scholarly journals The Influence of Baffle Gap to The Effectiveness of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger with Helical Baffle

2020 ◽  
Vol 1569 ◽  
pp. 042091
Author(s):  
I M Arsana ◽  
A H A Rasyid ◽  
Soeryanto ◽  
N S Drastiawati ◽  
S R Ariyanto
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Helical Baffle ◽  
Shell And Tube

Improving shell and tube heat exchanger thermohydraulic performance using combined baffle

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 4119-4140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Akbar Abbasian Arani ◽  
Hamed Uosofvand
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Helical Baffle ◽  
Shell And Tube

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the fluid flow and heat transfer of a laboratory shell and tube heat exchanger that are analyzed using computational fluid dynamic approach by SOLIDWORKS flow simulation (ver. 2015) software. Design/methodology/approach In this study, several types of baffle including segmental baffle, butterfly baffle, helical baffle, combined helical-segmental baffle, combined helical-disk baffle and combined helical-butterfly baffle are examined. Two important parameters as the heat transfer and pressure drop are evaluated and analyzed. Based on obtained results, segmental baffle has the highest amount of heat transfer and pressure drop. To assess the integrative performance, performance coefficient defines as “Q/Δp” is used. Findings This investigation showed that among the presented baffle types, the heat exchangers equipped with disk baffle has the highest heat transfer. In addition, in the same mass flow rate, the performance coefficient of the shell and tube heat exchanger equipped with helical-butterfly baffle is the highest among the proposed models. Originality/value After combined helical-butterfly baffle the butterfly baffle, disk baffle, helical-segmental baffle and helical-disk baffle show their superiority of 35.12, 25, 22 and 12 per cent rather than the common segmental baffle, respectively. Furthermore, except for the combined helical-disk baffle, the other type of combined baffle have better performance compare to the basic configuration (butterfly and segmental baffle).

Performance Study of Continuous Helical Baffle Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger With Central Low-Pressure Regions

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Partha Pratim Saikia ◽  
Abhik Majumder
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Contact Heat ◽  
Indirect Contact ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Helical Baffle ◽  
Shell And Tube

Shell and tube heat exchanger (STHX) is a class of indirect contact heat exchangers which has wide applications in various industries. In this paper, the shell-side performance characteristics of a small STHX with differently notched continuous helical baffle (CHB) geometries are numerically studied and compared with same CHB without notched regions. The indentations are uniquely produced by placing the notch near the core of the heat exchanger, thereby conferring the flow with low-pressure drop regions. Two set of models of inner notched continuous helical baffle (ICHB), i.e., ICHB1 and ICHB2, are studied with notch width of about 5% and 10% of the inner shell diameter of the same heat exchanger. In comparison with the CHBSTHX, it is seen that the STHXs incorporated with ICHBs, the heat transfer rate dropped slightly, but a significant decrease in pressure drop is observed. It is found that the heat transfer coefficient to pressure drop ratio for ICBH1 and ICHB2 shows significant increase in comprehensive performance of about 3.5% and 32.42%, respectively, when compared with same CHB without notched regions.

A Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Optimization by Differential Evolution

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Cavalheiro Martinez ◽  
Leonardo Cavalheiro Martinez ◽  
Viviana Mariani ◽  
Marcos Batistella Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Differential Evolution ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shell And Tube

Numerical simulation of the effect of baffle cut and baffle spacing on shell side heat exchanger performance using CFD

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Swanand Gaikwad ◽  
Ashish Parmar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Shell Side ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shell And Tube ◽  
Two Parameters

AbstractHeat exchangers possess a significant role in energy transmission and energy generation in most industries. In this work, a three-dimensional simulation has been carried out of a shell and tube heat exchanger (STHX) consisting of segmental baffles. The investigation involves using the commercial code of ANSYS CFX, which incorporates the modeling, meshing, and usage of the Finite Element Method to yield numerical results. Much work is available in the literature regarding the effect of baffle cut and baffle spacing as two different entities, but some uncertainty pertains when we discuss the combination of these two parameters. This study aims to find an appropriate mix of baffle cut and baffle spacing for the efficient functioning of a shell and tube heat exchanger. Two parameters are tested: the baffle cuts at 30, 35, 40% of the shell-inside diameter, and the baffle spacing’s to fit 6,8,10 baffles within the heat exchanger. The numerical results showed the role of the studied parameters on the shell side heat transfer coefficient and the pressure drop in the shell and tube heat exchanger. The investigation shows an increase in the shell side heat transfer coefficient of 13.13% when going from 6 to 8 baffle configuration and a 23.10% acclivity for the change of six baffles to 10, for a specific baffle cut. Evidence also shows a rise in the pressure drop with an increase in the baffle spacing from the ranges of 44–46.79%, which can be controlled by managing the baffle cut provided.

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