Pressure Loss of Water Flow and Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microtubes

Abstract

The phase change heat transfer is one of the most effective cooling methods. Therefore, investigations for the phase change heat transfer and the two-phase flow have been performed by many researchers in the past. This study provided the frictional drop of single-phase flow and flow boiling heat transfer in microchannels. An internal diameter of the present micro pipes for our research was 161 μm, 86 μm and 54 μm, respectively. Test liquid was commercial pure water. A range of Reynolds number was 20 < Re < 2.7×103: the range of liquid velocity was 0.21 < u < 12 m/s. The correlation between a heat flux and a temperature difference between the wall temperature and the bulk temperature with a 161 μm internal diameter was higher than the conventional correlations for turbulent flow about single phase heat transfer. The correlation between a heat flux and a temperature difference between the wall temperature and the bulk temperature with an 86 μm internal diameter was also higher than the conventional correlations for laminar flow. However, the correlation between a heat flux and a temperature difference between the wall temperature and the bulk temperature with a 54 μm internal diameter was in good agreement with the conventional correlations for laminar flow. CHF was increased with increasing the internal diameter. Moreover, critical heat flux depends on velocity of flow. The CHF in the case of a 161 μm internal diameter in turbulent flow was approximately 20 MW/m2; the CHF in the case of an 86 μm internal diameter in laminar flow was approximately 6.9 MW/m2 and a 54 μm internal diameter in laminar flow was approximately 3.1 MW/m2. As a result, the CHF in case of an 86 μm internal diameter in laminer flow was in good agreement with conventional value calculated by Ivey-Morris equation.