scholarly journals Features of creation and use of effective heat exchangers

2020 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 01124
Author(s):  
Shavkat Agzamov ◽  
Sevinar Nematova

The article discusses the features of the creation and use of efficient heat exchanger. Designs of pipes with a developed heat exchange is presented. The procedure for determining the degree of development of the heat exchanging surface, the heat transfer coefficient, and the calculation of the heat transfer equation are given. As a result of creating efficient heat exchangers, three main parameters are used: the pipe outside diameter; the estimated flow rate; the Prandtl number.

Author(s):  
Djamalutdin Chalaev ◽  
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Nina Silnyagina ◽  

The use of advanced heat transfer surfaces (corrugated tubes of various modifications) is an effective way to intensify the heat transfer and improve the hydraulic characteristics of tubular heat exchangers. The methods for evaluating the use of such surfaces as working elements in tubular heat exchangers have not been developed so far. The thermal and hydrodynamic processes occurring in the tubes with the developed surfaces were studied to evaluate the efficiency of heat exchange therein. Thin-walled corrugated flexible stainless steel tubes of various modifications were used in experimental studies. The researches were carried out on a laboratory stand, which was designed as a heat exchanger type "tube in tube" with a corrugated inner tube. The stand was equipped with sensors to measure the thermal hydraulic flow conditions. The comparative analysis of operation modes of the heat exchanger with a corrugated inner tube of various modifications and the heat exchanger with a smooth inner tube was performed according to the obtained data. Materials and methods. A convective component of the heat transfer coefficient of corrugated tube increased significantly at identical flow conditions comparing with a smooth tube. Increasing the heat transfer coefficient was in the range of 2.0 to 2.6, and increased with increasing Reynolds number. The increase in heat transfer of specified range outstripped the gain of hydraulic resistance caused by increase of the flow. Results and discussion. CFD model in the software ANSYS CFX 14.5 was adapted to estimate the effect of the tube geometry on the intensity of the heat transfer process. A two-dimensional axially symmetric computer model was used for the calculation. The model is based on Reynolds equation (Navier-Stokes equations for turbulent flow), the continuity equation and the energy equation supplemented by the conditions of uniqueness. SST-turbulence model was used for the solution of the equations. The problem was solved in the conjugate formulation, which allowed assessing the efficiency of heat exchange, depending on various parameters (coolant temperature, coolant velocity, pressure). The criteria dependences were obtained Nu = f (Re, Pr). Conclusions. The use a corrugated tube as a working element in tubular heat exchangers can improve the heat transfer coefficient of 2.0 - 2.6 times, with an increase in hydraulic resistance in the heat exchanger of 2 times (compared with the use of smooth tubes). The criteria dependences obtained on the basis of experimental studies and mathematical modeling allow developing a methodology for engineering calculations for the design of new efficient heat exchangers with corrugated tubes.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-461
Author(s):  
Artur Rubcov ◽  
Sabina Paulauskaitė ◽  
Violeta Misevičiūtė

The paper provides the results of experimental and theoretical test of a wavy fin and tube heat exchanger used to cool air in a ventilation system when the wavy fin of the heat exchanger is dry and wet. The experimental tests, performed in the range of 1000<Re<4500 of the Reynolds number applying LMTD-LMED methodology, determined the dependency of the heat transfer coefficient on the supplied air flow rate with the varying geometry of the heat exchanger (the number of tube rows, the distance between fins, the thickness of the fin and the diameter of the tube). The experimental tests were performed on 9 heat exchangers in heating and 6 heat exchangers in cooling mode. After processing the results of the experimental tests, empirical equation defining the characteristics of the heat transfer coefficient of all heat exchangers were derived. The maximum heat transfer coefficient deviation is 11.6 percent. The correction factor of the wet fin (Lewis number) depending on the number of Reynolds, which ranges from 0.75 to 1.1 also is determined. Maximum capacity deviation equals 3.7 percent. The obtained equations can only be applied to a certain group of heat exchangers (with the same shape of fins or the distance between the tubes). The results of the experimental test and simulation with ANSYS program are compared and the heat transfer coefficients vary from 6.5 to 11.4 percent.


