CFD investigation of R134a and propane condensation in square microchannel using VOF model: Parametric study using steady state solution

被引:14
作者
Alnaimat, Fadi [1 ,2 ]
El Kadi, Khadije [1 ]
Mathew, Bobby [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] United Arab Emirates Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Collage Engn, POB 15551, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates
[2] United Arab Emirates Univ, Natl Water & Energy Ctr, POB 15551, Al Ain, U Arab Emirates
关键词
Microchannel; Two-phase flow; Condensation; CFD; Volume of fluid; ANNULAR-FLOW CONDENSATION; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE-DROP; HEAT-TRANSFER; NUMERICAL-SIMULATION; PATTERNS; R1234ZE(E); TURBULENCE; MINICHANNEL; R152A; FLUX;
D O I
10.1016/j.tsep.2023.101662
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
In this paper, a steady-state analyses of R134a and Propane (R290) condensation inside a 0.5-mm square microchannel are carried out. A three-dimensional (3D) multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is developed based on Volume-of fluid (VOF) approach. The model is first validated for mass transfer intensity factor ranging from 60,000 to 400,000 s-1. Thereafter, condensation heat transfer investigation is carried out for different operational conditions including the mass flux ranging from 150 kg/(m(2)center dot s) to 1200 kg/(m(2)center dot s), saturation-to-wall temperature difference ranging from 5 degrees C to 25 degrees C, and inlet vapor quality ranging from 1 to 0.5. The condensation flow regime transition from film annular, wavy annular, plug, slug and fully condensed flow are observed in the obtained simulation results. The average heat transfer coefficient is found to increase with increasing mass flux, low saturation-to-wall temperature difference, and higher inlet vapor quality. In addition, propane is proved to be environmentally friendly substitute of R134a with enhanced heat transfer coefficient by 65-80 % compared to that the latter. The present model allows assessing several two-phase condensing flow parameters with good agreement with literature.
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