Abstract
The experimental work was carried out using water, 10 and 20 % glycerol–water mixture as Newtonian fluids under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions in helical coils. The experiments were performed in laminar and turbulent flow regimes using four helical coils of coil curvature ratios as; δ = 0.055, 0.064, 0.0685 and 0.0757. For the first time, an innovative heat transfer correlations in terms of new dimensionless number ‘M’ are developed based on 135 and 183 tests conducted under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. The developed heat transfer correlations were compared with the work of earlier investigators and are found to be in good agreement. Hence, M number could be used for characterization of fluid flow in helical coils for any types of fluids which is significant. Also, comparison of Nusselt numbers for water and glycerol–water mixtures under different experimental conditions is presented in this paper. It was observed that as helix diameter increases, Nusselt number decreases due to decrease in centrifugal force.
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