Smooth- and Enhanced-Tube Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop: Part 1: Effect of Prandtl Number with Air, Water, and Glycol/Water Mixtures.

Obot, N. T. ; Das, L. ; Rabas, T. J.

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关键词: Tubes;    Pressure drop;    Heat transfer;    Air;    Water;   

RP-ID  :  DE2001768588

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

An extensive experimental investigation was carried out to determine the pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics in laminar, transitional, and turbulent flow through one smooth tube and twenty-three enhanced tubes. The working fluids for the experiments were air, water, ethylene glycol, and ethylene glycol/water mixtures; Prandtl numbers (1%-) ranged from 0.7 to 125.3. The smooth-tube experiments were carried out with Pr values of 0.7, 6.8, 24.8, 39.1, and 125.3; Pr values of 0.7, 6.8, and 24.8 were tested with enhanced tubes. Reynolds number (Re) range (based on the maximum internal diameter of a tube) was 200 to 55,000, depending on Prandtl number and tube geometry. The results are presented and discussed in this paper.