Heat Transfer Characteristics of the Melting Process of the Metal Foam/Paraffin Compound Material

In order to enhance the heat transfer in the phase change heat storage device, a rectangular cavity filled with metal foam / paraffin wax is made. The melting heat storage experiment of foam metal / wax composite phase change material was carried out in the transverse wall temperature conditions. The temperature change curve is drawn according to different heating temperatures. Both the effects of natural convection in rectangular cavity on temperature distribution and the impact of heat transfer temperature difference on the thermal storage time are analyzed. The results show that the melting process of the paraffin in the body cavity is reinforced by the high thermal conductivity of copper foam. The remaining solid paraffin is accelerated to melt by the natural convection of the liquid paraffin formed near the heating surface; and the greater the heat transfer temperature difference is, the greater the natural convection is and the shorter the time for heat storage is.     

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.     

Conjugate Natural Convective Heat Transfer in an Enclosure with Discrete Protruded Heat Sources

The mathematic model on natural convection is proposed in a two-dimensional enclosure cavity with an isothermal heat sink at one vertical wall and five discrete protruded sources. Numerical study is performed to analyze the natural convection in the enclosure with a variety of aspect ratio, the range of which is from 3.0 to 12.22, Ra H is 10 7 and Pr is 30.The computed results show that the total heat transfer effect under the situation with discrete protruded heat sources is prior to that with flat wall heated. Moreover, when the aspect ratio is comparatively large, there is several secondary flow in the enclosure, which enhance the convective heat transfer. On the contrary, when the aspect ratio is small, the secondary flow weakened or disappeared, and the total convective heat transfer drop. Finally, the convective heat transfer criteria in the enclosure is obtained.     

Dropwise Condensation Heat Transfer Coefficient on the Horizontal Circular Surface with Radial Gradient Surface Energy

A theoretical model is developed for the dropwise condensation heat transfer on the horizontal circular surface with radial gradient surface energy based on the heat transfer model of individual condensate drop and the size distribution model of condensate drop on homogeneous condensation surface.The effect of variation of contact angle on the gradient surface on condensation heat transfer and condensate drop size distribution is taken account of in this model.The theoretical calculation method was obtained to predict the dropwise condensation heat transfer coefficient on the horizontal circular surface with radial gradient surface energy under various wall subcooled temperature,contact angle profile on wall surface,and working fluid.The effects of surface energy gradient,wall subcooled temperature,and thermophysical properties of condensate on the condensation heat transfer are discussed respectively.The calculation results show that the condensation heat transfer coefficient increases slightly with the increase of wall subcooled temperature.As latent heat and surface tension increasing,the condensation heat transfer coefficient increases.A larger surface energy gradient induces a larger condensation heat transfer coefficient.     

Analysis on the Effect of Moisture Migration through Walls on Heat Transfer

A dynamic mathematical model for simulating the coupled heat and moisture transfer through walls was proposed with variable material properties. Relative humidity and temperature were chosen as the driving potentials. The temperature and relative humidity and heat flux of wall surface were calculated under varying boundary conditions and compared with those without taking moisture transfer into account. The results show that without and with absorption and desorption processes, the wall interior surface temperature amplitude of the former case is lager than that of the latter, and the average difference temperature of two cases is 0.9℃. The phase change latent heat caused by absorption and desorption of wall surface takes up 27.5% of the total heat transfer quantity, which cant be neglected.     

A STUDY OF THE MECHANISM OF HEAT-TRANSFER DURING METAL HEATING WITH IMPINGING JET

The mechanism of heat transfer during sheet metals heating with impinging jet in a rapid heating furnace is studied with experiments and mathematical simulating methods. It is shown that the heat exchange between metals and impinging jet occurs mainly in the lower region of the hearth,most of which is carried out in the manner of convective heat transfer,and the convective portion of the total heat fluxing to metal is up to 80%. Furthermore,it is also found that the reverse heat flux from metals to the wall, which is a new heat transfer phenomenon, takes place in the late heating period, and the intenser the convective heat transfer in the furnace is, the earlier the reverse radiation occurs.     

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.     

Effective thermal conductivity of composites filled with different shape particles

Based on the laws of the minimal thermal resistance and the specific effective thermal conductivity, this paper predicts the effective thermal conductivity of composites filled with different shape particles. When the particle shape is equivalent to the cube which used character length of particle in the direction of heat transfer as edge length, the dimensionless relative character length is amended using the volume ratio of the cube and factual particle as shape factor. Based on the shape factor, 〖BP(〗it developed the〖BP)〗 universal expression of the effective thermal conductivity is developed, which is adaptive to the composites filled with different shape particles and its volume fraction is medium and lower. The calculation results of the universal expression accord well with that of experiments and other models, the effective thermal conductivity increases in direct proportion to shape factors for heat conduction enhanced composites when volume fraction is invariable, and the thermal conductivity of composites can be enhanced by increasing the dimension of particle in heat transfer direction.     

