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Experimental Investigation of the Isothermal Pressure Drops in Mini-Elbows
Hou Kuan Tam1; Jia Qi Ji1; Lap Mou Tam1,2; Afshin J. Ghajar3
2023-10-11
Source PublicationHeat Transfer Engineering
ISSN0145-7632
Volume44Issue:16-18Pages:1535 - 1543
Abstract

An experimental setup was built in this study to measure the pressure drop for the horizontal mini-scale elbows under the isothermal boundary condition. Six stainless steel mini-elbows with various bending angles (45° and 90°) and inner diameters (0.6 mm to 4.5 mm) were used as the test section. The experimental setup was verified by comparing the current horizontal straight tube data with the well-known correlations. The Reynolds number range for this study was around 800 to 10,000. The experimental results clearly showed the effect of diameter and angle on the loss coefficient for the 45° and 90° elbows in the entire Reynolds number range. A critical region was shown to be obvious in the 45° elbows than that in the 90° elbows. Basically, the traditional fixed loss coefficient and the 2-K and 3-K methods did not predict the loss coefficients of the 45° and 90° mini-elbows with good accuracy. Therefore, an accurate correlation was developed for different diameters and angles of mini-elbows and the majority of loss coefficients data was predicted within an accuracy of ±20%.

KeywordPressure Drop Mini Tube Minor Loss
DOI10.1080/01457632.2022.2140634
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Indexed BySCIE
WOS Research AreaThermodynamics ; Engineering ; Mechanics
WOS SubjectThermodynamics ; Engineering, Mechanical ; Mechanics
WOS IDWOS:000879656800001
PublisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
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Scopus ID2-s2.0-85141590582
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CollectionDEPARTMENT OF ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Affiliation1.University of Macau, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, Macau, China.
2.The Institute for the Development and Quality, Macau, China.
3.School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,Oklahoma, USA
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Hou Kuan Tam,Jia Qi Ji,Lap Mou Tam,et al. Experimental Investigation of the Isothermal Pressure Drops in Mini-Elbows[J]. Heat Transfer Engineering, 2023, 44(16-18), 1535 - 1543.
APA Hou Kuan Tam., Jia Qi Ji., Lap Mou Tam., & Afshin J. Ghajar (2023). Experimental Investigation of the Isothermal Pressure Drops in Mini-Elbows. Heat Transfer Engineering, 44(16-18), 1535 - 1543.
MLA Hou Kuan Tam,et al."Experimental Investigation of the Isothermal Pressure Drops in Mini-Elbows".Heat Transfer Engineering 44.16-18(2023):1535 - 1543.
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