Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions

Cryogenics is concerned with working with fluids at very low temperatures; less than 120 K. Cryogenic pipe flow is very different compared to normal fluid pipe flow in terms of evaluation and analysis due to the fluid state change that is caused by a heat leak in cryogenics during transportation thr...

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Main Authors: Lim, Chong Lye, Adam, Nor Mariah, Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72147/1/Cryogenic%20pipe%20flow%20simulation%20for%20liquid%20nitrogen%20with%20vacuum%20insulated%20pipe.pdf
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author Lim, Chong Lye
Adam, Nor Mariah
Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin
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Adam, Nor Mariah
Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin
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description Cryogenics is concerned with working with fluids at very low temperatures; less than 120 K. Cryogenic pipe flow is very different compared to normal fluid pipe flow in terms of evaluation and analysis due to the fluid state change that is caused by a heat leak in cryogenics during transportation through the transfer line. As the cryogenic system is necessarily immersed in insulation, it becomes more difficult to access. Numerical solutions and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations that are non-disruptive and relatively low in cost are an advanced alternative for studying cryogenic systems. The present study reports the liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation for process pipe with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and with Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation to understand the temperature distribution in the pipe flow under steady-state conditions. The 3-dimensional liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation has been conducted using ANSYS FLUENT software. The temperature distributions resulting from the liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation with VIP are within the range of 77.0 K to 82.1 K for inlet volume flow rates from 250 LPH to 2000 LPH. The optimum result in terms of the temperature distributions was produced from the liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation with VIP.
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spelling upm.eprints-721472020-03-04T07:20:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72147/ Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions Lim, Chong Lye Adam, Nor Mariah Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin Cryogenics is concerned with working with fluids at very low temperatures; less than 120 K. Cryogenic pipe flow is very different compared to normal fluid pipe flow in terms of evaluation and analysis due to the fluid state change that is caused by a heat leak in cryogenics during transportation through the transfer line. As the cryogenic system is necessarily immersed in insulation, it becomes more difficult to access. Numerical solutions and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations that are non-disruptive and relatively low in cost are an advanced alternative for studying cryogenic systems. The present study reports the liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation for process pipe with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and with Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation to understand the temperature distribution in the pipe flow under steady-state conditions. The 3-dimensional liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation has been conducted using ANSYS FLUENT software. The temperature distributions resulting from the liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation with VIP are within the range of 77.0 K to 82.1 K for inlet volume flow rates from 250 LPH to 2000 LPH. The optimum result in terms of the temperature distributions was produced from the liquid nitrogen pipe flow simulation with VIP. Elsevier 2018-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72147/1/Cryogenic%20pipe%20flow%20simulation%20for%20liquid%20nitrogen%20with%20vacuum%20insulated%20pipe.pdf Lim, Chong Lye and Adam, Nor Mariah and Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin (2018) Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 7. 302 - 310. ISSN 2451-9049 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451904917304870#! 10.1016/j.tsep.2018.07.009
spellingShingle Lim, Chong Lye
Adam, Nor Mariah
Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin
Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions
title Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions
title_full Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions
title_fullStr Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions
title_full_unstemmed Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions
title_short Cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe (VIP) and Polyurethane (PU) foam insulation under steady-state conditions
title_sort cryogenic pipe flow simulation for liquid nitrogen with vacuum insulated pipe vip and polyurethane pu foam insulation under steady state conditions
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72147/1/Cryogenic%20pipe%20flow%20simulation%20for%20liquid%20nitrogen%20with%20vacuum%20insulated%20pipe.pdf
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