Hossein Shokouhmand; Hafez Bahrami
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In this study an analytical model for open loop pulsating heat pipes (PHPs) is presented. The model predicts the effect of different parameters such as evaporator temperature, length of evaporator, filling ratio, number of turn and tube diameter on PHP's performance.
The governing equations in two phase ...
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In this study an analytical model for open loop pulsating heat pipes (PHPs) is presented. The model predicts the effect of different parameters such as evaporator temperature, length of evaporator, filling ratio, number of turn and tube diameter on PHP's performance.
The governing equations in two phase flow including mass, momentum and energy equations are solved for both one dimensional liquid slugs and lumped vapor plugs numerically. The model includes the thin film layer concept which contributes to heat transfer in evaporator and condenser section. A proper model is also investigated to describe the steady oscillatory behavior of device. The results show that this model predicts well the oscillatory behavior of the phenomena. The obtained results are in good agreement with available data and can be properly used for predicting the trend of effective parameters on PHP's performance. It is found that sensible heat transfer has extremely more important role in increasing total heat transfer of PHP . The thermal resistance decreases due to increasing of the latent heat transfer. It can be seen that increasing of the evaporator temperature, while the temperature of the condenser is constant,will increase the total evacuated heat by PHP in specific filling ratio limits. The results show that the PHP's performance increases when the tube diameter increases. In this case, by using a specific non-dimensionalized model, a unique curve for arbitrary number of turn and FR can be obtained. Also it is found that PHP's performance reaches its maximum at filling ratio around 0.6 for different tube diameters.
Mohammad Ali Akhavan Behabadi; Hossein Shokouhmand; Masoud Jamali Ashtiani; Amir Mohammadpour
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The pressure drop of refrigerant R-134a flow boiling inside a horizontal tube has been investigated experimentally. The test set-up which was used in this investigation is a well instrumented vapor compression refrigeration system. These instruments are thermocouples, flow meter, pressure gauges and ...
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The pressure drop of refrigerant R-134a flow boiling inside a horizontal tube has been investigated experimentally. The test set-up which was used in this investigation is a well instrumented vapor compression refrigeration system. These instruments are thermocouples, flow meter, pressure gauges and the pressure drop measuring apparatus. This system consisted of three electrically heated evaporators called as pre-evaporator, test evaporator and after evaporator, respectively. The empirical pressure drop data for two phase flow boiling of R-134a inside a horizontal tube of 7.5mm internal diameter has been collected. The ranges of mass velocities and vapor qualities are 54-136 kg/m2s and 0.2-1, respectively. The collected data were compared with the predicted pressure drop values by seven different correlations. Finally, a new correlation was developed to predict the pressure drop of two phase flow inside evaporators.