Effect of Buoyancy on Heat Transfer in Supercritical Water Flow in a Horizontal Round Tube

Author:

Bazargan Majid1,Fraser Daniel2,Chatoorgan Vijay2

Affiliation:

1. University of Tehran, Iran

2. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba

Abstract

Heat transfer to supercritical water and buoyancy∕natural convection effects are becoming increasingly important areas of research due to current trends in nuclear reactor design and supercritical water oxidation facilities. A pilot-scale supercritical water oxidation loop was constructed at the University of British Columbia. For this work, the facility was used to study the relative importance of buoyancy effects on supercritical water flowing in a horizontal pipe. Local heat transfer coefficients at the top and bottom surfaces of the horizontal test section were systematically measured over a wide range of conditions at supercritical pressures between 23 to 27 MPa, uniform heat fluxes were up to 310kW∕m2, and the mass flux ranged from 330 to 1230kg∕m2s. It was found that neglecting buoyancy effects could cause large discrepancies between the predictions of available empirical correlations and the experimental data. The data was used to assess available criteria for the buoyancy-free region during horizontal supercritical fluid flows. The criterion of Petukhov and Polyakov, which, for the range of parameters in this study, was found to be accurate in predicting the onset of buoyancy effects. The experimental investigation is confined to supercritical flows with heat addition only. Hence, no heat loss conditions at supercritical temperatures were investigated.

Publisher

ASME International

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science

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