• Title of article

    Heattransferintwo-componentinternalmistcooling:PartI.ExperimentalinvestigationOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    V.Novak، نويسنده , , D.L.Sadowski، نويسنده , , K.G.Schoonover، نويسنده , , S.I.Abdel-Khalik، نويسنده , , S.M.Ghiaasiaan، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    2341
  • To page
    2350
  • Abstract
    Anexperimentalinvestigationwasconductedtoexaminesteady,internal,nozzle-generated,gas/liquidmistcoolinginverticalchannels.Theidealprimarycoolingmechanisminthissituationissurfaceevaporationofanultra-thin,subcooledliquidfilmthatformsontheheatedsurface.Theaimwastoquantifytheeffectsofvariousoperatinganddesignparametersonthecoolingeffectiveness.Parameterstestedincludedtheliquidatomizationnozzledesign,inletflowcondition(liquidmassfraction;carriergasvelocity,temperatureandhumidity;liquidtemperature;liquiddropletsizedistribution;andgas/liquidcombination),channelcharacteristics(cross-sectiongeometry,lengthandsurfacewettability),andflowdirection.Interestinthisresearchhasbeenmotivatedbytheneedforahighlyefficientcoolingmechanisminhigh-powerlasersforinertialfusionreactorapplications.Afullyinstrumentedexperimentaltestfacilitythatincludedthreecylindricalandtworectangularelectricallyheatedtestsectionswithdifferentcross-sectionsandunheatedentrylengthswasused.Thechannelhydraulicdiameterscoveredtherange16–26.7mm,andtheheatedlength-to-hydraulic-diameterratiovariedintherangefrom23.3to51.Waterwasusedasthemistliquid,withairorheliumasthecarriergas.Threetypesofmistgeneratingnozzleswithsignificantlydifferentspraycharacteristicswereused.Localheattransfercoefficients,definedbasedonthetemperaturedifferencebetweentheheatedsurfaceandthebulkgas,wereobtainedalongthechannelsforawiderangeofoperatingconditions.Thedataindicatethatmistcoolingcanincreasetheheattransfercoefficientbymorethananorderofmagnitudecomparedtoforcedconvectionusingonlythecarriergas.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895190