scholarly journals A New Cross-Flow Tube Bundle Heat Exchanger with Staggered Hot and Cold Tubes for Thermophoretic Deposition of Submicron Aerosol Particles

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1153-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Liang Chien ◽  
Shih-Hsuan Huang ◽  
Chuen-Jinn Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Flow Tube ◽  
Submicron Aerosol

Dynamic Characteristics of a Mistuned Heat Exchanger in Cross-Flow

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Wun Huang ◽  
Huang-Kuang Kung ◽  
Jao-Hwa Kuang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Water Film ◽  
Local Defect ◽  
Mode Localization ◽  
Localization Phenomenon

The dynamic behaviors of tubes of a heat exchanger are frequently affected by the existence of local flaw. These tubes are worn from the hot-cold fluid shock waves. This local defect may alter the tube dynamics and introduce mode localization in the periodically arranged tube array. The variation of the dynamic characteristics of a component cooling water heat exchanger with wear tubes in cross-flow is investigated in this study. Periodically coupled cooling tubes are used to approximate a heat exchanger. Each tube is considered to be coupled to adjacent tubes through the squeezed water film in the gaps. This work addresses the probability of mode localization is occurring in a heat exchanger in cross-flow. A dynamic model of the coupled tube bundle is proposed. The numerical results reveal that the local defect in a tube array may introduce the so-called mode localization phenomenon in a periodically coupled tube bundle.

Modeling and Simulation of Cross-Flow Induced Vibration in a Multi-Span Tube Bundle

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahab Khushnood ◽  
Zaffar M. Khan ◽  
M. Afzaal Malik ◽  
Zafarullah Koreshi ◽  
Mahmood Anwar Khan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Fatigue Cracking ◽  
Acoustic Resonance ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
Variable Geometry ◽  
Flow Induced Vibration ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Tube Bundles

Flow-induced vibration in steam generator and heat exchanger tube bundles has been a source of major concern in nuclear and process industry. Tubes in a bundle are the most flexible components of the assembly. Flow induced vibration mechanisms, like fluid-elastic instability, vortex shedding, turbulence induced excitation and acoustic resonance results in failure due to mechanical wear, fretting and fatigue cracking. The general trend in heat exchanger design is towards larger exchangers with increased shell side velocities. Costly plant shutdowns have been the motivation for research in the area of cross-flow induced vibration in steam generators and process exchangers. The current paper focuses on the development of a computer code (FIVPAK) for the design (natural frequencies, variable geometry, tube pitch & pattern, mass damping parameter, reduced velocity, strouhal and damage numbers, added mass, wear work rates, void fraction for two-phase, turbulence and acoustic considerations etc.) of tube bundles with respect to cross flow-induced vibration. The code has been validated against Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers (TEMA), Flow-Induced Vibration code (FIV), and results on an actual variable geometry exchanger, specially manufactured to simulate real systems. The proposed code is expected to prove a useful tool in designing a tube bundle and to evaluate the performance of an existing system.

scholarly journals Numerical investigation of flow distribution in tubular space of fin-and-tube heat exchanger

2018 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 02011
Author(s):  
Tomasz Stelmach
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Ansys Cfx ◽  
Measurement Results

This paper presents the experimental and numerical investigation of flow distribution in the tubular space of cross-flow fin-and-tube heat exchanger. The tube bundle with two rows arranged in staggered formation is considered. A standard heat exchanged manifold, with inlet nozzle pipe located asymmetrically is considered. The outlet nozzle pipe is located in the middle of the outlet manifold. A developed experimental setup allows one to measure volumetric flow rate in heat exchanger tubes using the ultrasonic flowmeters. The measurement results are then compared with CFD simulation in ANSYS CFX code using the SSG Reynolds Stress turbulence model, and a good agreement is found for tube Re numbers varied from 1800 to 3100.

