• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1766-1775
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• 2001

A theoretical analysis on the heat and mass transfer in an evaporative cooler is presented in this work. The evaporative cooler is modeled as a channel filled with porous media the interstitial surface of which is covered by thin water film. Assuming that the Lewis number is unity and the water vapor saturation curve is linear, exact solutions to the energy and vapor concentration equations are obtained. Based on the exact solutions, the characteristics of the heat and mass transfer in the evaporative cooler are investigated. The comparison of the cooling performance between the evaporative cooler and the usual sensible heat exchanger is also carried out. Obviously, the evaporative heat exchanger shows better cooling performance than the sensible heat exchanger. This is due to the latent heat of water vaporization, which results in apparent increases both in the interstitial heat transfer coefficient and the specific heat of the air stream in the evaporative cooler.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.15-18
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• 2014

In the present study, experiment on the evaporation of pure water droplet on heated surface was conducted, and the evaporative heat transfer coefficients were calculated from experimental results. The pure water droplet of about $10{\mu}l$ was applied onto the heat transfer surface, then the shape of the droplet was analyzed during the evaporation. In addition, the effect of surface roughness on the evaporative heat transfer was also investigated. Experimental results showed that the evaporative heat transfer coefficients increased rapidly along with the increase of surface temperature and the heat transfer coefficients increased with the increase of surface roughness.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.635-642
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• 2010

마이크로채널 열교환기에서 채널 굽힘 각도에 따른 R-134a의 증발열전달 특성에 관하여 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 채널의 굽힘 각도가 $120^{\circ}$, $150^{\circ}$ 및 $180^{\circ}$인 마이크로채널 열교환기에서 R-134a의 증발온도와 Reynolds수 변화에 따른 열전달 특성을 대향류 조건에서 실험하였으며, 실험결과 마이크로채널 열교환기에서 증발열전달량과 증발열전달계수는 R-134a의 레이놀즈수 증가에 따라 증가하였다. 또한 채널의 굽힘각도가 $120^{\circ}$ 및 $150^{\circ}$인 마이크로채널 열교환기는 증발온도 $4.9{\sim}14.9^{\circ}C$ 에서 채널굽힘 각도가 $180^{\circ}$인 마이크로채널 열교환기와 비교하여 평균 약 17.1% 및 13.3%로 증발열전달량이 증가하였으며, R-134a의 증발열전달계수는 채널의 굽힘 각도가 작을수록 증발열전달계수가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1134-1139
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• 2004

The evaporative heat transfer coefficient of $CO_2$ (R-744) in a horizontal tube was investigated experimentally. The experiments were conducted without oil in a closed refrigerant loop which was driven by a magnetic gear pump. The main components of the refrigerant loop are a receiver, a variable-speed pump, a mass flow meter, a pre-heater and evaporator (test section). The test section consists of a smooth, horizontal stainless steel tube of inner diameter of 7.75 mm. The experiments were conducted at mass flux of 200 to 500 kg/m$^2$s, saturation temperature of -5 to 5$^{\circ}C$, and heat flux of 10 to 40kW/m$^2$. The test results showed the heat transfer of $CO_2$ has a greater effect on nucleate boiling more than convective boiling. Mass flux of $CO_2$ does not affect nucleate boiling too much, and the effect of mass flux on evaporative heat transfer of $CO_2$ is much smaller than that of refrigerant R-22 and R-134a. In comparison with test results and existing correlations, correlations failed to predict the evaporative heat transfer coefficient of $CO_2$, therefore, it is necessary to develope reliable and accurate predictions determining the evaporative heat transfer coefficient of $CO_2$ in a horizontal tube.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.291-298
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• 1997

In advanced nuclear reactors, the passive containment cooling has been suggested to enhance the safety. The passive cooling has two mechanisms, air natural convection and oater cooling with evaporation. To confirm the coolability of PCCS, many works have been performed experimentally and numerically. In this study, the water cooling test was performed to obtain the evaporative heat transfer coefficients in a scaled don segment type PCCS facility which have same configuration with AP600 prototype containment. Air-steam mixture temperature and velocity, relative humidity and well heat flux are measured. The local steam mass flow rates through the vertical plate part of the facility are calculated from the measured data to obtain evaporative heat transfer coefficients. The measured evaporative heat transfer coefficients are compared with an analytical model which use a mass transfer coefficients. From the comparison, the predicted coefficients show good agreement with experimental data however, some discrepancies exist when the effect of wave motion is not considered. Finally, a new correlation on evaporative heat transfer coefficients are developed using the experimental values.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.932-940
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• 2000

