Estudo experimental da transferência de calor e queda de pressão na ebulição do isobutano em um mini-tubo

Abstract

This work presents an experimental study of heat transfer and pressure drop in flow boiling of hydrocarbon isobutane (R-600a) in a horizontal and circular mini-tube with 2.6 mm of inner diameter. It is also analyzed the influence of diameter on the pressure drop in adiabatic flow. In the case of experiments involving flow boiling, the tests were performed at a saturation temperature of 22°C with a mean saturation pressure of 323.5 kPa, with mass velocity ranging between 188 and 370 kg/(m²s) and constant heat flux in the test section between 28 and 134 kW/m². The results obtained experimentally were compared with results of correlations for pressure drop due to friction and heat transfer coefficients proposed by different authors for boiling in channels of small diameter. It was also observed flow patterns along the tests with the aid of a camera with high speed capture and related with heat flux, vapor quality and heat transfer coefficient.