scholarly journals Experimental and numerical studies of a spiral plate heat exchanger

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1355-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajavel Rangasamy
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Test Fluid ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Plate Spacing ◽  
Spiral Plate

An experimental and numerical study of heat transfer and flow characteristics of spiral plate heat exchanger was carried out. The effects of geometrical aspects of the spiral plate heat exchanger and fluid properties on the heat transfer characteristics were also studied. Three spiral plate heat exchangers with different plate spacing (4mm, 5mm and 6 mm) were designed, fabricated and tested. Physical models have been experimented for different process fluids and flow conditions. Water is taken as test fluid. The effect of mass flow rate and Reynolds number on heat transfer coefficient has been studied. Correlation has been developed to predict Nusselt numbers. Numerical models have been simulated using CFD software package FLUENT 6.3.26. The numerical Nusselt number have been calculated and compared with that of experimental Nusselt number.

CFD SIMULATION OF A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH TRAPEZOIDAL CHEVRON

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (8-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin Yung Shin ◽  
Normah Mohd-Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Flow Configuration ◽  
Heat Transfer Capacity

In this research, the trapezoidal shaped chevron plate heat exchanger (PHE) is simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to determine its heat transfer capacity and friction factor. The PHE is modelled with chevron angles from 30° to 60°, and also the performances are compared with the plain PHE. The validation is done by comparing simulation result with published references using 30° trapezoidal chevron PHE. The Nusselt number and friction factor obtained from simulation model is plotted against different chevron angles. The Nusselt number and friction factor is also compared with available references, which some of the references used sinusoidal chevron PHE. The general pattern of Nusselt number and friction factor with increasing chevron angle agrees with the references. The heat transfer capacity found in current study is higher than the references used, and at the same time, the friction factor also increased. Besides this, it is also found that the counter flow configuration has better heat transfer capacity performance than the parallel flow configuration.

scholarly journals CFD SIMULATION OF THE HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS IN A CHEVRON PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER USING THE SST TURBULENCE MODEL

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Skočilas ◽  
Ievgen Palaziuk
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Analytical Calculation ◽  
Heat Transfer Process ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Plate Heat

<p>This paper deals with a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the heat transfer process during turbulent hot water flow between two chevron plates in a plate heat exchanger. A three-dimensional model with the simplified geometry of two cross-corrugated channels provided by chevron plates, taking into account the inlet and outlet ports, has been designed for the numerical study. The numerical model was based on the shear-stress transport (SST) <em>k-!</em> model. The basic characteristics of the heat exchanger, as values of heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop, have been investigated. A comparative analysis of analytical calculation results, based on experimental data obtained from literature, and of the results obtained by numerical simulation, has been carried out. The coefficients and the exponents in the design equations for the considered plates have been arranged by using simulation results. The influence on the main flow parameters of the corrugation inclination angle relative to the flow direction has been taken into account. An analysis of the temperature distribution across the plates has been carried out, and it has shown the presence of zones with higher heat losses and low fluid flow intensity.</p>

New experimental Nusselt number correlation for spiral plate heat exchanger optimized using a code

2020 ◽  
pp. 095765092094829
Author(s):  
Meisam Ghodrati ◽  
Jamshid Khorshidi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Complete Uncertainty ◽  
Working Parameters ◽  
Spiral Plate ◽  
Nusselt Number Correlation

A system of a spiral plate heat exchanger and its required auxiliaries was built. The pitches of heat exchanger were built differently to provide almost two geometrically different heat exchangers in a single package. Several experiments were done and working parameters of the heat exchanger were measured. A code was written to find a new optimised correlation that could approximate the Nusselt Number based on the obtained experimental data from 51 reliable experiments. As an advantage, that correlation was valid for low Reynolds Numbers. Also, in most of previous works, the correlation for Nusselt Number in one side of the heat exchanger was supposed to be known and the correlation for the other side was determined. But, in this study, the equation was found using calculations for both sides simultaneously. The overal heat transfer coefficient calculated from the proposed correlation, made an average error of 3.65% to the experimental data. A complete uncertainty analysis was done and revealed that the results from the new correlation for the Nusselt Number lies between [Formula: see text] around the real Nusselt Number.

scholarly journals Numerical simulation of the effect of plate spacing on heat transfer characteristics within a parallel-plate heat exchanger in a standing wave thermoacoustic system

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 00028
Author(s):  
Haoran Huang ◽  
Artur Jaworski
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Parallel Plate ◽  
Plate Heat Exchanger ◽  
Transition To Turbulence ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Plate Spacing

Power can be converted with high efficiently between thermal energy and mechanical (acoustic) energy by using thermoacoustic technologies. Thus, the heat transfer characteristics are significant to the understanding of mechanisms, and improvement of efficiency for thermoacoustic devices, notably in heat exchangers. This paper introduces a two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model of flow across a parallel-plate heat exchanger and investigates the effect of plate spacing on heat transfer characteristics. The open source CFD software OpenFOAM is applied because of the highly customizable capabilities to vary the control parameters. Firstly, the computational model including geometry, boundary conditions, equations, discretization scheme, turbulence and thermophysical properties’ models are presented, and then grid-independence validation is presented to verify the quality of mesh. The simulation results show that plate spacing influences the heat transfer between plates and adjacent area of heat exchanger, and the heat transfer coefficient goes up when the plate spacing decreases. The analysis also indicates that a possible flow transition to turbulence occurred within Re number between 247.2 and 321.4. The results in this work can help the understanding of heat transfer inside thermoacoustic system, and form a basis for future research.

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