Transfer characteristic

Figure 13.1 The heat transfer characteristics of plug-flow reactors.

Thus, the metallurgy of welds, comprising the weld metal and surrounding heat-affected zone, is influenced not only by the composition of the materials involved, but also by the welding process, the specific procedures for applying the process, and the heat-transfer characteristics (deterrnined by material, mass, and geometry) of the welded joint (9—12). 

Heat Transfer. One of the reasons fluidized beds have wide appHcation is the excellent heat-transfer characteristics. Particles entering a fluidized bed rapidly reach the bed temperature, and particles within the bed are isothermal in almost all commercial situations. Gas entering the bed reaches the bed temperature quickly. In addition, heat transfer to surfaces for heating and cooling is excellent. 

Fig. 6. (a) Transfer characteristics of (b) i -Si TFT element. The drain current, / is plotted against the gate voltage, for three drain potentials A,... 

Graphite is chosen for use in nuclear reactors because it is the most readily available material with good moderating properties and a low neutron capture cross section. Other features that make its use widespread are its low cost, stabiHty at elevated temperatures in atmospheres free of oxygen and water vapor, good heat transfer characteristics, good mechanical and stmctural properties, and exceUent machinabUity. 

Fluidized Beds When gas or liquid flows upward through a vertically unconstrained bed of particles, there is a minimum fluid velocity at which the particles will begin to move. Above this minimum velocity, the bed is said to be fluidized. Fluidized beds are widely used, in part because of their excellent mixing and heat and mass transfer characteristics. See Sec. 17 of this Handbook for detailed information. 

Applications Two principal applications are rotating equipment oil coolers and compressor inter- and after-coolers. Although seemingly different applications, both rely on the shellside finning to enhance the heat transfer of low heat-transfer characteristic fluids. 

The price for an increase in heat-transfer characteristics is a more complex system with more anxihary eqnipmeut low-pressure receivers, refrigerant pumps, valves, and controls. Liquid refrigerant is predominantly pumped by mechanical pumps, however, sometimes gas at condensing pressure is used for pumping, in the variety of concepts. 

In selecting the boiling temperature, consideration must be given to the effect of temperature on heat-transfer characteristics of the type of evaporator to be used. Some evaporators show a marked drop in coefficient at low temperature—more than enough to offset any gain in available temperature difference. The condenser cooling-water temperature and cost must also be considered. 

J. Y. Oldshiie, T. A. Post, R. J. Weetman, Comparison of Mass Transfer Characteristics of Radial and Axial Flow Impellers, BHRA Proc. 6th European Conf. on Mixing, 5/88. 

Improvement of heat transfer characteristics, as in ores or glass for furnace feed. 

Viscosity. Low viscosity is preferred for reasons of rapid absorption rates, improved flooding characteristics, lower pressure drops, and good heat-transfer characteristics. 

Equation (24.3) defines the active power as independent of p.f. However, depending upon the p.f. of the load, this will adjust the load angle S. The larger the angle of transmission, the higher will be the power transfer. Figure 24.19 illustrates the power transfer characteristics of a 250 km line selected from Table 24.5. 

Fluidized bed catalytic reactors seem to have so many advantageous features that they were considered for many processes. One of the advantages is their excellent heat transfer characteristics, due to the large catalyst surface to volume ratio, so very little temperature difference is needed for heat transfer. This would make temperature control problem-free. The second is the uniformity of reaction conditions in the bed. 

Fig. 6 shows both the actual cycle (shown in dashed lines) and the idealised cycle, which consists of two isosteres and two isobars. Heat flows in J/kg adsorbent q) are shown as shaded arrows. For most purposes, analysis of the ideal cycle gives an adequate estimate of the COP and cooling or heating per kg of adsorbent. An accurate calculation of the path of the actual cycle needs information on the dead volume of the whole system and of the heat transfer characteristics of the condenser and evaporator. General trends are more apparent from an analysis of the idealised cycle. 

Turner, L., Improvement of activated charcoal-ammonia adsorption heat pumping/refrigeration cycles. Investigation of porosity and heat/mass transfer characteristics. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Warwick, UK, 1992. 

Liquid nitrogen is omitted from this mixture and the solvent is used to improve the heat transfer characteristics of cardice. 

In order to improve the heat transfer characteristics of air cooled exchangers, the tubes are provided with external fins. These fins can result in a substantial increase in heat transfer surface. Parameters such as bundle length, width and number of tube rows vary with the particular application as well as the particular finned tube design. 

These high velocities occur at the bundle entrance and exit areas, in the baffle windows, through pass lanes and in the vicinity of tie rods, which secure the baffles in their proper position. In conjunction with this, the shell side fluid generally will take the path of least resistance and will travel at a greater velocity in the free areas or by-pass lanes, than it will through the bundle proper, where the tubes are on a closely spaced pitch. All factors considered, it appears a formidable task to accurately predict heat transfer characteristics of a shell and tube exchanger. 

Takuma, M., Yamada, A., Matsuo, T., and Tokita, Y., Condensation Heat Transfer Characteristics of Ammonia-Water Vapor Mixture on a Vertical Flat Surface, Proc. 10th Inti. Heat Transfer Conf, Vol.3 pp395-400, 1994. 

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