Weiyu Zhang^a , Mo Yang^a,*, Yuwen Zhang^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.12, pp. 1-8, 2019, DOI:10.5098/hmt.12.18

Abstract The periodically fully-developed flow and heat transfer in channels with periodic semi-circular tube is studied numerically by the direct numerical simulation (DNS), the large eddy simulation (LES), and the Reynolds stress model (RSM). When the Reynolds number is between 3000 and 25000, the Nusselt number obtained by the RSM is closer to the experimental results than the results obtained from other turbulence models. The nonlinear characteristics of flow and heat transfer is revealed based on the results of numerical simulation. When Reynolds number is high, the geometric structure and boundary conditions of the channel are symmetric, but the flow field… More >

Changming Ling^a,b,*, Yin Zhong^a,b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.14, pp. 1-6, 2020, DOI:10.5098/hmt.14.25

Abstract Effects of serrated pulsating airflow on liquid film evaporation in a falling film channel was numerically studied based on a two-dimensional model. The mechanism of pulsating airflow evaporation was studied as the pulsating airflow swept across the vertical liquid film surface at the stagnant temperature. Effects of amplitude, frequency, and velocity of the serrated pulsating airflow at certain evaporation time on evaporation were analyzed. Compared with the uniform airflow, the highest relative evaporation of liquid film on vertical pipe inner surface was increased by about 0.3 %. When the airflow was pulsating, the cycle of vapor mass flow rate was… More >

Ming Zhao^*, Yuhao Zheng

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.16, pp. 1-9, 2021, DOI:10.5098/hmt.16.19

Abstract The performance optimization of the triangular-tube phase change heat accumulator is carried out from three aspects. The first is to compare with three different types tubes: the traditional round tube, the square tube, and the elliptical tube. Results show that equilateral triangle tube has the best heat storage and release characteristics. The second is to study the sub-cavity heat accumulator model based on multiphase change materials on the basis of the triangular tube. The third is to study the turn-over triangular tube heat accumulator. Both the flip function through discrete point fitting and the best reversal time are obtained. More >