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A heat transfer correlation of flow boiling in micro-finned helically coiled tube

- Cui, Wenzhi, Li, Longjian, Xin, Ming-dao, Jen, Tien-Chien, Chen, Qinghua, Liao, Quan

  • Authors: Cui, Wenzhi , Li, Longjian , Xin, Ming-dao , Jen, Tien-Chien , Chen, Qinghua , Liao, Quan
  • Date: 2006
  • Subjects: Convective boiling , Heat transfer , Helically coiled tubes , Nucleate boiling
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5275 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14944
  • Description: Two main mechanisms, nucleate boiling and convective boiling, are widely accepted for in-tube flow boiling. Since the active nuclei on the heated wall are dominant for nucleate boiling and flow pattern governs the convective boiling, the heat transfer coefficient is strongly influenced by the wall heat flux, mass flux and vapor quality, respectively. In practical industrial applications, for example, the evaporators in refrigeration, forced convective evaporation is the dominant process and high heat transfer efficiency can be obtained under smaller temperature difference between wall and liquid. Therefore, it is of importance to develop a correlation of convective boiling heat transfer with a good accuracy. In this paper, a new kind of micro-finned helically coiled tube was developed and the flow boiling heat transfer characteristics were experimentally studied with R134a. Based on the analysis of the mechanisms of flow boiling, heat transfer correlations of the specific micro-finned helically coiled tubes are obtained.
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A variable heat flux model of heat transfer in grinding : model development

- Jen, T.-C., Lavine, A. S.

A variable heat flux model of heat transfer in grinding with boiling

- Jen, Tien-Chien, Lavine, A. S.

Convective heat transfer in rotating isothermal ducts

- Jen, T.C, Hwang, G.-J., Jen, T.-C.

Coupled heat transfer to workpiece, wheel and fluid in grinding, and the occurrence of workpiece burn

- Lavine, Adrienne S., Jen, Tien-Chien

Developing fluid flow and heat transfer in a channel partially filled with porous medium

- Jen, Tien-Chien, Yan, T. Z.

  • Authors: Jen, Tien-Chien , Yan, T. Z.
  • Date: 2005
  • Subjects: Heat transfer , Fluid flow , Porous mediums
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5264 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14933
  • Description: A three-dimensional computational model is developed to analyze fluid flow in a channel partially filled with porous medium. In order to understand the developing fluid flow and heat transfer mechanisms inside the channel partially filled with porous medium, the conventional Navier–Stokes equations for gas channel, and volume-averaged Navier–Stokes equations for porous medium layer are adopted individually in this study. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy equations are solved numerically in a coupled gas and porous media domain along a channel using the vorticity–velocity method with power law scheme. Detailed development of axial velocity, secondary flow and temperature field at various axial positions in the entrance region are presented. The friction factor and Nusselt number are presented as a function of axial position, and the effects of the size of porous media inside the channel partially filled with porous medium are also analyzed in the present study.
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Dry-out CHF correlation for R134a flow boiling in a horizontal helically-coiled tube

- Chen, C.-N., Han, J.-T., Jen, T.-C., Shao, L.

  • Authors: Chen, C.-N. , Han, J.-T. , Jen, T.-C. , Shao, L.
  • Date: 2011
  • Subjects: Critical heat flux , Helically coiled tubes , Heat transfer
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5286 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14955
  • Description: An experimental study was carried out to investigate the R134a dry-out critical heat flux (CHF) characteristics in a horizontal helically-coiled tube. The test section was heated uniformly by DC high-power source, and its geometrical parameters are the outer diameter of 10 mm, inner diameter of 8.4 mm, coil diameter of 300 mm, helical pitch of 75 mm and valid heated length of 1.89 m. The experimental parameters are the outlet pressures of 0.30–0.95 MPa, mass fluxes of 60–500 kg m 2 s 1, inlet qualities of 0.36–0.35 and heat fluxes of 7.0 103–5.0 104 Wm 2. A method based on Agilent BenchLink Data Logger Pro was developed to determine the occurrence of CHF with a total of 68 T-type thermocouples (0.2 mm) set along the tube for accurate temperature measurement. The characteristics of wall temperatures and the parametric effect on dry-out CHF showed that temperature would jump abruptly at the point of CHF, which usually started to form at the front and offside (270 and 90 ) of the outlet crosssection. The CHF values decrease nearly linearly with increasing inlet qualities, while they decrease more acutely with increasing critical qualities, especially under larger mass flux conditions. The mass flux has a positive effect on CHF enhancement, but the pressure has negative one. A new dimensionless correlation was developed to estimate dry-out CHF of R134a flow boiling in horizontal helically-coiled tubes under current experimental conditions and compared to calculated results from Bowring and Shah correlations.
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Experimental study on critical heat flux characteristics of R134a flow boiling in horizontal helically-coiled tubes

