Investigation of the Effect of Flow Rate on Fluid Heat Transfer in Counter-Flow Helical Heat Exchanger Using CFD Method

Authors

  • Pedram Ghiasi Department of Biosystems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, 111-14115, Tehran, Iran
  • Amar Salehi Department of Agricultural Machinery, University of Tehran, 6619-14155, Karaj, Iran
  • Seyed Salar Hoseini Department of Biosystems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, 111-14115, Tehran, Iran
  • Gholamhassan Najafi Department of Biosystems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, 111-14115, Tehran, Iran
  • Rizalman Mamat Mechanical Engineering Department, University Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Malaysia
  • Balkhaya Politeknik Aceh Selatan, Tapaktuan, Aceh Selatan, Indonesia
  • Fitri Khoerunnisa Department of Chemistry, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

Keywords:

Simulation, Heat Exchanger with wire insert, Turbulent Flow, Single-Phase flow, Helical Heat Transfer

Abstract

Heat exchangers are generally used in the process of heat transfer between two

different fluids separated from each other by a solid wall in order to save time and

reduce expenses. Fluids behavior change by adding a wire-insert in its path. To

investigate heat transfer parameters, we need to simulate the whole system. In this

study, heat transfer of counter-flow helical double pipe heat exchanger was modelled

by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in "Ansys CFX". The cold and hot fluids

temperature were in the ranges of 10-20C° and 30-50C° respectively. The Reynolds

number of flows were in the range of 4×103 to 42×103 and the process was single

phase. The model was eventually evaluated by experimental data after simulation. The

results indicated that the model was able to interpret the experimental results with

correlation coefficients of 0.98 and 0.97 for hot and cold streams respectively.

Furthermore, the wire-insert installed to the cold flow path caused more fluid

turbulence and increased the temperature difference of the cold fluid inlet and outlet

proportional to the hot fluid.

 

 

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Published

2024-10-14

How to Cite

Pedram Ghiasi, Amar Salehi, Seyed Salar Hoseini, Gholamhassan Najafi, Rizalman Mamat, Balkhaya, & Fitri Khoerunnisa. (2024). Investigation of the Effect of Flow Rate on Fluid Heat Transfer in Counter-Flow Helical Heat Exchanger Using CFD Method. CFD Letters, 12(3), 98–111. Retrieved from https://semarakilmu.com.my/journals/index.php/CFD_Letters/article/view/10039

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3: March (2020)

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