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Heat Transfer Experiments for Low Flow of Water in Rod Bundles

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  • 0017-9310
Subject(s): Online resources: In: International Journal of Heat and Mass TransferSummary: Heat transfer experiments are conducted for fully developed forced and natural flows of water through triangularly arrayed, seven uniformly heated rod bundles with P/D = 1.25, 1.38 and 1.5. For forced circulation experiments. Re ranges from 80 to 50000 and Pr from 3 to 8.5; while in natural circulation. Re varies from 260 to 2000, and Ra, from 8 × 106 to 2.5 × 108. The forced flow data fall into two basic flow regimes : turbulent and laminar flow. At the transition between these regimes, ReT, which varies from 2200 for P/D = 1.25 to 5500 forP/D = 1.5, increases linearly with P/D. The turbulent heat transfer data is in good agreement (±15%) with Weisman's correlation, designed for fully developed turbulent flow in rod bundles at Re > 25 000. However, the laminar flow data shows the dependency of Nu on Re to be weaker than for turbulent flow. Natural circulation data indicates that rod spacing insignificantly affects heat transfer; for P/D = 1.38 and 1.5, Nu is correlated as Nu = 0.272.Ra0.25q.
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Articles Articles Periodical Section Vol.32, No.7 (July 1989) Available

Heat transfer experiments are conducted for fully developed forced and natural flows of water through triangularly arrayed, seven uniformly heated rod bundles with P/D = 1.25, 1.38 and 1.5. For forced circulation experiments. Re ranges from 80 to 50000 and Pr from 3 to 8.5; while in natural circulation. Re varies from 260 to 2000, and Ra, from 8 × 106 to 2.5 × 108. The forced flow data fall into two basic flow regimes : turbulent and laminar flow. At the transition between these regimes, ReT, which varies from 2200 for P/D = 1.25 to 5500 forP/D = 1.5, increases linearly with P/D. The turbulent heat transfer data is in good agreement (±15%) with Weisman's correlation, designed for fully developed turbulent flow in rod bundles at Re > 25 000. However, the laminar flow data shows the dependency of Nu on Re to be weaker than for turbulent flow. Natural circulation data indicates that rod spacing insignificantly affects heat transfer; for P/D = 1.38 and 1.5, Nu is correlated as Nu = 0.272.Ra0.25q.