- Chen, Chang-Nian, Han, Ji-Tian, Jen, Tien-Chien, Shao, Li, Chen, Wen-wen

  • Authors: Chen, Chang-Nian , Han, Ji-Tian , Jen, Tien-Chien , Shao, Li , Chen, Wen-wen
  • Date: 2011
  • Subjects: Critical heat flux , Helically coiled tubes , Heat transfer
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5284 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14953
  • Description: Critical heat flux (CHF) experiments were performed to study the R134a CHF characteristics in horizontal helically-coiled tubes. The stainless steel test sections were heated uniformly, with tube inner diameters of 3.8e11 mm, coil diameters of 135e370 mm, helical pitches of 40e105 mm and heated lengths of 0.85e7.54 m. The experimental conditions are pressures of 0.30e1.10 MPa, mass fluxes of 60e480 kg m 2 s 1, inlet qualities of 0.32e0.36 and heat fluxes of 6.0 103e9.0 104Wm 2. It was found that the wall temperatures jumped abruptly once the CHF occurred. The CHF values decrease with increasing heated lengths, coil diameters and inner diameters, but the DNB (departure from nucleate boiling) CHF seems independent when length-to-diameter L/di> 200. The coil-to-diameter ratios are more important than length-to-diameter ratios for CHF in helically-coiled tubes, while the helical pitches have little effect on CHF. The CHF value increases greatly with increasing mass flux and decreases smoothly with increasing pressure. It decreases nearly linearly with increasing inlet and critical qualities, but it varies more acutely at xcr< 0.5 than higher critical qualities. New correlations for R134a flow boiling CHF in horizontal helically-coiled tubes were developed for applications.
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Heat transfer and bubbles movement of two-side and one-side heating subcooled flow boiling in vertical narrow channels

- Pan, Liang-Ming, Jen, Tien-Chien, He, Chuan, Xin, Ming-dao, Chen, Qing-hua

  • Authors: Pan, Liang-Ming , Jen, Tien-Chien , He, Chuan , Xin, Ming-dao , Chen, Qing-hua
  • Date: 2006
  • Subjects: Subcooled flow boiling , Bubble behaviour , Heat transfer
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5267 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14936
  • Description: The channels employing hydraulic diameters between 200 m and 3 mm are referred to as minichannels 1 . Compared with conventional channels from the view of the heat transfer, narrow and microchannels have significant heat transfer enhancement characteristics 2,3 . With a smooth internal surface and scouring by flowing fluid, the dirt formed on the surface of the channel wall can be easily removed and the fouling problem is not as serious as the deformed channels. Moreover, heat transfer elements can be easily assembled to compact devices. Since the innovative work of Ishibashi et al. 2 , narrow channels have been adopted extensively in engineering applications, e.g., microelectronic cooling 4,5 , advanced nuclear reactor 6,7 , cryogenic, aviation, and space technology. Because the bubble size has approached the dimension of the channel, the size of the flow channel plays a critical role on the flow boiling heat transfer. This results in that the bubble in the narrow channel acts very differently from those in the non-narrow channel.
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Heat transfer and pressure drop experimental correlations for air-water bubbly flow