An experimental study on evaporative heat transfer characteristics in micro-fin tubes before and after expansion process has been performed with R-22. Single-grooved micro-fin tubes with outer diameter of 9.52 mm were used as test sections, and it was uniformly heated by applying direct current to the test tubes. Experiments were conducted at mass flow rates of 20 and 30 kg/hr. For each mass flow rate condition, evaporation temperature was set at 5 and $15^{\circ}C$and heat flux was changed from 6 to 11 kW/$m^2$ The evaporative heat transfer coefficient of micro-fin tubes after expansion is decreased because of the crush of fins and enlargement of inner diameter compared to that before expansion. Convective boiling effect decreased remarkably at higher quality range in the micro-fin tube after expansion, and the difference of the heat transfer coefficient in micro-fin tubes before and after expansion was greater for higher quality region. The evaporative heat transfer coefficient of the micro-fin tube after expansion was 19.9% smaller on the average than that before expansion.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2016

The present study aims to experimentally investigate the evaporative heat transfer characteristics of Oxi-nitriding SPCC surface. Moreover, the heat transfer coefficient was examined with respect to surface temperature during droplet evaporation. In fact, the nitriding surface showed significant enhancement for anticorrosion performance compared to bare SPCC surface but the thermal resistance also increased due to the formation of compound layer. From the experimental results, the evaporative behavior of sessile droplet on nitriding surface showed similar tendency with the bare surface. Total evaporation time of sessile droplet on the nitriding surface was delayed less than 5%. The difference in heat transfer coefficient increased with the surface temperature, and the maximum difference was estimated to be around 11% at $80^{\circ}C$ surface. Thus, this nitriding surface treatment method could be useful for seawater heat exchanger industries.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.3317-3328
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• 1995

The objective of the present study is to predict the characteristics of heat and mass transfer around an evaporative condenser. Numerical calculations have been performed using multi-zone method to investigate heat transfer rate and evaporation rate with the variation of inlet condition(velocity, relative humidity and temperature) of the moist air, the flow rate of the cooling water and the shape of the condenser tube. From the results it is found that the profile of heat flux is the same as that of evaporation rate since heat transfer along the gas-liquid interface is dominated by the transport of latent heat in association with the vaporization(evaporation) of the liquid film. The evaporation rate and heat transfer rate is increased as mass flow rate increases or relative humidity and temperature decrease respectively. But the flow rate of the cooling water hardly affect the evaporation rate and heat flux along the gas-liquid interface. The elliptic tube which the ratio of semi-minor axis to semi-major axis is 0.8 is more effective than the circular tube because the pressure drop is decreased. But the evaporation rate and heat flux shown independency on the tube shape.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.88-98
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• 2016

여름철이 무더운 대한민국에서는 냉방에 많은 전력을 소비한다. 이 경우 간접증발냉각을 동시에 적용하면 전기 사용을 줄일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 물 퍼짐성을 개선한 플라스틱/종이 재질의 간접 및 재생증발소자에 대해 일련의 실험을 수행하였다. ${\epsilon}-NTU$ 방식의 열 및 물질전달 해석 모델과 비교한 결과 모델의 예측치는 간접 및 재생증발소자의 간접증발효율, 냉각열량, 압력손실을 적절히 예측하였다. 모델 해석 결과 간접 및 재생증발소자 모두 건채널 입구온도와 상대습도가 증가하면 간접증발효율이 증가하였다. 또한 재생증발소자의 간접증발효율이 간접증발소자의 값보다 크게 나타났다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.38-45
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• 2002

Evaporative heat transfer characteristics of carbon dioxide have been investi- gated by experiment. The experiments have been carried out for a seamless stainless steel tube of the outer diameter of 9.55 mm, the inner diameter of 7.75 mm and the length of 5.0 m. Direct heating method was used for supplying heat to the refrigerant where the test tube was uniformly heated by electric current which was applied to the tube wall. Experiments were conducted with$CO_2$of purity 99.99% at saturation temperatures of 0.0 to 10.5$^{\circ}C$, heat fluxes of 12 to 27kW/$m^2$s and mass fluxes of 212 to 530 kg/$m^2$s. The heat transfer coefficients of $CO_2$are decreased as the vapor quality increases and these phenomena are explained by dimensionless Weber and Bond numbers. The heat transfer coefficients of$CO_2$increase when the heat and mass fluxes increase, and the saturation temperature effects are minor in the test range of this study. The present experimental data are compared with six renowned correlations with root-mean-squared deviations ranging from 23.0 to 94.9% respectively.