Title of article :
Effect of baffle orientation on shell-and-tube heat exchanger performance
Author/Authors :
افراشته علي نويسنده , عباسيان آراني علي اكبر نويسنده , يوسفوند حامد نويسنده
Pages :
8
From page :
83
To page :
90
Abstract :
In this paper, fluid flow and heat transfer in a laboratory (i.e., small size) shell-and-tube heat exchanger are analyzed with computational fluid dynamic software. In this type of shell-and-tube heat exchanger, baffles with different angles of rotation (0° [horizontal segmental baffle], 15° [from horizontal], 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, and 90° [vertical segmental baffle]) are used. The effect of baffle orientation on shell-and-tube heat exchanger performance is investigated. The flow domain is meshed by three-dimensional tetrahedral elements. The obtained result has a good agreement with the analytical method (i.e., the Bell-Delaware method) and experimental data in the literature. By comparing the pressure drop, heat transfer, and heat transfer versus pressure drop (Q/ P) at same flow rate, the shell-and-tube heat exchanger with 90° orientation performs better than other baffle orientation angles. The 90° orientation decreases pressure drop by 26%, 4.1%, 17.6%, 24.42%, and 14% more than the 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, and 0° angles of orientation, respectively. This shows the 90° angle has better performance than other angles of baffle orientation. By reducing the pressure drop while maintaining the heat transfer rate, using this baffle orientation best reduces operating cost.
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year :
2017
Record number :
2411459
Link To Document :
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