Experimental Study on Compact External Heat Exchanger for a 4 MWth Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 3259-3269
Author(s):  
Zhi Wei Li ◽  
Hong Zhou He ◽  
Huang Huang Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
External Heat ◽  
Circulating Ash ◽  
Fluidized Bed Combustor ◽  
External Heat Exchanger

The characteristics of the external heat exchanger (EHE) for a 4 MWth circulation fluidized bed combustor were studied in the present paper. The length, width and height of EHE were 1.5 m, 0.8 m and 9 m, respectively. The circulating ash flow passing the heating surface bed could be controlled by adjusting the fluidizing air flow and the heating transferred from the circulating ash to the cooling water. The ash flow rate passing through the heat transfer bed was from 0.4 to 2.2 kg/s. The ash average temperature was from 500 to 750 °C. And the heat transfer rate between the ash and the cooling water was between 150 and 300 W/(m2·°C). The relationships among the circulating ash temperature, the heat transfer, heat transfer rate, the heat transfer coefficient and the circulating ash flow passing through the heating exchange cell were also presented and could be used for further commercial EHE design.

scholarly journals CFD simulation for evaluation of optimum heat transfer rate in a heat exchanger of an internal combustion engine

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Kocheril ◽  
Jacob Elias
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Magnetic Intensity ◽  
Optimum Heat ◽  
Cooling Media ◽  
Experimental Values

Heat exchanger is an essential component of an engine cooling system. Radiators are compact heat exchangers used to transfer the heat absorbed from engine to the cooling media. The jacket cooling water gets cooled and re-circulated into system after exchanging the heat with cooling water in a heat exchanger. Conventional fluids like water, oil, ethylene glycol, etc. possess less heat transfer performance; therefore, it is essential to have a compact and effective heat transfer system to obtain the required heat transfer. A reduction in energy consumption is possible by improving the performance of heat exchanging systems and incorporating various heat transfer enhancement techniques. In this paper, the heat transfer rate using nano-sized ferrofluid with and without magnetization is analysed using CFD simulation and compared with the experimental values obtained from a heat exchanger using water as base fluid. The heat transfer rate is measured using different combinations by varying the percentage of nano particles and by introduction of different magnetic intensity (gauss) on to the ferrofluid. The optimum heat transfer rate and efficiency of heat exchanger is calculated with the different combinations and the values are compared with the values of CFD simulation. CFD simulation was undertaken for water alone as cooling media and for water with ferro particle addition from 2% to 5%. The difference in temperature observed to be similar with experimental values. The deviation is within the acceptable limit and therefore the experimental findings are validated. The experiment was conducted on a parallel flow heat exchanger with water alone as cooling media, water with varying percentage of ferro fluid and water with varying magnetic intensity on ferrofluid. Percentage of ferro particles added up to where the optimum temperature difference could be obtained and the magnetic intensity also varied up to the optimum value.

scholarly journals Investigation of Heat Transfer in a Large-Scale External Heat Exchanger with Horizontal Smooth Tube Bundle

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (17) ◽  
pp. 5553
Author(s):  
Artur Blaszczuk ◽  
Szymon Jagodzik
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
External Heat ◽  
Average Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Average Heat ◽  
External Heat Exchanger

In the research work, energy transport between a dense fluidized bed and submerged horizontal tube bundle is analyzed in the commercial external heat exchanger (EHE). In order to investigate the heat transfer behavior, the authors carried out eight performance tests in a fluidized bed heat exchange chamber with a cross-section of 2.7 × 2.3 m in depth and width and a height of 1.3 m. The authors have been developing a mechanistic model for the prediction of the average heat transfer coefficient, which includes the effect of the geometric structure of the tube bundle and the location of the heat transfer surface on the heat transfer rate. The computational results depict that the average heat transfer coefficient is essentially affected by superficial gas velocity and suspension density rather than bed particle size. The empirical correlations have been proposed for predicting heat transfer data since the existing literature data is not sufficient for industrial fluidized bed heat exchangers. On the basis of the evaluated operating conditions of an external heat exchanger, the optimal conditions where heat transfer occurs could be deduced. The developed mechanistic heat transfer model is validated by experimental data under the examined conditions.

Investigation on Heat Transfer Performance of External Heat Exchanger for Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler

2013 ◽  
Vol 732-733 ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Da Long Zhang ◽  
Ding Hua Yang ◽  
Gen Sheng Yang ◽  
Zhong Li ◽  
Jun Fu Lv
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Circulating Fluidized Bed ◽  
External Heat ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Cfb Boiler ◽  
External Heat Exchanger

A heat transfer model of external heat exchanger (EHE) in large-scale circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler was suggested based on experiment data and theoretical analysis. And the model parameters were also provided. With this model, the heat transfer performance of the EHE in an actual operating 300MW CFB boiler was predicted. The comparison between the model predictive results and the actual results showed that the relative error is less than 7%. This indicated that the model established in this paper is reliable and can provide a significant reference in EHE of large-scale CFB boiler design.

