A Study of The Application of Vortex Tube for Temperature Reduction of Heated Volume

DOI: 10.14416/j.ind.tech.2023.12.005

Authors

  • Seekharin Komonhirun Department of Power Engineering Technology, College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
  • Warissara Suriyasing Department of Power Engineering Technology, College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
  • Anuphong No-inkaew Department of Power Engineering Technology, College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
  • Pongpol Sanjaiwong Department of Power Engineering Technology, College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
  • Weerayut Jitwiriya Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok

Keywords:

Vortex tube, Cooling Application, Heat transfer, Turbulent flow

Abstract

Vortex tube is the device that used for spot cooling. It uses only compressed air as the main supply to induce the swirl phenomena inside the tube. It consists of the cold and hot end at the opposite side of the tube. The cold outlet releases cold air that can be used for cooling application while the hot air is dumped out as a waste. In this research, the vortex tube is designed and applied to cool down the simulated heated volume with an electronic heater. The hot end of the vortex tube is modified with four different numbers of outlets, 4 holes, 8 holes, 12 holes and 16 holes in order to achieve the best cooling efficiency. The results show that the increasing number of hot outlet holes can decrease the cold end temperature. The heat transfer rate inside the vortex tube is improved by letting the high amount of heat escaped through the hot end with a mass flow rate whereas the vortex phenomena inside is still maintained. In the experiment, the cooling of the heated volume using vortex tube can reduce the air temperature inside the volume from 50 OC to the lowest at 38 OC during 60 minutes of operation which can prevent the electronic failure due to the accumulated heat inside the box.

References

S. Eiamsa-ard and P. Promvonge, Review of Ranque–Hilsch effects in vortex tubes, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2008, 12, 1822-1842.

H.R. Thakare and A.D. Parekh, Experimental investigation of Ranque—Hilsch vortex tube and techno – Economical evaluation of its industrial utility, Applied Thermal Engineering, 169, 2020, 114934.

R. Sterkenburg, Aircraft maintenance and repair, 8th Ed., McGraw-Hill Company Inc., NY, USA, 2019.

V. Gorbunov, S. Kuznetsov, A. Savvina and I. Poleshkina, Methodological aspects of avionics reliability at low temperatures during aircraft operation in the Far North and the Arctic, Transportation Research Procedia, 2021, 57, 220-229.

J.R. Simoes-Moreira, An air-standard cycle and a thermodynamic perspective on operational limits of Ranque–Hilsh or vortex tubes, International Journal of Refrigeration, 2010, 33, 765-773.

K. Dincer, S. Baskaya, B.Z. Uysal and I. Ucgul, Experimental investigation of the performance of a Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube with regard to a plug located at the hot outlet, International Journal of Refrigeration, 2009, 32, 87-94

R. Godbole and P.A. Ramakrishna, Design guidelines for the vortex tube, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2020, 118, 110169.

I. Cebeci, V. Kirmaci and U. Topcuoglu, The effects of orifice nozzle number and nozzle made of polyamide plastic and aluminum with different inlet pressures on heating and cooling performance of counter flow ranque-hılsch vortex tubes: an experimental investigation, International Journal of Refrigeration, 2016, 72, 140-146.

H. Ahmed, M.S. Ahmed, M. Attalla and A.A. El-Wafa, An experimental study of nozzle number on Ranque Hilsch counter-flow vortex tube, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2017, 82, 381-389.

S.U. Nimbalkar and M.R. Muller, An experimental investigation of the optimum geometry for the cold end orifice of a vortex tube, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2009, 55, 509-514.

B. Markal, O. Aydin and M. Avci, An experimental study on the effect of the valve angle of counter-flow Ranque–Hilsch vortex tubes on thermal energy separation, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2010, 34, 966-971.

K. Devade and A. Pise, Effect of cold orifice diameter and geometry of hot end valves on performance of converging type Ranque Hilsch vortex tube, Energy Procedia, 2014, 54, 642-653.

Y. Xue, M. Arjomandi and R. Kelso, A critical review of temperature separation in a vortex tube, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2010, 34, 1367-1374.

D.G. Akhmetov and T.D. Akhmetov, Flow structure and mechanism of heat transfer in a Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2020, 113, 110024.

A. Poolkrajang and N. Preamjai, A study of air cooling efficiency in vortex tube, The Journal of Industrial Technology, 2012, 8, 28-36. (in Thai)

Downloads

Published

2023-12-24

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2023): September-December

Section

บทความวิจัย (Research article)

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

ผลงานวิจัยและบทความวิชาการที่ปรากฏในวารสารนี้ เป็นความคิดเห็นอิสระของผู้เขียน ผู้เขียนจะต้องเป็นผู้รับผิดชอบต่อผลทางกฎหมายใด ๆ ที่อาจจะเกิดขึ้นจากบทความนั้น กองบรรณาธิการและคณะจัดทำวารสารฯไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วยเสมอไป