TIAN Chunping, YAN Changqi, WANG Jianjun, et al. Effect of inclination on flow resistance characteristic in narrow rectangular channel[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, (9): 3633-3639.
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TIAN Chunping, YAN Changqi, WANG Jianjun, et al. Effect of inclination on flow resistance characteristic in narrow rectangular channel[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, (9): 3633-3639.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20160323.
Effect of inclination on flow resistance characteristic in narrow rectangular channel
Most existing studies on flow resistance characteristic focus on horizontal or vertical narrow rectangular channel
however
the inclined heated channel can be found in many heat exchanger under ocean condition. Thus
it is necessary to do some researches on it. The experiments were conducted in a narrow rectangular channel under unheated force circulation condition and heated natural circulation condition. The inclination angles ranged from -30° to 30° with 40-60 K subcooling and pressure of 0.2 MPa. It was found that the friction factors for laminar flow under unheated condition were very close to the predictions of Shah & London correlation
whereas discrepancies occured when the channel was heated. The friction factor was found to increase with the positive inclination angles
but little response to the negative inclination was found. The secondary flow driven by density differences may be the reason for differences between friction factors.