• Title of article

    Predictionoftheobstacleeffectonfilm-boilingheattransferOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    L.K.H.Leung، نويسنده , , D.C.Groeneveld، نويسنده , , J.Zhang، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    687
  • To page
    700
  • Abstract
    Acorrelationhasbeendevelopedtoaccountfortheeffectofobstacles(simulatingthespacingdevicesinbundles)onheattransferindispersed-flowfilmboiling.Thecorrelationisexpressedasamodificationfactortothereferencegeometrywithoutanyobstacles.Thebasicformofthecorrelationisanexponentialdecayfunctionthatresemblesthediminishingeffectonturbulenceenhancement.Thecoefficientsandconstantsinthecorrelationhavebeenoptimizedwithheat-transferdataoflow-pressuresingle-phase(air)flowandhigh-pressuresteam-waterflowatfilm-boilingconditions. Anexperimenthasbeensetuptoobtainvalidationdatawithaheatedtubeof4.1mminsidediameter.HFC-134awasusedastheworkingfluid.Threetypesofobstacleswiththesameblockage-arearatioof37.8%weretested.Theresultsshowedthattheobstaclesexhibitedastrongenhancementeffectonthefilm-boilingheat-transfercoefficientatlocationsdownstreamoftheobstacles.Acomparisonbetweenpredictionsofthecorrelationforthespacing-deviceeffectandexperimentaldatashowedanunderpredictionoftheheat-transferrateatlocationsdownstreamoftheobstacle.Theunderpredictionisduemainlytotherewettingoftheheatedsurfaceatthelocationofanobstacle,beyondwhichthedevelopingfilm-boilingeffectbecomesdominant.Theagreementbetweenpredictionanddataissignificantlyimprovedafteraccountingforthecriticalheatflux(CHF)enhancementanddevelopingfilm-boilingeffectsinthecalculations.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894879