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A Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer in a Dimple-type Plate Heat Exchanger (딤플형 판형 열교환기의 유동 및 전열특성에 대한 수치해석)

  • Ahn, Hyuk-Jin;Lee, Sang-Hyuk;Hur, Nahm-Keon;Park, Hyoung-Joon;Ryu, Hea-Seong
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.149-155
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    • 2010
  • In the present study, the characteristics on the internal flow and heat transfer of the dimple-type plate heat exchanger were numerically investigated. For the numerical analysis, the conjugate heat transfer analysis between hot fluid-separating plate-cold fluid was performed using the periodic boundary condition at the center area of the plate and appropriate inlet and outlet conditions for the two streams. The numerical results were validated by the comparison with the experimental data. From these results, the correlations of the Colburn j-factor for the heat transfer and the Fanning f-factor for the flow friction were obtained. The present results could be applicable for the optimal design of dimple-type plate heat exchanger.

Numerical Analysis for the Air-Side Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Compact Heat Exchanger with Flat Tubes and Plate Fins According to the Aspect Ratio (종횡비에 따른 납작관-평판휜 형상의 밀집형 열교환기 내공기 측 대류열전달특성에 대한 수치해석)

  • Moh, Jeong-Hah
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.32 no.9
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    • pp.695-703
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    • 2008
  • Numerical analysis has been carried out to investigate air-side convective heat transfer characteristics in a compact heat exchanger with flat tubes and continuous plate fins according to the aspect ratio. RNG k-$\varepsilon$ model is applied for turbulence analysis. Simulation results such as air velocity and temperature distributions are presented, and heat transfer coefficients are compared with previous correlations for circular tubes. The numerical conditions are considered for the aspect ratios ranging from 3.06 to 5.44 and Reynolds number ranging from 1000 to 10,000. The results showed that heat transfer coefficients decreased with the increase of aspect ratio. From the calculated results a correlation of Colburn j factor for the considered aspect ratio in the compact heat exchanger system is suggested. The predicted results in this study can be applied to the optimal design of air conditioning system.

New algorithm for simulating heat transfer in a complex CPFS (Cable Penetration Fire Stop)

  • Yun, Jong-Pil;Kwon, Seong-Pil;Cho, Jae-Kyu;Yoon, En-Sup
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1798-1803
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    • 2003
  • In this work the dynamic heat transfer occurring in a cable penetration fire stop system built in the firewall of nuclear power plants is three-dimensionally investigated to develop a test-simulator that can be used to verify effectiveness of the sealants. The dynamic heat transfer can be described by a partial differential equation (PDE) and its initial and boundary conditions. For the shake of simplicity PDE is divided into two parts; one corresponding to the heat transfer in the axial direction and the other corresponding to the heat transfer on the vertical layers. Two numerical methods, SOR (Sequential Over-Relaxation) and FEM (Finite Element Method), are implemented to solve these equations respectively. The axial line is discretized, and SOR is applied. Similarly, all the layers are separated into finite elements, where the time and spatial functions are assumed to be of orthogonal collocation state at each element. The heat fluxes on the layers are calculated by FEM. It is shown that the penetration cable influences the temperature distribution of the fire stop system very significantly. The simulation results are shown in the three-dimensional graphics for the understanding of the transient temperature distribution in the fire stop system.

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The Convective Heat Transfer for the Flow Perpendicular to the Tube Array (튜브배열 방향과 수직한 유동에 의한 관외 대류 열전달)

  • Jeon Yong-Han;Kim Jong-Yoon;Kim Nam-Jin;Kim Chong-Bo
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.18 no.8
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    • pp.656-663
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    • 2006
  • The convective heat transfer on the outer surface of tube arrays perpendicular to the flow direction was experimentally investigated. The test sections which include the aligned and staggered arrangements were made and the local heat transfer coefficients on the outer surface of the tube were measured after the flow has been fully developed. The results showed that the local heat transfer coefficients of the staggered arrangement, which has transverse pitch of 0.075 m and longitudinal pitch of 0.08 m, were about 15% greater than that of the aligned arrangement. Also, the overall mean Nusselt number of the former was greater than that of the latter. It is verified that the results obtained by using the simulation show the same tendency with those of experiment.

Comparative study of constitutive relations implemented in RELAP5 and TRACE - Part II: Wall boiling heat transfer

  • Shin, Sung Gil;Lee, Jeong Ik
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.1860-1873
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    • 2022
  • Nuclear thermal-hydraulic system analysis codes have been developed to comprehensively model nuclear reactor systems to evaluate the safety of a nuclear reactor system. For analyzing complex systems with finite computational resources, system codes usually solve simplified fluid equations for coarsely discretized control volumes with one-dimensional assumptions and replace source terms in the governing equations with constitutive relations. Wall boiling heat transfer models are regarded as essential models in nuclear safety evaluation among many constitutive relations. The wall boiling heat transfer models of two widely used nuclear system codes, RELAP5 and TRACE, are analyzed in this study. It is first described how wall heat transfer models are composed in the two codes. By utilizing the same method described in Part 1 paper, heat fluxes from the two codes are compared under the same thermal-hydraulic conditions. The significant factors for the differences are identified as well as at which conditions the non-negligible difference occurs. Steady-state simulations with both codes are also conducted to confirm how the difference in wall heat transfer models impacts the simulation results.

