Heat Transfer Coefficient and Pressure Drop Gas Cooling Measurements for CO2/Oil Mixture in a Micro Channel Tube

dc.contributor.advisorRadermacher, Reinharden_US
dc.contributor.authorKalinger, James Phillipen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-03T15:18:01Z
dc.date.available2005-08-03T15:18:01Z
dc.date.issued2005-05-24en_US
dc.description.abstractAn experimental study was conducted to measure the heat transfer characteristics and pressure drop of supercritical Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in gas cooling conditions while flowing through a horizontal micro channel. Five experiments were conducted at operating conditions that included an inlet temperature of 70°, inlet pressures of 8 to 10 MPa, a mass flux of 400 kg/m2s, heat fluxes of 10 and 15 kW/m2, and oil concentration ratios of 6.58 to 10.72 wt.% with ND-8, polyalkylene glycol (PAG) oil. This data revealed trends that CO2 flowing through a micro channel has a reduced heat transfer coefficient and an increased pressure drop with an OCR over 6 wt.% in comparison to the predicted values. The measured heat transfer coefficient for the CO2 was 70% smaller than the predicted value using the Gnielinski correlation. The measured pressure drop for the CO2 was 150% larger than the predicted value using the Darcy-Weisbach correlation.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2632
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Mechanicalen_US
dc.titleHeat Transfer Coefficient and Pressure Drop Gas Cooling Measurements for CO2/Oil Mixture in a Micro Channel Tubeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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