Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Prediction of the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in Evaporative Mini-Tubes

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Autore principale: Ricardo Romero-Méndez
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contents Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Prediction of the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in Evaporative Mini-Tubes Ricardo Romero-Méndez Patricia Lara-Vázquez Francisco Oviedo-Tolentino Héctor Martín Durán-García Francisco Gerardo Pérez-Gutiérrez Arturo Pacheco-Vega Ingeniería mini tubes thermal systems compact evaporators convective heat transfer In this work, artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used to characterize the convective heat transfer rate that occurs during the evaporation of a refrigerant flowing inside tubes of very small diameter. An experimental setup based on an inverse Rankine refrigeration cycle is used to obtain the heat transfer data in an R-134a refrigerant mini-tube evaporator set operated under constant heat flux conditions. A considerable amount of data was acquired to map the thermal performance of the evaporative process under analysis, 75% of which were used for training the ANN and 25% were reserved for prediction purposes. Several neural network configurations were trained and the most accurate was selected to predict the thermal behavior. The results obtained in this investigation reveal the convenience of using ANNs as an accurate predictive tool for determination of convective heat transfer rates inside mini-tube evaporators. 2016 artículo científico 1405-7743 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=40443470003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/40443470003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=404 Ingeniería. Investigación y Tecnología application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ingeniería. Investigación y Tecnología (México) Num.1 Vol.XVII
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spellingShingle Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Prediction of the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in Evaporative Mini-Tubes
Ricardo Romero-Méndez
Ingeniería
mini
tubes
thermal systems
compact evaporators
convective heat transfer
Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Prediction of the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in Evaporative Mini-Tubes Ricardo Romero-Méndez Patricia Lara-Vázquez Francisco Oviedo-Tolentino Héctor Martín Durán-García Francisco Gerardo Pérez-Gutiérrez Arturo Pacheco-Vega Ingeniería mini tubes thermal systems compact evaporators convective heat transfer In this work, artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used to characterize the convective heat transfer rate that occurs during the evaporation of a refrigerant flowing inside tubes of very small diameter. An experimental setup based on an inverse Rankine refrigeration cycle is used to obtain the heat transfer data in an R-134a refrigerant mini-tube evaporator set operated under constant heat flux conditions. A considerable amount of data was acquired to map the thermal performance of the evaporative process under analysis, 75% of which were used for training the ANN and 25% were reserved for prediction purposes. Several neural network configurations were trained and the most accurate was selected to predict the thermal behavior. The results obtained in this investigation reveal the convenience of using ANNs as an accurate predictive tool for determination of convective heat transfer rates inside mini-tube evaporators. 2016 artículo científico 1405-7743 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=40443470003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/40443470003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/404/40443470003/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=404 Ingeniería. Investigación y Tecnología application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ingeniería. Investigación y Tecnología (México) Num.1 Vol.XVII
title Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Prediction of the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in Evaporative Mini-Tubes
topic Ingeniería
mini
tubes
thermal systems
compact evaporators
convective heat transfer
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