OPTIMIZATION OF HEAT TRANSFER RATE ON A DOUBLE PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER USING CFD

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sikindar Baba ◽  
◽  
Oddarapu Kalyani ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Double Pipe ◽  
Pipe Heat

Dynamic simulation of the circulating fluidized bed loop performance under the various operating conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 (7) ◽  
pp. 901-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seongil Kim ◽  
Sangmin Choi ◽  
Jari Lappalainen ◽  
Tae-Ho Song
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Dynamic Simulation ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Circulating Fluidized Bed ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Temperature Behavior ◽  
Furnace Temperature

In a circulating fluidized bed boiler, the large thermal mass and flow characteristics of the solids strongly affect the transient response of the circulating fluidized bed loop temperature, which determines the heat transfer rate to steam flow. Therefore, it is essential to interpret the dynamic response of the solid behavior in the circulating fluidized bed loop for the stable and efficient operation of the circulating fluidized bed boiler. In this study, the dynamic simulation of the solid behavior along with the flue gas flow in a circulating fluidized bed loop was performed by applying the core-annulus approach for the solid-gas flow inside the furnace and selected models for other physical phenomena of the fluidized bed. The circulating fluidized bed loop of a commercial boiler was selected as the target system. Especially, the model simulates the characteristics of the solid behavior, such as the local solid mass distribution, and the solid flow inside the furnace and the circulating solid according to the various operating conditions. These aspects are difficult to measure and quantify in a real power plant. In this paper, the simulated furnace temperature behavior as the representative performance parameter of the circulating fluidized bed loop was discussed along with the qualitative operation experiences reported in the literature. The operating conditions include the feed rate of fuel and air, the particle size, the solid inventory and the solid circulation rate. Furnace temperature behavior was reproduced through the simulation for each operating case in the literature and was analyzed with the solid behavior along with the combustion rate and heat transfer rate of the circulating fluidized bed loop. The simulation enables quantitative evaluation of the effect of the solid behavior on the temperatures of the furnace and return part in the various operating conditions.

Effects of horizontal tube arrays on heat transfer in an external heat exchanger

2020 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 115964
Author(s):  
Runxia Cai ◽  
Boyu Deng ◽  
Xin Tao ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Hairui Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
External Heat ◽  
Tube Arrays ◽  
External Heat Exchanger

scholarly journals Study on the Coupled Heat Transfer Model Based on Groundwater Advection and Axial Heat Conduction for the Double U-Tube Vertical Borehole Heat Exchanger

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7345
Author(s):  
Linlin Zhang ◽  
Zhonghua Shi ◽  
Tianhao Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Heat Transfer Model ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Borehole Heat Exchanger ◽  
Coupled Heat Transfer ◽  
Advection Velocity

In this paper, a dynamic heat transfer model for the vertical double U-tube borehole heat exchanger (BHE) was developed to comprehensively address the coupled heat transfer between the in-tube fluid and the soil with groundwater advection. A new concept of the heat transfer effectiveness was also proposed to evaluate the BHE heat exchange performance together with the index of the heat transfer rate. The moving finite line heat source model was selected for heat transfer outside the borehole and the steady-state model for inside the borehole. The data obtained in an on-site thermal response test were used to validate the physical model of the BHE. Then, the effects of soil type, groundwater advection velocity, inlet water flow rate, and temperature on the outlet water temperature of BHE were explored. Results show that ignoring the effects of groundwater advection in sand gravel may lead to deviation in the heat transfer rate of up to 38.9% of the ground loop design. The groundwater advection fosters the heat transfer of BHE. An increase in advection velocity may also help to shorten the time which takes the surrounding soil to reach a stable temperature. The mass flow rate of the inlet water to the BHE should be more than 0.5 kg·s−1 but should not exceed a certain upper limit under the practical engineering applications with common scale BHE. The efficiency of the heat transfer of the double U-tube BHE was determined jointly by factors such as the soil’s physical properties and the groundwater advection velocity.

Prediction of Non-Uniform Frost Distribution on a Fin Tube Heat Exchanger

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jieun Hwang ◽  
Keumnam Cho
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Volume Flow Rate ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Side Pressure ◽  
Fin Tube

Heat exchanger experiences frost on its surface when it operates below 0°C under heating condition of the heat pump. Since frost blocks air flow through the fin tube heat exchanger, it increases air-side pressure drop and deteriorates heat transfer rate of the heat exchanger. Prediction of the frost profiles on the heat exchanger is needed to minimize the unfavorable effect on the heat exchanger by frost. The present study predicts non-uniform frost distribution on the surface of fin-tube heat exchanger and shows its accuracy by comparing with measured profiles. Fin and tube heat exchanger for heat pump was considered for the frost prediction under practical refrigerant and air conditions. Non-uniform frost pattern was predicted by using segment by segment method of the heat exchanger. Heat transfer rate and exit temperature of air and refrigerant for each segment were calculated by applying ε-NTU method. Air volume flow rate in the front of the heat exchanger was decreased as frost goes on. It was utilized for the prediction of the frost formation. Numerically predicted results were compared with measured local data. They agreed within ±10.4% under the ISO 5151 condition.

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