Experimental study on the condensation of sonic steam in the underwater environment

  • Meng, Zhaoming;Zhang, Wei;Liu, Jiazhi;Yan, Ruihao;Shen, Geyu
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.987-995
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    • 2019
  • Steam jet condensation is of great importance to pressure suppression containment and automatic depressurization system in nuclear power plant. In this paper, the condensation processes of sonic steam jet in a quiescent subcooled pool are recorded and analyzed, more precise understanding are got in direct contact condensation. Experiments are conducted at atmospheric pressure, and the steam is injected into the subcooled water pool through a vertical nozzle with the inner diameter of 10 mm, water temperature in the range of $25-60^{\circ}C$ and mass velocity in the range of $320-1080kg/m^2s$. Richardson number is calculated based on the conservation of momentum for single water jet and its values are in the range of 0.16-2.67. There is no thermal stratification observed in the water pool. Four condensation regimes are observed, including condensation oscillation, contraction, expansion-contraction and double expansion-contraction shapes. A condensation regime map is present based on steam mass velocity and water temperature. The dimensionless steam plume length increase with the increase of steam mass velocity and water temperature, and its values are in the range of 1.4-9.0. Condensation heat transfer coefficient decreases with the increase of steam mass velocity and water temperature, and its values are in the range of $1.44-3.65MW/m^2^{\circ}C$. New more accurate semi-empirical correlations for prediction of the dimensionless steam plume length and condensation heat transfer coefficient are proposed respectively. The discrepancy of predicted plume length is within ${\pm}10%$ for present experimental results and ${\pm}25%$ for previous researchers. The discrepancy of predicted condensation heat transfer coefficient is with ${\pm}12%$.

Numerical Analysis on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Characteristics of Traction Motor for Electric Car (전동차용 견인전동기의 열유동 특성에 관한 전산해석)

  • 남성원;김영남;채준희
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 1998.11a
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 1998
  • Numerical simulation is conducted to clarify the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of traction motor for electric car SIMPLE algorithm based on finite volume method is used to make linear algebra equation. The governing equations are solved by TDMA(TriDiagonal Matrix Algorithm) with line-by-line method and block correction. From the results of simulation, the characteristics of cooling pattern is strongly affected by the size of hole in stator core. In the case of high rotational speed of rotor, temperature difference along the axial direction is more decreased than that of low rotational speed.

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Effect of Radiation Heat Transfer on the Control of Temperature Gradient in the Induction Heating Furnace for Growing Single Crystals (전자기 유도가열식 단결정 성장로의 온도 구배제어에 있어 복사열 전달의 효과)

  • Park, Tae-Yong;Shin, Yun-Ji;Ha, Minh-Tan;Bae, Si-Young;Lim, Young-Soo;Jeong, Seong-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.522-527
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    • 2019
  • In order to fabricate high-quality SiC substrates for power electronic devices, various single crystal growing methods were prepared. These include the physical vapor transport (PVT) and top seeded solution growth (TSSG) methods. All the suggested SiC growth methods generally use induction-heating furnaces. The temperature distribution in this system can be easily adjusted by changing the hot-zone design. Moreover, precise temperature control in the induction-heating furnace is favorably required to grow a high-quality crystal. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed the heat transfer in these furnaces to grow SiC crystals. As the growth temperature of SiC crystals is very high, we evaluated the effect of radiation heat transfer on the temperature distribution in induction-heating furnaces. Based on our simulation results, a heat transfer strategy that controls the radiation heat transfer was suggested to obtain the optimal temperature distribution in the PVT and TSSG methods.

Development of a Thermal Analysis Program for a Regenerative Cooling Passage of Liquid Rocket and Simulation of Turbulent Heat Transfer (액체로켓의 재생냉각채널에 대한 열해석 프로그램의 개발 및 난류열유동 해석)

  • Park T. S
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.56-65
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    • 2003
  • A numerical procedure for analyzing the heat transfer in a regenerative cooling passage of liquid rocket has been developed. The thermal analysis is based on the numerical model of Naraghi〔1〕. The thermodynamic and transport properties of the combustion gases are evaluated using the chemical equilibrium composition. The pressure and heat flux obtained by the isentropic relation are in good agreement with the result of Navier-Stokes equations. The effect of design parameters on heat transfer is addressed for the pressure loss and temperature variation. Also, their constraints in designing the cooling passage are recommended. Finally, in a heated rectangular duct, the effects of secondary flow on heat transfer are scrutinized by the nonlinear k- e -fu of Park et at.〔2〕.