Enhancement of pool boiling heat transfer with electrohydrodynamics and its fundamental study /

20'C, and 19 fins per inch tube at 4C. Results of the

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raghupathi, Sri Laxmi Priya
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Description
Summary:20'C, and 19 fins per inch tube at 4C. Results of the
apparatus was designed and built. The fluids were tested
applied voltage levels are 0, 5, and lOkV.
boiling apparatus was modified and another high pressure
boiling regime to the total enhancements observed. This
comparison of charge relaxation time (a function of the
convection due to EHD in the isolated bubble nucleate
electric properties of the fluid) to the bubble departure
electric properties, and the applied electric field was
electrohydrodynamics(EHD), has been actively researched in
experiments show that the enhancements of pool boiling heat
fluid to exhibit enhancement. A study was also conducted
investigated to understand the enhancements observed. The
needs to be less than the bubble departure time for the
of EHD on new refrigerants (R-123, R-134a, R407c, and R-410a)
on the smooth tube at operating temperatures of 4C and
operating conditions.
refrigerants, using the concepts of
smooth tube while the other is an enhanced 19 fins per inch
study led to the interesting conclusion that this
The enhancement of heat transfer in the realm of pool boiling
the past decade. This research aims at studying the effect
the relation among the fluid thermodynamic properties,
the required condition that the charge relaxation time
time (a function of fluid thermodynamic properties) proved
To conduct this study, an existing low pressure pool
to estimate the contribution of enhancements of free
total enhancement due to EHD depending upon fluid and
transfer varied within the range of 6% to 570% depending
tube. The electrode configuration is straight wire and the
upon the type of refrigerant, pool temperature, applied
voltage and type of evaporator tube surface. Fundamentally
with two types of evaporator tube surfaces. One surface is a
Item Description:"Major subject: Mechanical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xiii, 97 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 91-94.