Influence numerical analysis of combustion chamber thermal boundary conditions on unsteady combustion characteristics in micro ICE

To research the influence of combustion chamber thermal boundary conditions on micro combustion characteristics in micro ICE, the laminar flow finite rate model is adopted to simulate the micro combustion process. Firstly, the influence of grid scale, the time step length and the maximum iterations per time step on accuracy of simulation results are explored. The results show that simulation results agree well with experimental results. And then, the influences of heat transfer coefficient, wall thickness and material on combustion characteristics are discussed. The results indicate that heat transfer coefficient has obvious influence on combustion characteristics. The pressure rise rate decreases, the ignition delays and the highest pressure value drops 2 atmospheres as heat transfer coefficient increases from 0 to 55 W/(m 2·K). The wall thickness and material have a little effect on combustion characteristics. This is because that the main heat transfer resistance in the heat flow path from cylinder to external environment lies between the outer wall and environment.     

Thermal Radiation Effects on Smoke-flow in Atrium Fires

The field models for smoke flow in atrium, takings into account strong buoyancy, turbulence, radiation exchange and wall heat losses are developed according to the characteristics of the atrium fire. Realistic combustion processes in the burning fuel have not been included. A six-flux radiation model is included in a general mathematical model for fires, which are taking as a volumetric heat source, It is applied to the predictions of fire smoke development in a small-scale atrium. In order to avoid complicated radiation exchange models, radiation heat loss effects are combined to the wall heat loss. A General-purpose compute program PHOENICS has been developed to meet this need. Results of numerical calculations based on the field model are compared with test data for a fire in the small-scale atrium test facility. The resullts indicate that radiation transfer has the minor effects, due to the relatively low temperatures encountered. The method that the effect of radiation is included in the calculation of wall heat transfer losses by using maximum heat transfer coefficient is feasible. The field model used in the present study is not good enough, which a turbulent combustion sub-model must be included.     

Effect of High-frequency Thermal Disturbance on Soil Temperature around the Metro Tunnels

Soil temperature prediction model around the subway metro tunnels is constructed with the consideration of coupled heat transfer between range temperature and surrounding soil. Finite difference method is adopted for numerical solution of the model, and the solving results in certain conditions are compared to validate the analytical solution. The high-frequency thermal disturbance brought by train operation is simplified into three different forms, and the predictive model of soil temperature is used to calculate the corresponding soil temperature response. It is indicated that temperature fluctuations of range air and the wall are accompanied with high-frequency thermal disturbance, but the impact on soil temperature distribution inside is limited.     

Experimental Study of Flow and Heat Transfer in Heat Exchanger with Small Channels

The experimental study of the flow resistance and heat transfer characteristics are conducted for water and ethylene glycol solution (66% Wt) flowing in the heat exchanger with small rectangular microchannels . The heat exchanger having the channels of 0.4 mm in width, 2.0 mm in height, and 20 mm in length is heated by a hearing rod at the bottom surface, the upper and two side surfaces are adiabatic. During experiments, the Reynolds number are ranged from 2 to 2 500. The experimental results show that the flow friction factor decreases and Nusselt number increases with increasing Reynolds number for water and ethylene glycol solution. At a fixed Reynolds number, the Nusselt number for ethylene glycol solution with larger Prandtl number is greater than that for water. Meanwhile, the correlations of flow resistance and heat transfer in the heat exchanger with small channels are obtained for engineering application.     

Measurement method for spray cooling characteristics of industrial nozzle

In order to study the cooling characteristics of the nozzle, a test platform is designed and developed for spray cooling feature measurement based on unsteady state heat conduction. By heating and keeping Q215 metal samples up to some surface temperature, a series of temperature data are collected by S7-200 modules during spray force cooling. Through Visual C++6.0 and Matlab interface programming, a series of regression equation with thermodynamic property versus temperature, such as density, specific heat capacity, and thermal conductivity etc., and with temperature versus sample time are obtained. The surface heat transfer coefficient and spray cooling feature of nozzle can be indirectly measured by the regression equations. The relation between surface heat transfer coefficient versus temperature, spray pressure and water intensity are investigated by means of the testing equipment. The experiment result shows the method is feasible and can be used in spray cooling feature measurement for all kinds of nozzle.     

Thermal Dynamic Analysis of Buried Hent Exchanger in Ground-source Heat Pump System in Cold Region

In order to solve the frost-heaving safety problems of buried heat exchanger hydronic in ground-source heat pump, a mathematics mode1 and its contro1 equation were put forward according to heat transfer, filtration theory and mechanics of frozen soil, which is the couplings problem of temperature field, hydronic field and stress field. The temperature field, frost heaving displacement and stress distribution of ground-source heat pump in Daqing oilfield were simulated with finite elements method. The contrast and analyses are carried out according to the different soil depth, the different soil thermal conductivity in backfilled areas, the different spacing of tube foot. The results showed that the least temperature and heat affected zone in soil increases gradually with operating time. At the beginning of operation, the displacement of buried heat exchanger is small because the soil is not frozen. When the soil temperature reaches the phase temperature, soil volume increases in size, and then buried tube deforms. When soil temperature exceeds between -0.75℃ and -0.30℃, buried tube doesnt deform.     

