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Convective Boiling of R-410A in an Aluminum Flat Tube for Air-Conditioning Application

공조용 알루미늄 납작관 내의 R-410A 대류 비등

  • Kim, Nae-Hyun (Division of Mechanical System Engineering, Incheon National University)
  • 김내현 (인천대학교 기계시스템공학부)
  • Received : 2015.01.01
  • Accepted : 2015.05.07
  • Published : 2015.05.31
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Abstract

Flat tube heat exchangers can improve the thermal performance significantly compared with round tube heat exchangers. For proper design of flat tube heat exchangers, one should know the tubeside heat transfer coefficients. In this study, convective boiling heat transfer coefficients of R-410A were obtained in a flat extruded aluminum tube with $D_h=1.41mm$. The test range covered mass flux from 200 to $600kg/m^2s$, heat flux from 5 to $15kW/m^2$ and saturation temperature from $5^{\circ}C$ to $15^{\circ}C$. The heat transfer coefficient curve shows a decreasing trend after a certain quality(critical quality). The critical quality decreases as the heat flux increases, and as the mass flux decreases. The early dryout at a high heat flux results in a unique 'cross-over' of the heat transfer coefficient curves. The heat transfer coefficient increases as the mass flux increases. At a low quality region, however, the effect of mass flux is not prominent. The heat transfer coefficient increases as the saturation temperature increases. The effect of saturation temperature, however, diminishes as the heat flux decreases. Both the Shah and the Kaew-On et al. correlations reasonably predicted the present data.

원관 열교환기보다 납작관 열교환기를 사용하면 전열성능을 한층 향상시킬 수 있다. 납작관 열교환기를 적절히 설계하기 위해서는 관 내측 열전달계수를 알아야 한다. 본 실험에서는 수력직경 1.41mm인 알루미늄 납작관 내 R-410A 대류 비등 열전달계수를 구하였다. 실험범위는 질량유속 $200{\sim}600kg/m^2s$, 열유속 $5{\sim}15kg/m^2$, 포화온도 $5{\sim}15^{\circ}C$이다. 실험 결과 열전달계수는 임계 건도를 기점으로 감소함을 보였다. 임계 건도는 열유속이 증가할수록 감소하고, 질량유속이 감소할수록 감소하였다. 이는 높은 열유속 또는 낮은 질량유속에서 대류의 영향이 작게 되고 따라서 조기에 dryout이 발생되기 때문에 나타나는 현상으로 판단된다. 열전달계수는 질량유속이 증가할수록 증가하였다. 그러나 낮은 건도에서는 질량유속의 영향은 미미하였다. 열전달계수는 포화온도가 증가할수록 증가하였다. 하지만 이런 경향은 열유속이 작아지면 감소하였다. Shah와 Kaew-On et al. 상관식은 본 실험자료를 적절히 예측하였다.

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