Author(s):  
Dahai Guo ◽  
Danesh K. Tafti

The effect of inlet flow angles on flat tube multilouvered fin heat exchangers is studied. Five inlet flow angles, α= ±25, ±45 and 0 degrees are employed with respect to the face of the heat exchanger. One louver angle θ = 25 degrees, and three fin pitches, Fp = 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 are considered. There is a strong correlation between the response of the flow efficiency and heat transfer coefficient to inlet flow angle. Positive flow angles, which are in the same direction as the louver angle, have to undergo a smaller rotation to be aligned with louver directed flow in the bank, and exhibit better performance characteristics than negative inlet flow angles. The first-order effect of inlet flow angles is to reduce the effective mass flow rate and Reynolds number through the heat exchanger. For positive flow angles and small fin pitches, the heat transfer coefficient correlates well with the effective Reynolds number {Reeff = Re(cosα)}. However, this is not the case when flow angles are negative and the fin pitch increases. Under these conditions, the Nusselt number deviates considerably from the effective Reynolds number analogy, with a subsequent loss in heat transfer capability. For large negative inlet flow angles (α = −45), the heat transfer coefficient drops as much as 50% for a fin pitch Fp = 2.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 1750020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nallusamy ◽  
N. Manikanda Prabu

Heat exchanger plays an essential part in industrial sector in transferring the heat energy. Heat is exchanged between fluids in convection and conduction mode through the walls of the heat exchanger. If the heat transfer medium has low thermal conductivity, it will greatly limit the efficiency of the heat exchanger. Whenever the system acts subjected to an increase in the heat load, heat fluxes caused by more power and smaller size, cooling is one of the technical challenges faced by the industries. The objective of this research work is to evaluate the overall heat transfer coefficient through an experimental analysis on the convective heat transfer and flow characteristics of a nanofluid. In our experiment, the nanofluid consists of water and one percentage volume concentration of Al2O3-water nanofluid flowing through parallel and counter flow in shell and tube heat exchangers. About 50[Formula: see text]nm diameter of Al2O3 nanoparticles was used in this analysis and found that the overall heat transfer coefficient and convective heat transfer coefficient of nanofluid were slightly higher than those of the base liquid at same mass flow rate and inlet temperature. Here, there are three samples of dissimilar mass flow rates, which have been identified for conducting the experiments and their results are continuously monitored and reported. Finally, the observed results through an experimental investigation were presented and concluded that the enhancement of overall heat transfer coefficient is likely to be feasible by means of increasing the mass flow rate of base fluid and prepared nanofluid on the proportional basis.


Author(s):  
Chien-Yuh Yang ◽  
Wei-Chi Liu

Attributed to its high heat transfer coefficient, evaporating cooling involving the use of micro heat exchangers is considered a possible thermal management solution for cooling of high heat flux electronic devices. The desire to develop high-performance micro heat exchangers operating in the evaporation regime provides a major motivation for the present work. Methanol evaporated in two micro heat exchangers with chevron flow passages and straight flow passages respectively were tested in the present study. The test results show that the heat transfer coefficient increased with increasing flow rate in both chevron and straight flow passages micro heat exchangers. However, the effect of vapor quality on the heat transfer coefficient in the straight passages heat exchanger is in adverse to that in the chevron passages heat exchanger. The heat transfer coefficient increased with increasing vapor quality in the chevron passages heat exchanger but decreased in the straight passages heat exchanger. The flow visualization through transparent cover heat exchangers showed that the liquid film inside channel is partially dry out in the straight passages heat exchanger. The dryout portion area increased with increasing heating rate and exit vapor quality. This degraded the average heat transfer performance for evaporation in the straight passages heat exchanger. Because of the surface tension effect, the liquid film was dragged at the intersection corner of the upper and lower plate chevron passages. There is no significant dryout portion in the chevron passages heat exchanger. The relation of vapor quality with heat transfer performance in chevron passages heat exchanger is therefore similar to the boiling in a single channel prior to critical heat flux condition.


2021 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 01011
Author(s):  
R Elakkiyadasan ◽  
Kumar P Manoj ◽  
M Subramanian ◽  
N Balaji ◽  
M Karthick ◽  
...  

In the current work, attempt for enhancing the heat exchanger of the shell and tube by analyzing the various parameters. The heat exchanger is a device used to transfer heat between at least two fluids. In the different kinds of heat exchangers utilized in various industries, shell and tube heat exchangers are presumably the most adaptable and widely heat exchangers utilized in most industrial areas. Based on the relationship between different parameters such as tube velocity, overall heat transfer coefficient, mass flow rate, and pumping power, analysis is carried out. Results show that the tube velocity increases the overall heat transfer coefficient, total pressure drop and mass flow rate of water, Pumping Power, up to the certain limit and starts to decrease. So that the parameters can be optimized by conducting the experiments based on different input parameters. The parameters which influence the optimal result are researched and recommended.


