Coupled Conduction-convective Heat Transfer in the Louvered Fin Heat Exchanger

The heat transfer process in the louvered fin heat exchanger is analyzed,and the corresponding physical and mathematical models on the coupled conduction-convective heat transfer for the louver fin geometry are proposed.The control volume-based finite element method(CVFEM) is employed to solve numerically the problem.The computed(results) reveal the flow structure and heat transfer in the geometry in detail.Compared with the empirical correlation of heat transfer and friction coefficients previously proposed,the computed results show better consistency with the experimental results.     

Analysis for Heat Transfer in Micro-annular Channel with Unsymmetrically Heated Walls in Slip Flow Regime

A theoretical analysis is presented for heat transfer in micro-annular channel with an adiabatic wall and a heated wall with uniform wall temperature in slip flow regime. The energy equations with the boundary conditions of temperature jump are solved for the hydrodynamical and thermal fully developed laminar flow of the incompressible fluid in this microchannel. The influences of the Kn number, the ratio of inner diameter to outer diameter on the heat transfer characteristics are discussed respectively. The results show that the Nusselt number in microchannel decreases with the increasing of Kn number comparing with that in macrochannel.     

Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics in Waste Gas of the Exchanger

By the calculation and experiment,analysed the heat transfer characteristies in waste gas of the high temperature exchanger.The results which the reasonable vertical and horizontal distances were obtained,these turned out that the metallic rediation net was the effectve method intensified heat transfer in hot waste gas.The infulence of the velcity and temperature of waste gas on the multiple heat transfer caefficrent of the exchanger was studied by the experiment data.     

Experimental Study of Ground-source Heat Pump Systems with Horizontal Heat Exchanger

This paper describes the double layer horizontal ground source heat pump systems constructed in 1998 with the buried depth of 0.9 m and 1.8 m. The program of study includes experimental equipments, heat exchanger size, testing meter and methods for data analysis. In addition, the heating and cooling performance at typical days are also illustrated. Among the influencing factors on the performance of the ground source heat pump systems, the parameter of heat exchanger and operation patterns of heat pump systems are analyzed.A heat transfer model has been set up for horizontal heat exchanger.     

A Three-Dimensional Numerical Model and Experimental Research for U-Tube Ground Heat Exchanger in Heating Operation

In terms of the theory of a transient energy balance on the finite controlled volume, in this paper, a transient three-dimensional heat transfer model for the simulation of a single vertical U-tube ground heat exchanger based on finite-difference methods is systematically proposed. The model is also compared with experimental results during the heating operation in winter. What's more,based on test data and domestic and foreign literature, the equations to determine the undisturbed ground temperature for wet and heavy soil in Chongqing are presented. These formulae are essential conditions to calculate the heat transfer model.     

Experiment and Simulation on Heat Transfer Efficiency of Double pipe Heat Exchanger for River Water source Heat Pump

The river water source heat pump system is an important technique to utilize renewable energy in Chongqing and heat exchanger can influence overall energy efficiency of system obviously. A test was carried out to study the heat transfer efficiency of double pipe heat exchanger with semicircular reentrant tube. It was found that the heat transfer efficiency would increase while curvature of semicircular reentrant tube rose. And when the ratio of R to r was five, heat transfer efficiency for semicircular reentrant tube would be increased 2.5% than that of straight double pipe heat exchanger. Flow, temperature field and heat transfer process of semicircular reentrant tube were simulated with computational fluid dynamics(CFD) tool to study the heat transfer mechanism. The modified RNG κ ε Turbulence Model was adopted to ensure the accuracy of simulation analysis under the situation of rotary flow and great curvature. Thus, it was indicated that there was obvious secondary flow vertex in reentrant tube. And disturbance of vertex on boundary layer was the main reason for which heat transfer efficiency of double pipe heat exchanger would increase as curvature of semi toroidal reentrant tube rose. Based on the experiment and simulation, the recommended curvature for reentrant tube was proposed with the consideration of sediment in river water and heat transfer efficiency of heat exchanger.     

Numerical Analysis and Optimization of a Small Vehicle Heat Exchanger

This paper analyzes the fluid flow and heat transfer of the heat exchanger, and obtainsd the distribution of fluid field, heat field and pressure field in heat exchanger. According the analysis result, some modify measure is adopted, such as decreasing the number of tube bundle, the size of baffle plate and increasing the diameter of exchange heat tube. In the new heat exchanger, the resistance decreased 32.3%, is 103.2 Pa and the temperature of the exit is 130 K. The new heat exchanger satisfies the requirement of exchanging heat. The study indicates that adopting the numerical simulation method could get temperature, pressure and fluid - velocity of anywhere of the heat exchanger, and understand effecfing of structure parameter on fluid flied and heat flied of the heat exchanger. Therefore, it provides a new method for optimization design of heat exchanger.     

Numerical Study of FLow and Heat Transfer in Rectangular CHannel with Dimpled SUrface

This authors uses a physical model of the rectangular channel with dimpled surface to simulate the flow and heat transfer situation. On the basis of actual flow and heat transfer in the channel, it made the interrelated hypothesizes and built up the math model. They adopted the turbulent model, appliy the algorithm to resolve the pressure-velocity coupling and use the experimental data model to check up the feasibility of the model. By the study, the thesis shows the principle of the flow and heat transfer in narrow channel with a dimple surface and gets the factors and the conditions that affect the flow and heat transfer. The results show that the geometry structure and rank distributing of dimple affect the capability of heat transfer evidently. When Reynolds number is low, the capability of heat transfer becomes better as the number increases, and when Reynolds number is bigger than a critical point, there is a little influence.     

