1. Experimental study on the drying rate of the residual water layer n the upper water chamber evacuation of a cryogenic temperature wind tunnel tube and fin heat exchanger.
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SONG Zengzhi, DIAO Yongfa, DAI Jia'ao, HE Qian, MAO Wenchao, and CHEN Jie
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HEAT exchangers ,WIND tunnels ,ALUMINUM tubes ,AIR speed ,FINS (Engineering) ,PIPE - Abstract
This study aims to solve the freezing problem of the 5 mm water layer remaining in the upper water chamber after elf-weight drainage of the tube and fin heat exchanger in the low-temperature wind tunnel under low-temperature operating conditions. Under the conditions that the hot air temperature inside and outside the tube are 10-70 °C and the inlet air speed s 2.78-10.56 m/s, two types of tube (elliptical tube and aluminum flat tube) and fin heat exchangers are tested and studied or drying the water layer remaining in the upper water chamber after self-weight drainage. The influence of the hot air inside and hot air outside the tube drying methods on the drying rate of the two heat exchangers are compared and analyzed. The results show that: the drying rate of aluminum flat tube heat exchanger is faster, so as the hot air outside the tube drying method; the heat exchanger drying time decrease with the increase of the inlet air speed and the drying time saves 50.75% at he inlet air speed of 10.56 m/s compared to 2.78 m/s. The empirical relationship equation for the drying rate was fitted by he experimental data, and the average error between the fitted results and the experimental measurements was less than 6.1%, which has a good prediction capability for the hot air drying rate of the tube-fin heat exchanger in the low-temperature wind tunnel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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