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Oscillatory subcooled flow boiling heat transfer of R-134a and associated bubble characteristics in a narrow annular duct due to flow rate oscillation
(2013-08-01)
Wang, S. L.
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Chen, C. A.
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Lin, T. F.
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機械工程學系
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
An experiment is conducted here to investigate how an imposed time periodic flow rate oscillation in the form of a triangular wave affects the long time subcooled flow boiling heat transfer and associated bubble characteristics of refrigerant R-134a in a horizontal narrow annular duct. In the experiment the mean R134a mass flux (G) over bar varies from 200 to 500 kg/m(2) s, imposed heat flux ranges from 0 to 45 kW/m(2), and the amplitude of the mass flux oscillation changes from 0 to 30% of (G) over bar with the period of the mass flux oscillation varied from 20 to 120 s for the inlet liquid subcooling ranging from 0 to 6 degrees C. The duct gap is fixed at 2.0 mm. The results indicate that the inlet liquid subcooling significantly affects the oscillatory flow boiling heat transfer characteristics. Besides, when the imposed heat flux is close to that for the onset of stable flow boiling, intermittent flow boiling appears. The intermittent boiling prevails in a very different range of the Boiling number for a change in the inlet subcooling. Moreover, in the subcooled boiling the heated wall temperature, bubble departure diameter and frequency, and active nucleation site density also oscillate periodically in time. Furthermore, in the persistent boiling at high imposed heat flux the resulting T-w oscillation is stronger for a higher inlet liquid subcooling and for a longer period and a larger amplitude of the mass flux oscillation. And for a larger amplitude of the mass flux oscillation, stronger temporal oscillations in d(p), f and n(ac) are noted. Finally, a flow regime map is provided to delineate the boundaries separating different boiling regimes for the oscillatory R-134a subcooled flow boiling in the annular duct. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Transient oscillatory saturated flow boiling heat transfer and associated bubble characteristics of FC-72 over a small heated plate due to heat flux oscillation
(2012-01-31)
Wang, S. L.
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Chen, C. A.
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Lin, Y. L.
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Lin, T. F.
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機械工程學系
An experiment is carried out here to investigate the transient oscillatory boiling heat transfer and associated bubble characteristics of FC-72 flow over a small circular plate subject to a time varying heat flux with the plate flush mounted on the bottom of a horizontal rectangular channel. At the inlet the flow is maintained at saturated liquid state with zero vapor quality. The imposed heat flux oscillates periodically with time in the form of rectangular waves. In the experiment the FC-72 mass flux G varies from 300 to 400 kg/m(2)s, mean imposed heat flux (q) over bar ranges from 0 to 10 W/cm(2) and the amplitude of the heat flux oscillation Delta q is fixed at 10-50% of (q) over bar with the period of the heat flux oscillation varied from 10 to 30 s. The experimental results show that the time-averaging FC-72 oscillatory boiling heat transfer characteristics resemble that for stable flow boiling. However, the imposed heat flux oscillation causes significant temporal oscillations in the heated plate temperature, boiling heat transfer coefficient, bubble departure diameter and frequency, and active nucleation site density. These physical quantities oscillate at the same frequency as the heat flux oscillation and at a higher (q) over bar, a larger Delta q/(q) over bar, and a longer t(p) they exhibit stronger oscillations. Besides, a slight time lag in T-w oscillation is seen. Moreover, the size of departing bubbles, active nucleation site density and bubble departure frequency decrease as the heat flux is reduced to the low level of (q) over bar - Delta q. The opposite processes take place for the heat flux raised to the high level of (q) over bar + Delta q. Furthermore, at the mean imposed heat flux close to that for the ONB in the stable boiling we observe intermittent boiling in the flow. A regime map is provided to delineate the boundaries among single-phase liquid flow, intermittent boiling and persistent boiling. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.