Statistical Analysis for Partial Inspection of Heat Exchanger Tube Bundles

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Alathba ◽  
R. Jones ◽  
N. Laycock ◽  
F. Hoeve ◽  
A. Ostrowska ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
M. Alathba ◽  
R. Jones ◽  
N. Laycock ◽  
F. Hoeve ◽  
A. Ostrowska ◽  
...  

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Blevins ◽  
M. M. Bressler

The intense acoustic resonance resulting from gas flow across a bank of heat exchanger tubes in a duct has been investigated experimentally and theoretically. At low gas velocities, the acoustic tone emanating from tube bundles increases in proportion to the flow velocity. When the frequency approaches a bound acoustic transverse mode of the tube bundle, intense sound can result. Sound levels as high as 173 db were measured within the bundle. During resonance, the sound correlates vortex shedding from the tubes and the pressure drop increases in some bundles.


2021 ◽  
Vol 346 ◽  
pp. 03028
Author(s):  
Mihail Khizhov ◽  
Lubov Mironova

For the purpose of thermal and hydraulic and aerodynamic testing of the heat exchanger tube bundles, various full-scale tube specimens with different finning ratio have been proposed. Formulas that allow to evaluate the effect of the ratio of heat exchanging tube finning on the heat exchanger efficiency are presented.


2007 ◽  
Vol 2007.15 (0) ◽  
pp. _ICONE1510-_ICONE1510
Author(s):  
Qamar Iqbal ◽  
Shahab Khushnood ◽  
Ali Roheim El Ghalban ◽  
Nadeem Ahmed Sheikh ◽  
Muhammad Afzaal Malik ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Pettigrew ◽  
C. E. Taylor

Fluidelastic instability is the most important vibration excitation mechanism for heat exchanger tube bundles subjected to cross-flow. Most of the available data on this topic have been reviewed from the perspective of the designer. Uniform definitions of critical flow velocity for instability, damping, natural frequency and hydrodynamic mass were used. Nearly 300 data points were assembled. We found that only data from experiments where all tubes are free to vibrate are valid from a design point of view. In liquids, fluid damping is important and should be considered in the formulation of fluidelastic instability. From a practical design point of view, we conclude that fluidelastic instability may be expressed simply in terms of dimensionless flow velocity and dimensionless mass-damping. There is no advantage in considering more sophisticated models at this time. Practical design guidelines are discussed.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Blevins ◽  
M. M. Bressler

In the first part of this series, experimental data were presented which suggest that the acoustic resonance in heat exchanger tube bundles is tied to periodic vortex shedding from the tubes. In this paper, a semi-empirical model for predicting the onset of resonance is developed. This model is compared with experimental data and other models from the literature. Methods of suppressing the resonance are developed and experimental data on their effectiveness are presented.


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