scholarly journals Review on Comparative Study between Helical Coil and Straight Tube Heat Exchanger

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. D Shirgire ◽  
Author(s):  
Sagar S. Gaddamwar ◽  
Rajeshkumar U. Sambhe

Aim of this review work is to examine the relative advantage of using an inclined helical coil tube heat exchanger for high-pressure syngas under various industries application. It observed that the heat transfer in the helical coil tube is higher as compared to the straight tube due to their shape. Inclined helical coil tube heat exchanger offers advantageous over straight tubes due to their compactness and increased heat transfer coefficient. The increased heat transfer coefficients are a consequence of the curvature of the coil, which induces centrifugal forces to act on the moving syngas. Due to the curvature effect, the fluid streams in the outer side of the pipe moves faster than the syngas streams on the inner side of the tube. Heat transfer augmentation techniques refer to various methods used to increase the heat transfer rate without changing much the overall performance of the system. The arrangements are useful in a variety of applications where more heat transfer rates desired. Some of the claims involved in heat exchanger used in Thermal Power plants, process industries, air-conditioning equipment, heating and cooling in evaporators, radiators for space vehicles, automobiles, refrigerators. These techniques broadly of three types viz. passive, active, compound heat transfer augmentation techniques. The present paper reviews the experimental investigation of free and forced convection heat transfer from different helical coiled tubes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafał Andrzejczyk ◽  
Tomasz Muszyński

Abstract The shell and coil heat exchangers are commonly used in heating, ventilation, nuclear industry, process plant, heat recovery and air conditioning systems. This type of recuperators benefits from simple construction, the low value of pressure drops and high heat transfer. In helical coil, centrifugal force is acting on the moving fluid due to the curvature of the tube results in the development. It has been long recognized that the heat transfer in the helical tube is much better than in the straight ones because of the occurrence of secondary flow in planes normal to the main flow inside the helical structure. Helical tubes show good performance in heat transfer enhancement, while the uniform curvature of spiral structure is inconvenient in pipe installation in heat exchangers. Authors have presented their own construction of shell and tube heat exchanger with intensified heat transfer. The purpose of this article is to assess the influence of the surface modification over the performance coefficient and effectiveness. The experiments have been performed for the steady-state heat transfer. Experimental data points were gathered for both laminar and turbulent flow, both for co current- and countercurrent flow arrangement. To find optimal heat transfer intensification on the shell-side authors applied the number of transfer units analysis.


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