Condensation heat transfer enhancement in a horizontal non-circular microchannel

被引：33

作者：

El Mghari, Hicham ^{[1
,2
]}

Asbik, Mohamed ^{[2
]}

Louahlia-Gualous, Hasna ^{[1
]}

Voicu, Ionut ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Caen Basse Normandie, LUSAC, F-50000 St Lo, France

[2] Univ Moulay Ismail, LP2MS, CNRST, Fac Sci,URAC 08, Meknes, Morocco

来源：

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING | 2014年 / 64卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

Condensation; Modeling; Non-circular microchannel; Average heat transfer enhancement; ANNULAR FILM CONDENSATION; STEAM CONDENSATION; FLOW PATTERNS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.003

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Numerical investigation of steam condensation in a non-circular microchannel is conducted. The conservation equation of mass, momentum and energy have been solved in both phases for various microchannel hydraulic diameters. Different correlations established for condensation flow heat transfer are evaluated. It is found that the correlation of Dobson et al. and Koyama et al. are the closest to the calculated steam condensation average heat transfer. Results are given for different microchannels shapes, aspect ratio, and for various inlet vapor mass fluxes and contact angle. Reducing the microchannel hydraulic diameter from 250 to 80 gm reduces the condensate film thickness and increases the average heat transfer coefficient up to 39% for the same mass flux. The enhancement factor of the heat transfer coefficient reaches 100% by increasing the contact angle from 6 to 15 degrees. The influence of the microchannel shape on the condensation heat transfer is highlighted too. Thus it is seen that the lowest average Nusselt numbers are obtained for the square microchannel. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：358 / 370

页数：13

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