- Cui, Wenzhi, Li, Longjian, Chen, Qinghua, Liao, Quan, Jen, Tien-Chien

  • Authors: Cui, Wenzhi , Li, Longjian , Chen, Qinghua , Liao, Quan , Jen, Tien-Chien
  • Date: 2006
  • Subjects: Bubbly flow , Gas-liquid flow , Heat transfer , Pressure drop
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5268 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14937
  • Description: In this paper, a novel air–water bubbly flow heat transfer experiment is performed to investigate the characteristics of pressure drop of airflow and heat transfer between water and tubes for its potential application in evaporative cooling. The attempts to reduce the pressure drop while maintaining higher heat transfer coefficient have been achieved by decreasing the bubble layer thickness through the water pump circulation. Pressure drops of air passing through the sieve plate and the bubbling layer are measured for different height of bubble layer, hole–plate area ratio of the sieve plate and the superficial air velocity. Experimental data show that the increase of bubble layer height and air velocity both increase the pressure drop while the effect of the hole–plate area ratio of the sieve plate on the heat transfer coefficient is relatively sophisticated. A pressure drop correlation including the effects of all the tested parameters is proposed, which has a mean absolute deviation of 14.5% to that of the experimental data. Heat transfer coefficients of the water and the outside tube wall are measured and the effects of superficial air velocity, heat flux and bubble layer height are also examined. Through a dimensional analysis, a heat transfer correlation with a mean absolute deviation of 9.7% is obtained based on experimental data.
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Heat transfer augmentation in 3D inner finned helical pipe

- Li, Longjian, Cui, Wenzhi, Liao, Quan, Mingdao, Xin, Jen, Tien-Chien, Chen, Qinghua

Heat transfer augmentation in 3D internally finned and micro-finned helical tube

- Li, Longjian, Cui, Wenzhi, Liao, Quan, Mingdao, Xin, Jen, Tien-Chien, Chen, Qinghua

  • Authors: Li, Longjian , Cui, Wenzhi , Liao, Quan , Mingdao, Xin , Jen, Tien-Chien , Chen, Qinghua
  • Date: 2005
  • Subjects: Helical tubes , Finned tubes , Heat transfer
  • Type: Journal
  • Identifier: uj:5263 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14932
  • Description: Experiments are performed to investigate the single-phase flow and flow-boiling heat transfer augmentation in 3D internally finned and micro-finned helical tubes. The tests for single-phase flow heat transfer augmentation are carried out in helical tubes with a curvature of 0.0663 and a length of 1.15 m, and the examined range of the Reynolds number varies from 1000 to 8500. Within the applied range of Reynolds number, compared with the smooth helical tube, the average heat transfer augmentation ratio for the two finned tubes is 71% and 103%, but associated with a flow resistance increase of 90% and 140%, respectively. A higher fin height gives a higher heat transfer rate and a larger friction flow resistance. The tests for flow-boiling heat transfer are carried out in 3D internally micro-finned helical tube with a curvature of 0.0605 and a length of 0.668 m. Compared with that in the smooth helical tube, the boiling heat transfer coefficient in the 3D internally micro-finned helical tube is increased by 40–120% under varied mass flow rate and wall heat flux conditions, meanwhile, the flow resistance is increased by 18–119%, respectively.
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Heat transfer performance in 3D internally finned heat pipe

- Liao, Quan, Jen, Tien-Chien, Chen, Qing-hua, Li, Longjian, Cui, Wenzhi

  • Authors: Liao, Quan , Jen, Tien-Chien , Chen, Qing-hua , Li, Longjian , Cui, Wenzhi
  • Date: 2007
  • Subjects: Heat pipes , Heat transfer , Finned tubes
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5276 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14945
  • Description: An experimental study of heat transfer performance in 3D internally finned steel-water heat pipe was carried out in this project. All the main parameters that can significantly influence the heat transfer performance of heat pipe, such as working temperature, heat flux, inclination angle, working fluid fill ratio (defined by the evaporation volume), have been examined. Within the experimental conditions (working temperature 40 C–95 C, heat flux 5.0 kw/m2–40 kw/m2, inclination angle 2–90 ), the evaporation and condensation heat transfer coefficients in 3D internally finned heat pipe are found to be increased by 50–100% and 100–200%, respectively, as compared to the smooth gravity-assisted heat pipe under the same conditions. Therefore, it is concluded that the special structures of 3D-fins on the inner wall can significantly reduce the internal thermal resistance of heat pipe and then greatly enhance its heat transfer performance.
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Heat transfer performance of lithium bromide solution in falling film generator

- Shi, Chengming, Chen, Qinghua, Jen, Tien-Chien, Yang, Wang

  • Authors: Shi, Chengming , Chen, Qinghua , Jen, Tien-Chien , Yang, Wang
  • Date: 2010
  • Subjects: Generator performance , Lithium bromide solutions , Heat transfer , Falling film generators
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5273 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14942
  • Description: An experimental investigation of vertical in-tube falling film heat transfer with different heat fluxes and concentrations of lithium bromide solution were conducted. The experiments show that the heat transfer coefficient increases with the decrease of inlet concentration and significantly increase with heat flux increase. An experimental correlation of falling film heat transfer coefficient is obtained.The comparison of falling film generator with immersed tube generator shows that the heat transfer coefficient is 4.37 times higher than that of immersed tube generator, which can significantly reduce the volume of the falling film generator. The volume of falling film generator is only 52.1% of the volume of immersed tube generator.
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Improving three-phase induction machines power factor using single phase auxiliary winding fed by an active power filter

