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Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Ethanol on the Condensation Heat Transfer of Gravity Loop Thermosyphon without Vacuum

  • HUANG Jian SHEN Jian-biao WANG Li
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  • 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
    2. Mechanical Engineering School, UST Beijing
    3. Mechanical Engineering School, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Received date: 2016-01-29

  Revised date: 2016-03-16

  Online published: 2016-10-10

Abstract

Herein we experimentally investigated the influence of ethanol on condensation heat transfer of gravity loop thermosyphon in presence of massive non-condensable gas. Investigated results revealed that addition of 0.5%?1% mass fraction of ethanol formed Marangoni effect on the surface of condensate film, promoted local condensation heat transfer, and increased 9% local heat flux of the inlet section of the condenser. When the ethanol content was greater than or equal to 1.5%, ethanol cannot fully condense to form the new non-condensable gas, the pressure of the system and temperature of evaporator could be increased, and the higher ethanol content, the higher system pressure, the system pressure of 5% condition was 64% more than pure vapor condition.

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HUANG Jian SHEN Jian-biao WANG Li . Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Ethanol on the Condensation Heat Transfer of Gravity Loop Thermosyphon without Vacuum[J]. The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering, 2016 , 16(4) : 622 -628 . DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.216120

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