Pressure Drop and Evaporative Heat Transfer Characteristics of Air-water Bubbling Flow

A new kind of evaporative heat transfer experiment for the cooling process of condensers is conducted. The test coil is immersed in an air-water bubbling layer. The air-water two-phase flow passes through the heating tubes of the coil. Due to the motion of the air bubbles in the water, a thin water film forms on the surface of the heating tubes. As the air bubbles passing by the tubes the water is evaporated into the air. The tubes of coil reject heat to the water film, and the evaporation of the water film then rejects heat to the air bubble stream. This heat transfer mode significantly increases the heat transfer coefficient between tubes and air. The consumption of the power of a water pump can be decreased. Moreover, the airflow rate required is less than that of an air-cooled condenser.The pressure drop of air through air-water bubbling layer and the heat transfer between the tubes and water are experimentally investigated in the paper. The results show that the factors affecting the pressure drop and the heat transfer coefficient involve the pore geometry of sieve plate, the height of the air-water bubbling layer, the air flow rate through the sieve plate and the heat flux of tubes. The heat transfer coefficient between tube and water is two times larger than that of falling film of water on the outer surface of tube.     

Experimental Studies of Forced Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Ethylene Glycol in Tubes with Three Dimensional Internally Extended Surface

In this paper,the reSults are presented from experimental investigation on heattransfer performance in seven copper tu bes with three dimensional internally extended surface(3-DIEST)varying in axial pitch,circumferential pitch,height, width and arrangement form of fins. The forced con vective heat transfer and pressure drop of ethylene glycol flowing in the 3-DLESTShave been tested in the Revnolds number range from 250 to 6,000 and the Prandtl number rangefrom 60 to 90.The average stanton number in the most superior 3-DIEST can be increased about2.4times in the laminar flow.and4.5 times in the transitional flow and turbulent flow as com-pared with that in the smooth tube. And the friction factor between fluid and tube wall can be 1.7times in laminar flow. and 4 times in transitional flow andturbulent flow inside the 3-DIEST as much as those inside the smcoth tube.     

Selection of Direction Types of Tubes in Spray Type Sewage Heat Exchanger

In recent years, sewage source spray heat exchanger was widely used in sewage source heat pump systems with its higher heat transfer coefficient, easier operation and maintenance and less energy, etc. In this paper, we studied the direction arrangement of heat exchange tubes of spray heat exchanger. And the heat transfer coefficient, film coverage, effective area ratio has been studied through mathematical tools and CFD simulations and other means. The results showed that in the sewage-source heat pump project, when the engine room area is relatively small but highly space is sufficient, the vertical arrangement of spray heat exchanger tubes can obtain a good effect.     

Development of Modeling of the Underground Heat Exchanger for GSHP

This paper introduces the current status and development of modeling of the underground heat exchanger for a GSHP and several typical models used abroad are provided in details.     

Detection and Diagnosis on Plate Heat Exchanger of an Air Conditioning System of a Theatre in Chongqing

A detection and diagnosis has been performed on the bad effect of the central air conditioning system of a theater,and the site test on the actual operating conditions of the plate heat exchanger has also been proceeded. In this paper, based on the correction of the measured heat transfer obtained by actual measurement,the specified logarithmic mean temperature difference heat transfer rate and the specified flow heat transfer has been obtained. By using the specified heat transfer rate as a comparison and regarded as a basis of judging of the performance of plate heat exchanger. Finally, the corresponding recommendations about the actual operation of plate heat exchanger and the steps of the performance diagnostic has been put forward in this article.     

Influence of Backfill on Performance of Ground Heat Exchanger

The physical and mathematical model of three dimensional unsteady coupled heat transfer in the ground heat exchanger is proposed, and corresponding numerical simulations for actual ground heat exchanger and operation condition are carried out. The computed results are compared with those of the thermal resistance test of the ground heat exchanger, which proves the correctness of the model and corresponding numerical methods. Then, the effects of thermal conductivity and specific heat of the ground backfill material on the ground heat exchanger are investigated, which provides theoretical guidance for the thermal response test and the engineering design of the ground heat exchanger.     

The Key Parameters Method of Calculating Geothermal Heat Exchanger Length

The geothermal heat exchanger is the key component of ground coupled heat pump systems. We discuss the key parameters method of calculating geothermal heat exchanger length based on line source theory. Typical meteorological year data is used to determine the hottest month, the coldest month and annual average surface temperature. The building hourly load can be obtained by introducing the concept of equilibrium temperature. The cooling fraction and the heating fraction then can be calculated using building hourly load and performance parameters curve fit of a water source heat pump unit. The method for selecting the hottest and lowest entering fluid temperature and calculating the borehole and ground thermal resistance is given. A vertical U tube heat exchanger length calculation procedure is proposed.     

Energy-Saving Performance of Thermosyphon Heat Exchanger Applied in Internet Data Center

The energy consumption of the air-conditioning system in the Internet Data Center (IDC) occupies about 40% of the total energy consumption. The thermosyphon heat exchanger using ambient energy is applied in the IDC to reduce energy consumption. By taking one IDC in Beijing as reference, the testing model is set up to experimentally analyze the heat dissipation characteristics and the energy consumption of thermosyphon heat exchanger and air-conditioning system respectively. The result indicates that the heat dissipation capacity of the building envelope takes about 19.5% of the total IDC heat load in Beijing winter conditions. The average energy consumption of the air conditioner is 3.5 kW h ~ 4 kW h per day. And the energy consumption of the thermosyphon heat exchanger takes only 41% of the air conditioner. The annual energy consumption reduces by nearly 40%. Besides, the effect of the outdoor temperature on the air conditioner energy consumption is remarkable compared with the indoor set temperature. And the air conditioner energy consumption increases by 5% ~ 6% on average when the outdoor temperature raises by 1℃.