Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer in Annular Channels With Flow Twisting

In paper the experimental and numerical modeling results of a heat transfer in annular channels with continuous twisting at one-phase water flow are presented. For a flow twisting the wire was spirally coiled on the central body of an annular channel (diameter of a wire is equal to annular gap height). The generalizing associations for heat transfer calculation on the concave and convex surfaces in a single-phase phase are presented. The analysis of features of velocity profiles and temperatures on the concave and convex surfaces are carried out. The heat transfer on a convex surface of an annular channel with a twisting considerably above than the heat transfer on a concave surface. It’s caused by increase of displacement of a maximum of a velocity profile to a concave surface under the influence of mass forces with growth of a twisting extent.Copyright © 2012 by ASME