The Flow Characteristics of Flue Gas Between the Fins of a Single Spiral Finned Tube

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengzhong Sun ◽  
Yuetao Shi ◽  
Zhihang Han ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Xinyuan Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Cold State ◽  
State Test

The spiral finned tubes are used as the substitute of bare tubes in heat exchangers, which is an effective method to reduce abrasion and fouling in boilers. The cold state test with PDA system has been made to study the distribution of granule concentration between fins. This experimental research has laid the foundation of analysis for further study why the spiral finned tube can reduce abrasion and fouling.

Flow-Induced Vibration in Spiral Finned Gas Tube Bundle Heat Exchangers

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Acoustic Resonance ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Flow Induced Vibration ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Fluidelastic Instability

In the past finned tube bundle heat exchangers were often subject of severe damages due to flow-induced vibration followed by high amounts of loss for the operator. A case of practical importance is the design of spiral finned gas tube bundle heat exchangers that still have been investigated in literature only seldom. Both acoustic resonance and fluidelastic instability can lead to tube rupture within a short period of operation. In this paper analytic calculation methods for tube Eigenfrequencies are extended to spiral finned tubes. The results are in agreement with static and vibrational experiments. Stability criteria for fluidelastic instability are derived by flow channel experiments extending Connor’s equation to the design of spiral finned tube bundles. A number of cases of damage is described. The importance of correct damping values is demonstrated. The scheme reported in this paper is able to avoid damages in spiral finned tube bundle heat exchangers due to fluidelastic instability.

Inspection Method of Finned Tube and Finned Heat Exchanger

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju Ding ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Shuhong Liu ◽  
Shenghui Wang ◽  
Jielu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Eddy Current ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Detection Technology ◽  
Pressure Test ◽  
Current Detection

Abstract The finned tube heat exchanger is one of the earliest and most successful discoveries in the process of improving tube heat exchange. This method is still the most widely used of all kinds of tube heat transfer surface enhancement heat transfer methods. It is not only suitable for single-fin tube heat exchangers, which are widely used in power, chemical, petrochemical, air-conditioning engineering and refrigeration engineering. Conventional heat exchanger with smooth tubes can be inspected through the pressure test during the manufacturing process. Finned tubes and finned heat exchangers with inner thread structure have some difficult to pass the water pressure test. The same situation exists in regular inspections. Due to structural reasons, it is difficult to carry out regular surface inspections[1]. For these two situations, two different testing methods are required to ensure quality. This article introduces in detail the methods of inspecting finned tubes and finned heat exchangers. Hierarchical comparison of alternatives in hydrostatic testing project, and the eddy current detection technology of the finned tube under the condition of in-service air cooling. The far-field eddy current method is chosen for inspection. And by comparing the standard sample tube, it is mainly used to adjust the sensitivity of the eddy current detector and ensure the accuracy of the test results[2]. The results show that the eddy current detection technology can be more accurate and reliable. The corrosion of the finned tube under service air cooling is detected, and a reliable basis is provided for judging the use of the finned tube and finned heat exchanger[3].

Thermal-Hydraulic Behavior and Prediction of Heat Exchanger for Latent Heat Recovery of Exhaust Flue Gas

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Osakabe
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Inner Diameter

Abstract In order to improve the boiler efficiency, latent heat recovery from the flue gas is very important concept. Three kinds of countercurrent cross-flow heat exchangers, which consist of bare tubes, spirally finned tubes of fin pitch 5 and 10mm, were designed and used for the experiment. The heat exchanger of the bare tubes consists of a staggered bank of 5-4 rows and 50 stages. The length, outer and inner diameter of the bare tube is 482, 27.2 and 23.2mm, respectively. The heat exchangers of finned tubes consist of staggered banks of 3-2 rows, 34 stages for the fin pitch 10mm and 20 stages for the pitch 5mm. The length, outer and inner diameter of the base tube welded with the fins is 482, 34 and 28.8mm, respectively. The thickness and height of the plate fin are 1 and 12mm, respectively. The parametric study varying the flue gas flow rate, feed water temperature and flow rate was conducted. The temperature distributions of water and flue gas in the heat exchanger were measured with sheath K-type thermocouples of 1.6 mm in diameter. The pressure loss and the total amount of condensate generated in the heat exchanger were also measured. Based on the previous basic studies, a prediction method for the heat exchanger was proposed. In the prediction, the flue gas was treated as a mixture of CO2, CO, O2, N2 and H2O, and the one-dimensional heat and mass balance calculation along the flow direction of flue gas was conducted. The heat and mass transfer on tubes was evaluated with a simple analogy correlation. For the finned tubes, the fin efficiency at the condensing region was calculated with a semi-empirical correlation obtained in the previous basic study. The effect of condensate film on the tubes was considered to be negligibly small for the heat transfer and pressure loss calculation. The experimental results for the temperature distributions of water and flue gas in the test heat exchangers with bare and finned tubes agreed well with the prediction.