A Comparative Study of Cross-Flow Induced Vibrations in Heat Exchanger Tube Bundles Using Bond Graph Approach

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Afzaal Malik ◽  
Badar Rashid ◽  
Shahab Khushnood
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Bond Graph ◽  
Heat Exchanger Tube ◽  
Flow Induced Vibration ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Tube Bundles ◽  
Exchanger Tube

Flow-induced vibration (FIV) has been a major concern in the nuclear and process industries involving steam generator and heat exchanger tube bundle design. Various techniques and models have been developed and used for the analysis of cross-flow induced vibration of tube bundles. Bond Graph approach has been applied to existing FIV excitation models, followed by a comparative study. Results have been obtained using 20-SIM software. It is expected that the current approach will give a new dimension to the FIV analysis of tube bundles.

scholarly journals Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis-Based Flow Distribution and Heat Transfer Model

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Létal ◽  
Vojtěch Turek ◽  
Dominika Babička Fialová ◽  
Zdeněk Jegla
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Flow Tube ◽  
Element Analysis

A new strategy for fast, approximate analyses of fluid flow and heat transfer is presented. It is based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and is intended for large yet structurally fairly simple heat transfer equipment commonly used in process and power industries (e.g., cross-flow tube bundle heat exchangers), which can be described using sets of interconnected 1-D meshes. The underlying steady-state model couples an FEA-based (linear) predictor step with a nonlinear corrector step, which results in the ability to handle both laminar and turbulent flows. There are no limitations in terms of the allowed temperature range other than those potentially stemming from the usage of fluid physical property computer libraries. Since the fluid flow submodel has already been discussed in the referenced conference paper, the present article focuses on the prediction of the tube side and the shell side temperature fields. A simple cross-flow tube bundle heat exchanger from the literature and a heat recovery hot water boiler in an existing combined heat and power plant, for which stream data are available from its operator, are evaluated to assess the performance of the model. To gain further insight, the results obtained using the model for the heat recovery hot water boiler are also compared to the values yielded by an industry-standard heat transfer equipment design software package. Although the presented strategy is still a “work in progress” and requires thorough validation, the results obtained thus far suggest it may be a promising research direction.

scholarly journals Analysis of radiative heat transfer impact in cross-flow tube and fin heat exchangers

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-112
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Hanuszkiewicz-Drapała ◽  
Tomasz Bury ◽  
Katarzyna Widziewicz
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Radiative Heat Transfer ◽  
Radiative Heat ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Flow Tube ◽  
Transfer Rates

AbstractA cross-flow, tube and fin heat exchanger of the water – air type is the subject of the analysis. The analysis had experimental and computational form and was aimed for evaluation of radiative heat transfer impact on the heat exchanger performance. The main element of the test facility was an enlarged recurrent segment of the heat exchanger under consideration. The main results of measurements are heat transfer rates, as well as temperature distributions on the surface of the first fin obtained by using the infrared camera. The experimental results have been next compared to computational ones coming from a numerical model of the test station. The model has been elaborated using computational fluid dynamics software. The computations have been accomplished for two cases: without radiative heat transfer and taking this phenomenon into account. Evaluation of the radiative heat transfer impact in considered system has been done by comparing all the received results.

scholarly journals Numerical and experimental study of flow distribution in tubular space of fin-and-tube heat exchanger with modified inlet manifold

2018 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 02010
Author(s):  
Tomasz Stelmach
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Experimental Stand ◽  
Inlet Manifold

This paper presents the experimental and numerical investigation of flow distribution in the tubular space of cross-flow fin-and-tube heat exchanger. The tube bundle with two rows arranged in staggered formation is considered. A modified heat exchanged manifold, with inlet nozzle pipe located asymmetrically is considered. The outlet nozzle pipe is located in the middle of the outlet manifold, with a standard shape. An experimental stand allows one to investigate the volumetric flow rate in heat exchanger tubular space using the ultrasonic flowmeters. Various inlet mass flow rate i.e. 3 m3/h, 4 m3/h and 5 m3/h are considered. The experimental results are compared with CFD simulation performed in ANSYS CFX program using the SSG Reynolds Stress turbulence model. A relatively good agreement is found for tube Re numbers varied from 1800 to 3100.

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