2018 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 02004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Bury ◽  
Małgorzata Hanuszkiewicz Drapała

The work is a part of a thermodynamic analysis of a finned cross-flow heat exchanger of the liquid-gas type. The heat transfer coefficients on the liquid and the gas side and the area of the heat transfer are the main parameters describing such a device. The basic problem in computations of such heat exchangers is determination of the coefficient of the heat transfer from the finned surfaces to the gas. The differences in the heat transfer coefficient local values resulting from the non-uniform flow of mediums through the exchanger complicates the analysis additionally. Six Nusselt number relationships are selected as suitable for the considered heat exchanger, and they are used to calculate the heat transfer coefficient for the air temperature ranging from 10°C to 30°C and for the velocity values ranging from 2 m/s to 20 m/s. In the next step, the gas-side heat transfer coefficient is determined by means of numerical simulations using a numerical model of a repetitive fragment of the heat exchanger under consideration. Finally, the Wilson plot method is also used. The work focuses on an analysis of the in-house HEWES code sensitivity to the method of the heat transfer coefficient determination. The authors believe that the analysis may also be useful for the evaluation of different methods of the heat transfer coefficient computation.


Author(s):  
Artur Rubcov ◽  
Sabina Paulauskaitė ◽  
Violeta Misevičiūtė

The paper provides the results of experimental tests of a wavy fin and tube heat exchanger used to heat (cool) air in a ventilation system when the wavy fin of the heat exchanger is dry and wet. The experimental tests, performed in the range of 1000<Re<4500 of the Reynolds number, determined the dependency of the heat transfer coefficient on the amount of supplied air with the varying geometry of the heat exchanger (the number of tube rows, the distance between fins, the thickness of the fin and the diameter of the tube). The experimental tests were performed on 9 heat exchangers in heating mode (dry fin) and 6 heat exchangers in cooling mode (wet fin). The ratio of heat transfer coefficient values when the fin is dry and wet varies from 0.79 to 1.12. After processing the results of the experimental tests, equations defining the dependency of the heat transfer coefficient on the amount of air and varying geometric parameters of the heat exchanger were derived, based on which 86% to 88% of the results do not exceed the 10% tolerance margin and the standard deviation varies from 3.5% to 4.3%.


1948 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 351-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Schmidt

The problem of contra-flow heat exchangers, for gases at turbulent flow, is treated in a general way, using the analogy between heat transfer and friction. For making this analogy more evident, another non-dimensional heat transfer coefficient is introduced. This number may be used profitably instead of the Nusselt number for describing heat transfer in tubes, and in similar problems. Thus the main dimensions of the apparatus are given in formulae based on the intended heat exchange, the total drop of temperature, the total loss of energy, and the properties of the fluid. It is shown that weight and total volume of the heat exchanger depend on the ratio of temperature drop and loss of energy on both sides of the heat exchanging surface. The conditions of minimum weight and minimum volume are derived.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
N. P. Grigorova ◽  
P. V. Monastyrev ◽  
E. G. Pakhomova ◽  
N. E. Semicheva

Purpose of research. To obtain a two-parameter model characterizing the aerodynamic and heat exchange processes occurring in a vortex heat exchanger, giving a better agreement between the calculated and experimental values of the heat transfer coefficient taking into account the curvature of the swirling gas flow in a vortex heat exchanger, in which a controlled gas pressure drop is used as a source of thermal energy. This technical solution will make it possible to abandon the installation of autonomous sources of thermal energy, which will reduce the cost of gas as a fuel in the heating system of the industrial premises of the gas distribution point (GDP), as well as provide more comfortable working conditions for the hydraulic fracturing pressure regulator. Methods. Comprehensive analysis of thermal and hydraulic characteristics in a vortex heat exchanger is based on well-known theoretical positions and equations of motion of a swirling gas flow and heat exchange laws. Results. It is obtained a dependence that characterizes the intensification of heat transfer based on the influence of the axial and rotational speed, as well as the path of motion of the swirling gas flow. This dependence is obtained on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the aerodynamic and heat exchange characteristics of a vortex heat exchanger, in which a controlled gas pressure drop is used as a source of thermal energy. Conclusion. The obtained two-parameter model gives the best agreement of the calculated values of the heat transfer coefficient with the values obtained experimentally, which were used in the thermal engineering calculation of the design parameters of the vortex heat exchanger.


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