Abstract

The subcooled boiling heat transfer and the steady-state critical heat fluxes (CHFs) in a short SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are systematically measured for mass velocities (G=401613,850kg/m2s), inlet liquid temperatures (Tin=285.82363.96K), outlet pressures (Pout=764.76889.02kPa), and exponentially increasing heat input (Q=Q0exp(t/τ), τ=8.5s) by the experimental water loop comprised of a multistage canned-type circulation pump controlled by an inverter. The SUS304 test tube of inner diameter (d=6mm), heated length (L=59.5mm), effective length (Leff=49.1mm), L/d(=9.92), Leff/d(=8.18), and wall thickness (δ=0.5mm) with average surface roughness (Ra=3.18μm) is used in this work. The SUS304 twisted tape with twist ratio, y(=H/d=(pitchof180degrotation)/d), of 3.39 is used. The relation between inner surface temperature and heat flux for the SUS304-tube with the twisted-tape insert are clarified from nonboiling to CHF. The subcooled boiling heat transfer for SUS304-tube with the twisted-tape insert is compared with our empty SUS304-tube data and the values calculated by our and other workers’ correlations for the subcooled boiling heat transfer. The influences of the twisted-tape insert and the swirl velocity on the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs are investigated into details and the widely and precisely predictable correlations of the subcooled boiling heat transfer and the CHFs for turbulent flow of water in the SUS304-tube with twisted-tape insert are given based on the experimental data. The correlations can describe the subcooled boiling heat transfer coefficients and the CHFs obtained in this work within 25 to +15% difference.

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