TITLE:
Hydrodynamics of Liquid Film in Helical Tubes
AUTHORS:
Mohammed Salah Hameed, Masab Kadhim Jawad
KEYWORDS:
Liquid Film; Flow in Helical Tube; Film Hydrodynamic
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science,
Vol.2 No.1,
December
31,
2011
ABSTRACT: Hydrodynamic experiments on a liquid film are carried out using water in both straight and helical tubes at angles of inclination ranging between 2.5° and 5° and on three different coil diameters (23.86 cm, 32.74 cm and 41.13 cm) for film Reynolds numbers ranging from 100 to 2000. The film thickness is measured by two micrometers, arranged to measure vertical and horizontal distances within the cross section of the tube. The results of film thickness are related to the hydraulic radius to characterize the film flow in both types of tube. Momentum transfer rates are shown to be higher in helical tubes than in the straight incline tube. An empirical correlation is presented for film thickness in the helical tube in terms of NT (coil tube)/NT (straight tube) for film Dean number ranging from 1 to 1000.