Study of heat transfer of a helium–xenon mixture in heated channels with different cross-sectional shapes

Abstract

This paper describes the results of an experimental study of heat transfer in the case of the flow of a helium–xenon mixture with a Prandtl number approximately equal to 0.23 and the flows of pure helium and air in heated tubes of circular or triangular cross sections with a constant density of the heat flow. The region of thermal stability is studied. The law of heat transfer on the stabilized region is compared with known relationships. The approach that helps obtaining an expression for the calculation of heat transfer in heat transfer devices with circular and triangular cross sections, which operate in a mixture heating mode on the initial region, is developed.