Optimal Frictional Pressure Drop and Vapor Quality Relationship of Ammonia and R22 in Two-Phase Flow

Abstract:

Research in two-phase flow in heat exchanging devices plays an important part in today’s applications in miniaturization of engineering systems. The phase change process factors in the flow conditions and heat transfer in evaporators and condensers. Numerous studies in the past have looked at the predicted and measured frictional pressure drop of coolants as the vapor quality increases. This paper reports a preliminary attempt at modeling of the relationship between the frictional pressure drop and vapor quality in an ammonia-cooled and R22-cooled mini-channel of 1.5 mm diameter under optimized conditions using multi-objective genetic algorithm. R22 is a being phased-out due to its ozone-depleting characteristic and ammonia is being considered as its potential replacement. The properties of ammonia and R22 used have been obtained experimentally at the saturation temperature of 5°C and 10°C respectively. Modeling of the minimized pressure drop per unit tube length together with the Lockhart-Martinelli parameter was completed under optimized flow rate and vapor quality.The outcomes obtained are similar to those that have been reported experimentally with other coolants, increasing pressure drop with increasing vapor quality.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 819)
• Pages: 314-318
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.819.314
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Normah Mohd Ghazali*, Oh Jong-Taek, Robiah Ahmad, Nor Atikah Zolpakar
• Keywords: Ammonia, Genetic Algorithm (GA), Modeling, Pressure Drop, R22, Vapor Quality

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