The evaporation heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of HFC-161 in a horizontal smooth tube with an inside diameter of 9 mm was experimentally investigated. The local heat transfer coefficient and total pressure drop were measured at the heat flux ranging from 15 – 25 kW/m, the mass flux ranging from 100 – 200 kg/(m·s), and the evaporation temperature of 5, 10 °C. The experimental re...

AL&met--This paper presents a theoretical investi~tion of the transfer of momentum, heat and mass in incompressible viscous how through a logarithmic spiral channel. The velocity, temperature and concentration profiles are calculated by the direct integration of the ordinary differential equations obtained from the governing transfer equations by means of the similarity tr~fo~ation technique. N...

BACKGROUND Allometric scaling, which represents the dependence of biological traits or processes on body size, is a long-standing subject in biological science. However, there has been no study to consider heat loss to the ambient and an insulation layer representing mammalian skin and fur for the derivation of the scaling law of metabolism. METHODS A simple heat transfer model is proposed to...

in recent years, impinging streams have received increasing interest for their high efficiency in heat and mass transfer. this numerical study was conducted to investigate flow and heat transfer characteristics of one-way opposing jets of non-newtonian fluids. effects of reynolds number impinging angle, momentum ratio and flow behavior index on mixing index were evaluated. the results showed im...

in order to examine the laminar convective heat transfer of nanofluid, experiments carried out using silver-oil nanofluid in a concentric annulus with outer constant heat flux as boundary condition. silver-oil nanofluid prepared by electrical explosion of wire technique and observed no nanoparticles agglomeration during nanofluid preparation process and carried out experiments. the average size...

In this study, condensation heat transfer coefficients of R-410A were obtained in flattened stainless tubes made from 5.0 mm inner diameter round tubes. The test range covered saturation temperature 45 , heat flux 10 °C kW/m, mass flux 100~400 kg/ms and quality 0.2~0.8. Results showed the effect of aspect ratio on condensation heat transfer coefficient was dependent on the flow pattern. For ann...

An experimental study is realized in order to verify the Mini Heat Pipe (MHP) concept for cooling high power dissipation electronic components and determines the potential advantages of constructing mini channels as an integrated part of a flat heat pipe. A Flat Mini Heat Pipe (FMHP) prototype including a capillary structure composed of parallel rectangular microchannels is manufactured and a f...

steady state natural convection of al2o3-water nanofluid inside a square cavity filled with a porous medium is investigated numerically. the temperatures of the two side walls of the cavity are maintained at th and tc, where tc has been considered as the reference condition. the top and the bottom horizontal walls have been considered to be insulated i.e., non-conducting and impermeable to mass...

Title of Document Application of Plate Heat Exchanger for Low Temperature Lift Heat Pump Systems Song Li, Master of Science, 2012 Advisor Professor Reinhard Radermacher, Department of Mechanical Engineering In this thesis I investigated the energy saving potential of a low temperature lift heat pump (LTLHP) such as water source heat pump (WSHP), and studied the utilization of a plate heat excha...

An isothermal endoreversible chemical engine operating between a finite high-chemicalpotential reservoir and an infinite low-chemicalpotential reservoir in which the mass transfer between the working fluid and the mass reservoirs obeys the linear mass-transfer law [g ∝ ∆μ], is put forward in this paper. Optimal control theory is applied to determine the optimal cycle configuration corresponding...