USE OF ABLATION TO DETERMINE THE CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT IN TWO‐PHASE FLOW

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ABSTRACTThe fluid to particle convective heat transfer coefficient (hfp) is an essential design parameter in the development of an aseptic processing system. The convective heat transfer coefficient was determined using a new method based on ablation heat transfer. The amount of solid lost (ablated) was shown to be directly proportional to the energy flux across the fluid‐solid interface with the constant of proportionality being hfp. Change in mass of an ice sphere was used as an ablation probe to study hfp in straight, round conduit. Values of hfp ranged from 1,369 to 2,749 W/m2K over a Reynolds number range of 2,766 to 17,081.