreased due to the existence of internal fins.展开更多
The geometry of a heat generating volume cooled by forced convection is optimized by applying the entransy dissipation extremum principle and constructal theory, while the optimal spacing between the adjacent tubes an...The geometry of a heat generating volume cooled by forced convection is optimized by applying the entransy dissipation extremum principle and constructal theory, while the optimal spacing between the adjacent tubes and the optimal diameter of each tube are obtained based on entransy dissipation rate minimization. The results of this work show that the optimal constructs based on entransy dissipation rate minimization and maximum temperature difference minimization, respectively, are clearly different. For the former, the porosity of the volume of channels allocated to the heat generating volume is 1/2; while for the latter, the larger the porosity is, the better the performance will be. The optimal construct of the former greatly decreases the mean thermal resistance and improves the global heat transfer performance of the system compared with the optimal construct of the latter. This is identical to the essential requirement of the entransy dissipation extremum principle that the required heat transfer temperature difference is minimal with the same heat transfer rate (the given amount of heat generated in the heat generating volume) based on the entransy dissipation extremum principle.展开更多
文摘The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of internal longitudinal finned tube were investigated experimentally,and were compared with those of circular annulus tube. It was shown that the internally longitudinal finned tube had better heat transfer performance than the circular annulus tube with increase of pressure drop simultaneously.Numerical results based on the realized k-ε turbulence model agreed well with the experimental results.It was found that there existed a critical Reynolds number, that is, when Reynolds number was less than the critical value, the Nusselt number of internally longitudinal finned tube was smaller than that of circular annulus tube in laminar flow.In addition,the Reynolds number for the transition from laminar to turbulent flow was greatly decreased due to the existence of internal fins.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10905093)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (NCET-04-1006)the Foundation for Authors of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertations of China (200136)
文摘The geometry of a heat generating volume cooled by forced convection is optimized by applying the entransy dissipation extremum principle and constructal theory, while the optimal spacing between the adjacent tubes and the optimal diameter of each tube are obtained based on entransy dissipation rate minimization. The results of this work show that the optimal constructs based on entransy dissipation rate minimization and maximum temperature difference minimization, respectively, are clearly different. For the former, the porosity of the volume of channels allocated to the heat generating volume is 1/2; while for the latter, the larger the porosity is, the better the performance will be. The optimal construct of the former greatly decreases the mean thermal resistance and improves the global heat transfer performance of the system compared with the optimal construct of the latter. This is identical to the essential requirement of the entransy dissipation extremum principle that the required heat transfer temperature difference is minimal with the same heat transfer rate (the given amount of heat generated in the heat generating volume) based on the entransy dissipation extremum principle.
