Double-pass shell-and-tube heat exchanger performance enhancement with new combined baffle and elliptical tube bundle arrangement

2021 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 106999
Author(s):  
Ali Akbar Abbasian Arani ◽  
Hamed Uosofvand
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Double Pass ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shell And Tube

scholarly journals PIV measurement of tube-side in a shell and tube heat exchanger

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Wang ◽  
Zixu Zhang ◽  
Qiong Liu ◽  
Xincheng Tu ◽  
Hyoung-Bum Kim
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
Minimal Effect ◽  
Vortex Generation ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Piv Measurement ◽  
Shell And Tube ◽  
Better Than

Abstract In order to improve the performance of the shell and tube heat exchanger, a porous baffle and a splitter bar are employed in this research. Through the arrangement of the porous baffle in the tube-side inlet and the splitter bar in the tube, the flow distribution of liquid in the heat exchanger is improved. PIV technology is used to investigate the unsteady flow in the tube-side inlet and the outlet of different models. The porous baffle significantly improves the flow of fluid in the shell and tube heat exchanger, especially by eliminating/minimizing the maldistribution of fluid flow in the tube-side inlet. The performance of the arc baffle is better than that of the straight baffle. The splitter bar has a minimal effect on the flow field of the tube-side inlet, but it effectively improves the flow in the tube bundle and restrains the vortex generation in the tube-side outlet.

Numerical Study of Flow Induced Vibration of the Tube Bundle in a Lash Baffle Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyang Sun ◽  
Caifu Qian
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Lateral Displacement ◽  
Small Hole ◽  
Flow Induced Vibration ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
New Type ◽  
Shell And Tube ◽  
Jet Characteristics

In this paper, flow induced vibration of the tube bundle in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with a new type of baffle, namely large-and-small-hole or LASH baffle, is studied numerically and compared with that in a segmental baffle shell-and-tube heat exchanger. It is found that as a parallel flow with jet characteristics between the large holes and tubes conducted by the LASH baffles, the fluid-induced vibration of tube bundle in the LASH baffle heat exchanger can be prevented and the lateral displacement variation is greatly decreased.

scholarly journals Effect of segmental baffles on the shell-and-tube heat exchanger effectiveness

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mica Vukic ◽  
Mladen Tomic ◽  
Predrag Zivkovic ◽  
Gradimir Ilic
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Shell Side ◽  
Cool Water ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Shell And Tube

In this paper, the results of the experimental investigations of fluid flow and heat transfer in laboratory experimental shell-and-tube heat exchanger are presented. Shell-and-tube heat exchanger is with one pass of warm water on the shell side and two passes of cool water in tube bundle. Shell-and-tube heat exchanger is with 24x2 tubes (U-tube) in triangle layout. During each experimental run, the pressure drops and the fluid temperatures on shell side, along the shell-and-tube heat exchanger (at positions defined in advance) have been measured. Special attention was made to the investigation of the segmental baffles number influence of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger effectiveness.

Turbulent Flow in a No-Tube-in-Window Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger: CFD vs PIV

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salem Bouhairie ◽  
Siddharth Talapatra ◽  
Kevin Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
Adiabatic Flow ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shell And Tube

A research-scale shell-and-tube heat exchanger housing a no-tube-in-window (NTIW) arrangement of tubes is analyzed using ANSYS® FLUENT. Three-dimensional, computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations of adiabatic flow in a periodic section of the exchanger were conducted. The numerical results were compared to particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements in the window region where tubes are not present. As part of the study, the k-epsilon with scalable wall function, k-omega with shear stress transport (SST), Reynolds Stress (RSM), and Scale Adaptive Simulation (SAS) turbulence models were assessed. Each turbulence model showed some similarities with the recorded phenomena, but none fully captured the complexity of flow field outside of the tube bundle. Additional simulations of an entire NTIW exchanger model were performed to examine the flow behavior between the window and crossflow regions, as window momentum flux, ρu2, limits are a concern for safe mechanical design.

scholarly journals Configuration Optimization and Performance Comparison of STHX-DDB and STHX-SB by A Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Xu ◽  
Yingqing Guo ◽  
Haotian Mao ◽  
Fuqiang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Shell Side ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Side Pressure ◽  
Heat Transfer Capacity ◽  
Shell And Tube ◽  
Optimal Configurations

Based on the thermohydraulic calculation model verified in this study and Non-dominated Sorted Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II), a multi-objective configuration optimization method is proposed, and the performances of shell-and-tube heat exchanger with disc-and-doughnut baffles (STHX-DDB) and shell-and-tube heat exchanger with segmental baffles (STHX-SB) are compared after optimization. The results show that, except in the high range of heat transfer capacity of 16.5–17 kW, the thermohydraulic performance of STHX-DDB is better. Tube bundle diameter, inside tube bundle diameter, number of baffles of STHX-DDB and tube bundle diameter, baffle cut, number of baffles of STHX-SB are chosen as design parameters, and heat transfer capacity maximization and shell-side pressure drop minimization are considered as common optimization objectives. Three optimal configurations are obtained for STHX-DDB and another three are obtained for STHX-SB. The optimal results show that all the six selected optimal configurations are better than the original configurations. For STHX-DDB and STHX-SB, compared with the original configurations, the heat transfer capacity of optimal configurations increases by 6.26% on average and 5.16%, respectively, while the shell-side pressure drop decreases by 44.33% and 19.16% on average, respectively. It indicates that the optimization method is valid and feasible and can provide a significant reference for shell-and-tube heat exchanger design.

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