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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2016-09-15

发表刊物：DESALINATION

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、Scopus

卷号：394

页面范围：64-71

ISSN号：0011-9164

关键字：Horizontal-tube falling film evaporation; Microscopic mechanism; Heat transfer; VOF

摘要：Complex heat and mass transfer phenomena in horizontal-tube falling film evaporators are areas of intense research due to their increasing predominance in thermal desalination industries. To better understand the microscopic mechanisms of heat transfer, a computational fluid dynamic model using the Volume of Fluid (VOF) was developed to simulate horizontal-tube falling film evaporation. The temperature and velocity profiles were determined as part of the solution of the governing equations. The numerical model predicted the local dimensionless temperatures, normal and tangential velocities, and heat transfer coefficients within thin liquid film around a tube for varying Reynolds numbers. Profiles of dimensionless temperatures around the tube prove that both conduction and convection contributes microscopic mechanisms to heat transfer in the liquid film. A laminar sub-layer is found to exist and dominate the heat transfer resistance within the film. A recirculation flow observed at an inclination angle of 5 accounts for the enhancement in the microscopic mechanism of heat transfer. The convection effect decreases with increasing inclination angle due to the decreasing normal velocity and increases with increasing Re due to the thinning laminar sub-layer. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.