- Muteba, Mbika C., Jimoh, Adisa A., Nicolae, Dan-Valentin

Laminar forced convection in the entrance region of a semi-porous channel

- Jen, Tien-Chien

Laminar heat transfer and fluid flow in the entrance region of a rotating duct with rectangular cross section : the effect of aspect ratio

- Jen, T.-C., Lavine, A. S.

Numerical analysis of the flow pathlines in thermo-acoustic couples

- Tartibu, L.K., Kunene, T.

  • Authors: Tartibu, L.K. , Kunene, T.
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Thermo-acoustic , Heat transfer , Stack
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/401870 , uj:33606 , Citation: Tartibu, L.K. & Kunene, T. 2019. Numerical analysis of the flow pathlines in thermo-acoustic couples.
  • Description: Abstract: Thermo-acoustic systems use a high amplitude sound-wave for refrigeration or electricity generation without the drawbacks of expensive construction, adverse environmental impact or high maintenance cost. The effective conversion of energy occurs within the “stack” considered as the heart of the system. The time-averaged rate of heat transfer across the edges of the stack is a good indicator of an effective performance. Hence, studying the effect of the geometry of the stack edges together with their locations is useful. Furthermore, current manufacturing practices make it possible to develop diverse stack edges, resulting in an improved efficiency of the heat transfer. For effective modelling of the heat transfer rate, a second-order, double-precision discretization of state variables and a laminar viscous model was used. A numerical model was developed using the commercial code FLUENT. The evolution of the flow vortices at different drive ratio was analyzed. Two edges shapes were considered namely rectangular and rounded edges. Using numerical analysis, this study has pointed out that stack edge profiles has a significant effect on the overall performance of thermo-acoustic systems. Rounding the stack edge profile appears to be beneficial for the system performance. This study point out the link between the non-linearity observed in thermo-acoustic systems, the flow streaming and the mean vorticity at the stack edges.
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Numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in a curved square duct by using the Lattice Boltzmann method

- Liao, Quan, Jen, T.-C.

  • Authors: Liao, Quan , Jen, T.-C.
  • Date: 2008
  • Subjects: Fluid flow , Heat transfer
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5274 , ISSN 1040-7782 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14943
  • Description: The study of viscous flow in curved ducts is of fundamental interest in fluid mechanics due to the numerous applications such as flows through turbomachinery blade passages, aircraft intakes, diffusers, heat exchangers, and so on [1–6]. The major effect of curved ducts on the fluid flow involves the strong secondary flow due to the longitudinal curvature in the geometry [7–9]. The presence of longitudinal curvature generates centrifugal force (which is perpendicular to the main flow along the axis) and produces so-called secondary flow on the cross sections of ducts.
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Structural design of a silicon six-wafer micro-combustor under the effect of heat transfer boundary condition at the outer walls

- Zhu, Lin, Jen, Tien-Chien, Zhu, Mei, Yin, Cheng-Long, Kong, Xiao-Ling

  • Authors: Zhu, Lin , Jen, Tien-Chien , Zhu, Mei , Yin, Cheng-Long , Kong, Xiao-Ling
  • Date: 2010
  • Subjects: Micro-combustors , Heat transfer
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5281 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14950
  • Description: The aim of this investigation was to establish a methodology for designing highly stressed micro fabricated structures by studying the structural design issues associated with a silicon six–wafer micro combustor under the effect of heat transfer boundary condition at the outer walls. Some experimental and numerical simulation results have indicated that the flame can not be sustained in the micro combustor if the poor heat transfer coefficients at the outer wall are present. This could cause the combustor wall temperature higher than the auto ignition temperature of reactants and results in the upstream burning. Since silicon has relatively poor high temperature strength and creep resistance when the temperature is above the brittle to ductile transition temperature (BDTT), e.g. 900K, the combustion in the recirculation jacket could possibly damage the micro combustor due to the high wall temperature.
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