Influence of the Diameter of Cylindrical Samples Made of Different Grades of Aluminum on the Cooling Kinetics

Abstract

The influence of the diameter of cylindrical samples from various grades of technical aluminum (A0, A5, A6), aviation AB98 and high-purity aluminum A5N on their characteristic cooling times and rates, as well as on heat transfer processes in a wide temperature range, was studied. It was revealed that cooling of the samples occurs due to convective heat transfer and radiation, which have characteristic times. An assessment of the magnitude of characteristic cooling times due to convective heat transfer and radiation has been carried out. It is shown that the characteristic cooling time due to radiation is less than the characteristic cooling time due to convection. Using experimental data on the cooling rate of the studied samples and theoretically calculated values of their heat capacity according to the Neumann-Kopp rule, heat transfer coefficients for the processes of convective heat transfer and radiation depending on temperature were determined. It has been established that with increasing temperature, the contribution of radiation to the total heat transfer coefficient increases, and the coefficient of convective heat transfer with increasing temperature first increases, then after passing a maximum it decreases. The contribution to the overall heat transfer coefficient from radiation is noticeable at high temperatures. It was revealed that the characteristic cooling times due to radiation and convection increase nonlinearly with increasing sample diameter (V/S). This dependence is explained by a decrease in the heat transfer coefficient with increasing sample diameter. Compared with the patterns of influence of sample size on the thermophysical properties of spherical samples. It was revealed that spherical samples cool faster than cylindrical samples of the same mass, and the heat transfer coefficients are higher.