Fluidelastic and Vortex Induced Vibration of a Finned Tube Array

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Hirota ◽  
Tomomichi Nakamura ◽  
Hirohiko Kikuchi ◽  
Kazunori Isozaki ◽  
Hirotaka Kawahara
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Acoustic Resonance ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Flow Induced Vibration ◽  
Design Guideline ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibration ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Critical Velocities ◽  
Vibration Tests

Fluidelastic and vortex induced vibration are important problems in operating heat exchangers. Many studies have been conducted to solve the problems. As a result, design guideline has already existed for the flow-induced vibration of a tube bundle. On the other hand, some kinds of heat exchanger use finned tube array in order to improve the efficiency of the heat transfer. For finned tube array, some studies for vortex induced acoustic resonance have been conducted, where Strouhal numbers are obtained. However fluctuating lift coefficients due to vortex are important from the viewpoint of tube vibration. Moreover, critical velocities for fluidelastic vibration are also important. In this study, fluidelastic and vortex induced vibration tests were conducted for a triangular finned tube array. Two different frequencies of the vortex shedding were observed. For this tube array, Strouhal numbers were 0.13–0.15, 0.37–0.39. However vortex induced forces were too weak to excite the finned tubes. For this tube array, averaged Connors’ constant K was 6.8.

The Effect of Fins on Fluidelastic Instability in In-Line and Rotated Square Arrays

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Lumsden ◽  
David S. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Effective Diameter ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Tube Arrays ◽  
Fluidelastic Instability ◽  
Bare Tube

The study of fluidelastic instability in tube arrays has been ongoing for four decades. Although much research has been conducted, a full understanding of the mechanisms involved is still not available. Designers of cross-flow heat exchangers must depend on experience and empirical data from laboratory studies. As new designs are developed, which differ from these experimental facilities, there is an increased risk of failure due to fluidelastic instability. An experimental program was conducted to examine fluidelastic instability in in-line and rotated square finned tube arrays. Three arrays of each geometry type were studied; two with serrated, helically wound finned tubes of different fin densities, and the third, a bare tube which had the same base diameter as the finned tubes. The finned tubes under consideration were commercial finned tubes of a type typically used in the fossil and process industries. The addition of fins to tubes in heat exchangers enhances heat transfer due to the increased surface area and the turbulence produced by the flow moving over the fins. The resulting flow pattern/distribution due to the fins is therefore much more complicated than in bare tube arrays. Previous research has shown that an effective diameter of a finned tube is useful in the prediction of vortex shedding. This concept is used to compare the finned tube results with the existing bare tube array guidelines for fluidelastic instability. All of the tube arrays in the present study have the same tube pitch, and have been scaled to have the same mass ratio. Results for the rotated square arrays show that the use of an effective diameter is beneficial in the scaling of fluidelastic instability and the finned tube results are found to fit within the scatter of the existing data for fluidelastic instability. For in-line square arrays, the results indicate that fins significantly increase the stability threshold.

Dimensionless Parameters for the Optimization of Annular-Finned Tubes

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristóbal Cortés ◽  
Inmaculada Arauzo ◽  
Antonio Campo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Thermal Conductivity Ratio ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Standard Designs ◽  
Design Calculations ◽  
Annular Fins ◽  
Fin Spacing ◽  
Independent Parameters ◽  
Dimensionless Formulation

Abstract This paper addresses the problem of optimizing an array of annular fins starting from an empirical fit of the average convection coefficient that recognizes the influence of the fin spacing. A dimensionless formulation is proposed to reduce the number of independent parameters to only four, being applicable to a rather generic situation. The formulation is illustrated with a parametric study encompassing the ranges of interest of the variables: Reynolds number, thermal conductivity ratio, volume constraint and fin spacing and thickness. Applied to the standard designs of annular-finned heat exchangers, the method predicts fully coherent points of optimum thermal performance. A sequence is suggested to integrate the optimization process within the design calculations of heat exchangers, and several graphs are presented which are suitable to this purpose. The method can be applied to the design and scaling calculations of annular-finned tube bundles for gas-liquid or gas-gas applications.

A Theoretical Model of Film Condensation in a Bundle of Horizontal Low Finned Tubes

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Honda ◽  
S. Nozu ◽  
Y. Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Vertical Tube ◽  
Finned Tube ◽  
Film Condensation ◽  
Vertical Column ◽  
Finned Tubes ◽  
Fin Spacing ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

The previous theoretical model of film condensation on a single horizontal low finned tube is extended to include the effect of condensate inundation. Based on the flow characteristics of condensate on a vertical column of horizontal low finned tubes, two major flow modes, the column mode and the sheet mode, are considered. In the column mode, the surface of the lower tubes is divided into the portion under the condensate column where the condensate flow is affected by the impinging condensate from the upper tubes, and the portion between the condensate columns where the condensate flow is not affected by the impinging condensate. In the sheet mode, the whole tube surface is assumed to be affected by the impinging condensate. Sample calculations for practical conditions show that the effects of the fin spacing and the number of vertical tube rows on the heat transfer performance is significant for R-12, while the effects are small for steam. The predicted value of the heat transfer coefficient for each tube row compares well with available experimental data, including four fluids and five tube bundles.

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