Shell side CFD analysis of a small shell-and-tube heat exchanger

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2010-05-01

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ÖZDEN, Ender
Tarı, İlker

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The shell side design of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger; in particular the baffle spacing, baffle cut and shell diameter dependencies of the heat transfer coefficient and the pressure drop are investigated by numerically modeling a small heat exchanger. The flow and temperature fields inside the shell are resolved using a commercial CFD package. A set of CFD simulations is performed for a single shell and single tube pass heat exchanger with a variable number of baffles and turbulent flow. The results are observed to be sensitive to the turbulence model selection. The best turbulence model among the ones considered is determined by comparing the CFD results of heat transfer coefficient, outlet temperature and pressure drop with the Bell-Delaware method results. For two baffle cut values, the effect of the baffle spacing to shell diameter ratio on the heat exchanger performance is investigated by varying flow rate.

Subject Keywords

Turbulence models, Baffle spacing, Shell-and-tube, CFD, Heat exchangers

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/42425

Journal

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2009.12.003

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Article

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E. ÖZDEN and İ. Tarı, “Shell side CFD analysis of a small shell-and-tube heat exchanger,” ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, pp. 1004–1014, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/42425.