Pomiary oporów przepływu jednofazowego w minikanałach

W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczących oporów jednofazowego przepływu wody (Re = 6 414) oraz powietrza (Re = 22 865) minikanałami. Jako minikanały zastosowano rurki ze stali nierdzewnej o całkowitej długości 500 mm i 15 różnych średnicach wewnętrznych (0,21 - 2,30 mm). Wyznaczono współczynnik strat liniowych podczas ruchu laminarnego, burzliwego i granicę przejścia z zakresu laminarnego w burzliwy. Wyniki badań porównano z wielkościami teoretycznymi znanymi z mechaniki płynów kanałów konwencjonalnych.

The paper presents results of experimental investigations of pressure drop in minichannels, with use of water and air as the working fluids. The test section was made from stainless steel pipes of internal diameters equal to 0.21, 0.31, 0.45, 0.55, 0.64, 0.80, 1.05, 1.10, 1.30, 1.35, 1.40, 1.60, 1.68, 1.94 and 2.30 mm. The experiments were conducted for the Reynolds number up to Re = 6 414 and Re = 22 865 for water and air, respectively. A friction factor is presented as a function of the Reynolds number. The experimental friction factor is compared with the results obtained from theoretical equations of Hagen-Poiseuille and Blasius. There was determined the boundary of transition to the turbulent flow. The deviation of all the results of experimental investigations was not greater than š 20% related to the friction factor coefficient theoretical value. On the basis of the experimental investigations performed, one can state that: - contradictory reports concerning a sooner transition to the turbulent flow different from those occurring in conventional channels were not confirmed; - the friction factor of laminar flow can be correctly predicted by the conventional correlation λ=64/Re; - the friction factor of turbulent flow can be correctly predicted by Blasius correlation, which is valid for conventional channels; - the theory of single-phase flow in conventional channels was found to produce valid predictions for experimental results.