Heat transfer coefficients for laminar flow of water and ethylene glycol in an electrically heated metal tube with two twisted-tape inserts were determined experimentally. The Nusselt number for fully developed flow was found to be a function of tape twist ratio, Reynolds number, and Prandtl number. These Nusselt numbers were as much as nine times the empty tube constant property values. The correlation of these data is in fair agreement with the only available analytical predictions. The friction factor is affected by tape twist only at high Reynolds numbers, in accordance with analytical predictions. The performance of these augmented tubes is compared with that of empty tubes under similar heating conditions.
A boundary layer solution is presented for fully developed laminar flow in a horizontal circular tube, assuming large Prandtl number and temperature-dependent viscosity and density. The solution is given by Nu = C1 Ra1/4, where C1 is a function of a nondimensional viscosity parameter and the heat flux boundary condition. The heat transfer predictions for large values of the viscosity parameter are 50 percent above the constant viscosity predictions. The present analysis is in good agreement with experimental data for water and ethylene glycol flowing in electrically heated tubes which approximate the boundary conditions assumed in the analysis.
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