Investigation of the Degree of Augmentation of the Mass Transfer Coefficient of the Heat Transfer Medium in a Vortex Heat Exchanger of a Gas Pressure Regulating and Metering Station Heating System
Purpose of research. is to investigate the degree of augmentation of the mass transfer coefficient of a heat transfer medium in contact with a "spot" of liquid on the surface of the vortex blade when it is bombarded with dispersed contaminants in a vortex heat exchanger in order to identify a pattern that allows obtaining design values of the heat transfer coefficient of the heat transfer medium that have the best agreement with the experimental values provided in previously published articles [4, 6, 7]. Methods. A complex analysis of the degree of augmentation of the mass transfer coefficient of the heat transfer medium on the surface of the vortex blade in a vortex heat exchanger based on the known theoretical positions and equations of heat and mass transfer processes. Results. The dependence of the augmentation of the mass transfer coefficient of the heat transfer medium in contact with the "spot" of liquid on the surface of the vortex blade when it is bombarded with dispersed contaminants was obtained, which allows obtaining the best agreement of the design and experimental values of the heat transfer coefficient in the vortex heat exchanger of a gas pressure regulating and metering station. Conclusion. The values of the heat transfer coefficient of the heat transfer medium calculated using the obtained dependence of the augmentation of the mass transfer coefficient of the heat transfer medium have a satisfactory convergence with the experimental data, which allows us to use this dependence in engineering calculations of the design parameters of the vortex heat exchanger used as a heat exchanger for the heating system of the working area of the gas pressure regulating and metering station. This technical solution allows not only saving natural gas as a source of heat generation, but also reducing the negative impact on the environment, since there is no need to burn natural gas. In this case, the production of thermal energy is carried out due to a regulated pressure drop of natural gas coming from the main line to consumers.