The Mathematical Model of Cooling and Heat Transfer for the Solidification of Thin Slab during Continuous Casting Process

In the established model, the cooling differences are considered between the surface of inner radius and that of outer radius, and in the transverse direction of thin slab. And the conception for the effective coefficient of spraying water in continuous casting is firstly put forward. According to different casting speeds and different cooling zones, different time step lengths are adopted. In this model the heat transfer differences are thought over among vertical and curved zones, wide and narrow surfaces an well as angular zone of mould. The method of the corrected equivalent specific heat is used to deal with latent heat. The influence of forced convection is considered on heat transfer. Therefore, the model has higher accuracy and is consistent with the practice.     

Numerical analysis on the thermal performance of several kinds of composite wall construction

According to climatic characteristics of the hot summer and cold winter zone, P. R. China and considering the different forms of interior and exterior insulation, different thickness of insulation, different materials of insulation and different forms of the main wall, this paper developed a physical model and a mathematic model, calculated the characteristics of materials and wall construction. It used the software Fluent to analyze thermal performance of different types of walls, to compare the interior and exterior surface temperature. The results of simulation show that under the condition of the same continuous temperature-wave, there are basically irrelative between the external surface average temperature and wall constructions. Compared among those construction with the same index of thermal inertia and heat transmission coefficient, but the different insulation-form, it shows that the exterior insulation has more attenuation and longer delay time than interior insulation ,and the interior surface has less fluctuations of temperature, stronger resistance against wave changes in outdoor temperature and better thermal stability. Under the same main wall material with different insulation materials, it shows that the heat transfer coefficient and thermal inertia can’t be used to comprehensively value the effect of thermal insulation, and the materials with more temperature attenuation have better energy-saving materials performance.     

A frequency-domain image registration algorithm using the improved polar transform

The influence of applying different heat transfer models coupled different data processing methods on determining the ground thermal properties and borehole resistance is analyzed and studied in allusion to constant heating flux method of thermal response test. Results indicate that the calculated thermal properties and borehole resistance are different when applying line heat source model and cylindrical heat source model respectively; volume specific heat barely affects the unknown thermal conductivity, but affects the borehole resistance. Three-parameter estimation has good credibility in determination of thermal properties and borehole resistance. However, the stability of three-parameter estimation on the determination of thermal diffusivity is not good. Finally, the approach of three parameters estimation coupled the line heat source model and cylindrical heat source model is proposed to determine the thermal properties and borehole resistance based on the analysis of the minimum average error on the two heat transfer models.     

THE EFFECT OF THE CONVECT1VE HEAT TRANSFER IN THE ENTRANCE REGION OF THE TUBE ON THE HEAT TRANSFER IN THE TRBE -MOUTH REGION OF THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT EXCHANGE EQUIPMENT

The effect of the convective heat transfer in the entrance region of the tube on the temperature field and the maximum temperature of the tube material in the tube -mouth region of the high temperature heat exchange equipment is examined by numerical analysis. The computations on the basis of four different formulas for convection heat transfer coefficient are performed. The computed results indicate that the efect can not be ignored as for heat protection of the tube -mouth region and it is resapnable and secure that the mean convective heat transfer coefficient with taking account of the effect of the entrance region is used in the thermal design of the tube -mouth region.     

Natural convection heat transfer in the air layer of insulating glass

The numerical simulation with FLUENT software is addressed for the natural convection heat transfer under the conditions of different air layer thickness with 6 mm,9 mm,12 mm,14 mm and 16 mm. The heat transfer rate is compared with that by heat conduction. Gas types, Rayleigh number (Ra),the relative thickness of air layer,δ/H,and the surface (ΔT) are main factors for natural convection heat transfer. The natural convection heat transfer could be approximately regarded as the pure heat conduction in the conditions of above air layer thickness. The heat transfer coefficient of the insulating glass with simulation is approximate to that with empirical calculation.     

Thermodynamic Analysis of River Water Fouling on Constant Wall Temperature Tube of Small Diameter

In order to improve utilization of cold and heat source from river, turbulence theory and entropy generation theory were adopted to analyze the effect of fouling on convective heat transfer performance in small diameter tube of constant wall temperature.It is found that the entropy generation caused by conduction of fouling plays a more important role in total entropy generation of heat transfer process through a duct than that in cveast rate of caused by temperature difference.The entropy generation caused by viscous flow is more than the entropy generation caused by temperature difference in flow with bigger Reynolds and small radius.The increase rate of entropy generation monotonically increase with Reynolds and the generation process of fouling resistance.Thereafter, the effect of fouling resistance on the heat transfer performance of water source heat pump heat exchanger should be paid more attention, when river water are used as the cold and heat source of heat pump.