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Investigation friction factor and heat transfer characteristics of turbulent flow inside the corrugated tube inserted with typical and V-cut twisted tapes

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In present paper the effects of using typical twisted tape (TT) and V-cut twisted tape (VTT) on Nusselt number (Nu), friction factor (f) and thermal performance factor (η) inside corrugated tube in the turbulent flow are experimentally investigated despite the fact that the wall is under uniform heat flux. The experiments are conducted by twisted tapes with different twist ratio (y = 4.5, 6.07), depth and width ratios ranging (0.285–0.5) and Reynolds number varied from 5300 to 25,700 and water was as a working fluid. The obtained results show that the Nusselt number for corrugated tube that equipped with twisted tapes increases with increasing Reynolds number and is remarkable at high Reynolds Number while the friction factor is low. Moreover, the thermal performance factor for fluid increases with increasing Reynolds number and also the thermal performance factor for all states of VTT are higher than of TT. The new empirical correlations for Nusselt number, friction factor and thermal performance factor are predicted and compared with experimental data.

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Abbreviations

H:

Pitch length of twisted tape (mm)

W:

Width of twisted tape (mm)

\( \left(\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{d}}\right) \) :

Pitch ratio in corrugated tube

Y:

Twist ratio (\( \frac{H}{W} \))

t :

Twisted tape thickness (mm)

Dc :

Depth of cut (mm)

Nu:

Nusselt number

W c :

Width of cut(mm)

f:

Friction factor

K:

Thermal conductivity of fluid \( \left(\frac{\mathrm{W}}{\mathrm{m}.{}^{{}^{\circ}}\mathrm{C}}\right) \)

μ:

Dynamic viscosity\( \kern0.5em \left(\frac{\mathrm{N}.\mathrm{S}}{{\mathrm{m}}^2}\right) \)

d:

Internal diameter of tube (m)

L:

Tube length (m)

Pi :

Inlet pressure (Pa)

u:

Average velocity (m/s)

Pe :

Outlet pressure (Pa)

T w :

Wall temperature (°C)

ρ:

Density \( \left(\frac{kg}{m^3}\right) \)

h:

Heat transfer coefficient (\( \frac{\mathrm{W}}{m^2.{}^{{}^{\circ}}\mathrm{C}} \))

Tb :

Bulk temperature (°C)

Do :

External diameter (mm)

Q avg :

Average heat transfer (W)

Q 1 :

Absorbed heat transfer (W)

Q 2 :

Input electrical power (W)

Tout :

Outlet temperature (°C)

Tin :

Inlet temperature (°C)

\( \dot{m} \) :

Mass flow rate (\( \frac{kg}{s} \))

\( \ddot{q} \) :

Heat flux (\( \frac{W}{m^2} \))

η:

Thermal performance factor

R:

Resistance (Ω)

V:

Voltage (volt)

\( \left(\frac{\mathrm{e}}{\mathrm{d}}\right) \) :

Height ratio in corrugated tube

Re:

Reynolds number

Pr:

Prandtl number

Cp :

Specific heat capacity (\( \frac{J}{kg.{}^{{}^{\circ}}\mathrm{C}}\Big) \)

TT:

Typical twisted tape

WR:

Width ratio of cut \( \left(\frac{{\mathrm{W}}_{\mathrm{c}}}{\mathrm{W}}\right) \)

DR:

Depth ratio of cut\( \left(\frac{{\mathrm{D}}_{\mathrm{c}}}{\mathrm{W}}\right) \)

VTT:

V-cut twisted tape

i:

Internal

w:

Wall

T:

Turbulent

o:

External

avg:

Average

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Langeroudi, H.G., Javaherdeh, K. Investigation friction factor and heat transfer characteristics of turbulent flow inside the corrugated tube inserted with typical and V-cut twisted tapes. Heat Mass Transfer 54, 1999–2008 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-018-2288-4

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