An experimental study was conducted for the heat transfer from hot walls to liquid water sprays. Three thickness, oval, full cone nozzles were used at different pressures, giving specific water flow rate impinging on the wall, W, from 20 to 200 liter/...
An experimental study was conducted for the heat transfer from hot walls to liquid water sprays. Three thickness, oval, full cone nozzles were used at different pressures, giving specific water flow rate impinging on the wall, W, from 20 to 200 liter/㎡ sec.
A test-piece was heated to about 500℃ and rapidly cooled by water sprays. Two inner temperatures were measured by thermocouples.
The inverse heat conduction problem was then solved to yield the wall temperature and the heat flux transferred to the spray at temperature. As a result, cooling curves expressing the heat flux as a function of wall temperature were obtained. The heat fluxes were found to depend on the specific water flow rate and wall temperature. Simple correlations for heat fluxes were proposed.