• DocumentCode
    321937
  • Title

    Condensation heat transfer regarding hysteretic annular flow in a rotating stepped wall heat pipe

  • Author

    Lin, Lanchao ; Faghri, Amir

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    27 Jul-1 Aug 1997
  • Firstpage
    1385
  • Abstract
    Hysteresis effects of annular flow in rotating stepped wall heat pipes are addressed based on visualization and systematic experiments. The region of hysteretic annular flow is defined. Experimental data for the annular flow condensation heat transfer in a rotating stepped wall heat pipe are presented. A model for predicting the condensation heat transfer coefficient is proposed. The theoretical results are compared with experimental data. The effect of vapor shear drag on the condensation heat transfer is discussed
  • Keywords
    condensation; drag; flow visualisation; heat pipes; heat transfer; pipe flow; shear flow; condensation heat transfer; condensation heat transfer coefficient; flow visualization; hysteretic annular flow; rotating stepped wall heat pipe; vapor shear drag; Data visualization; Drag; Heat engines; Heat transfer; Hysteresis; Mechanical engineering; Performance analysis; Predictive models; Stress; Thermal force;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4515-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IECEC.1997.661972
  • Filename
    661972