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Modeling Heat Transfer and Pressure
Drop for Liquid-Vapor Flows in the
Elongated-Bubble Flow Regie
Anthony M. Jacobi
Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Co-Director ACRC
ni!ersity of "llinois at rbana-Cha#$aign
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Motivation A vapor-compression system
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Motivation Heat exchangers
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Motivation Integrated as the IMCC
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Motivation Personal cooling systems
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Outline
*tate#ent of goals
*u##ary of a heat transfer #odel
+ac,ground for #odeling
-ocus on the $hysical #odel
Re!ie. so#e !alidation
Pressure dro$ #odeling
/o. is t.o-$hase $ressure-dro$ #odeling a$$roached0
A directly #echanistic #odel is su$erior
1here are $roble#s .ith our #echanistic #odels.
*o#e ideas for #odeling2rather loose ideas that you #ight shoot do.n.
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tatement o! goals
*ha#elessly $ro#ote the heat transfer #odel0
1he a$$arent success of the #odel #ight say so#ething about $hysics.
Present a loose o!er!ie. of $ressure-dro$ #odels.
1heir a$$arent success #ight not say so#ething about $hysics
"dentify $roble#s in our #echanistic descri$tions
1here a$$ear to be ob!ious .ea,ness in our descri$tions of the flo.s
Pro$ose so#e ideas that #ight i#$ro!e our #odels.
+ac,.ard boundary layers and surface tension
Relate bac, to a$$lication
1o sho. that e!erything " $resented #ight be #eaningless
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"lo# regime o$servations
9bser!ations of flo. regi#es in #icrochannel flo.s :#odified fro# ;u et al. :%44(< = elongated bubble flo. and annular flo.
do#inate.
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A t#o-%one model o! heat trans!er
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"nitial bubble gro.th $er PlessetBs theory gi!es the ti#e reAuired to generate a
C$airD6 .ith 1eff $rescribed. With this $eriod ,no.n6 initial conditions on the
$air geo#etry are deter#ined for a ,no.n #ass fluE. An energy balance is
a$$lied to the $air6 and heat transfer is #odeled as thin-fil# e!a$oration through
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1he follo.ing non-linear algebraic eAuation set holds at any instant
Pair geo#etry
@oid fraction definition
Mass fluE definition
;uality definition
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Conser!ation of energy yields cou$led 9DEBs for $air geo#etry
With $air geo#etry ,no.n at all ti#es :locations<6 a thin-fil#
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A si#$le thin-fil# heat
transfer #odel $redicts
the obser!ed trends. "t is
unnecessary--$robably
.rong--to eEtra$olate
con!entional-scale data
inter$retations to the
#esoscale. 1he success
of this #odel suggests
nucleate boiling #ight
not do#inate.
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A three-%one model o! heat trans!er
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"nitial conditions
Pair length and !elocity e!ol!e
Do.n the tube2
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A three-%one model o! heat trans!er
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Moti!ated by Moriya#a and "noue :7>>)<I
1he constant Co is left as a free $ara#eter
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Mini#u# fil# thic,ness6 min6 left as ad3ustable $ara#eter
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1he te#$orally a!eraged6 local heat transfer coefficient
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A three-%one model o! heat trans!er
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Modeling of the $hysics is o!erly si#$lified6 neglecting
co#$leEities in flo. regi#e6 ad!ection in the fil#6 and realities
of instability6 etc. 1he #odel has se!eral ad3ustable $ara#eters
that si#$lify 6 o and min.
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A three-%one model o! heat trans!er
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9,ay2but the #odel does a
reasonable 3ob.
With source-s$ecific
$ara#eters6 >4J of the
data $redicted .ithin
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$ara#eters 54J $redicted
.ithin &4J.
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Predicting !rictional pressure drop
*ee $a$er for #ore eEtensi!e re!ie.
Modeling has not undergone the sa#e le!el of !alidation
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Channels %&7 715 ,
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Predicting !rictional pressure drop
/o#ogeneous flo. #odels
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/o#ogeneous flo. #odels
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Predicting !rictional pressure drop
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Modifying an e#$irical a$$roach
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What does this #ean and ho. .ill it generalize0
"t is easier to understand6 and therefore $erha$s #ore useful if .e see forces directly2shear6 surface
tension2 "n that .ay6 fro# a #ore direct #echanistic #odel6 .e ho$e .e obtain an ability to generalize
and control.
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Mass fluE 7(4 = 5(4 ,gG#%s
Condensation
Mentire Auality rangeB
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A #ore directly #echanistic a$$roach
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A #ore directly #echanistic a$$roach
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Overvie# o! pressure drop predictions
A #ore directly #echanistic a$$roach
:e.g.6 Lari#ella and co-.or,ers6 %44%6 %44(<
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What does this #ean and ho. .ill it
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What is a bac,.ard boundary layer0
1he Cfor.ardD boundary layer is con!entional
1he Cbac,.ard boundary layer has unusual boundary conditions
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What is a bac,.ard boundary layer0
1he Cfor.ardD boundary layer is con!entional
1he Cbac,.ard boundary layer has unusual boundary
conditions
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Outline
*tate#ent of goals
*u##ary of a heat transfer #odel
+ac,ground for #odeling
-ocus on the $hysical #odel
Re!ie. so#e !alidation
Pressure dro$ #odeling
/o. is t.o-$hase $ressure-dro$ #odeling a$$roached0
A directly #echanistic #odel is su$erior
1here are $roble#s .ith our #echanistic #odels.
*o#e ideas for #odeling2rather loose ideas that you #ight shoot do.n.
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