PE 459 LECTURE 2- natural gas basic concepts and properties
Numerical Investigation of Finned-Tube Heat-exchanger with Circular, Elliptical and Rectangular Tubes
1. Numerical Investigation of Air Side Performance
of Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger with
Combination of Circular
and Elliptical tubes.
Supervised by Submitted by
Dipayan Mondal Md. Hasibul Hasan
Assistant Professor Roll: 1205027
Department of Mechanical Engineering Section: B
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
Course No. ME 4000
2. Outline
Reasons of work
Introduction
Objectives
Theoretical Concepts
Expected Results
Work Plan
3. Reasons of Work
Circular tube has high pressure drop.
Elliptical tube gives better aerodynamic shape.
Combination of both tubes gives high heat
transfer.
Fins that increase heat transfer in Heat
exchanger at low inlet velocity of air.
4. Objectives
To design & numerically investigate of a finned
tube heat exchanger.
To determine pressure drop around the tube of heat
exchanger.
To select a proper type of fin, suitable for finned
tube heat exchanger.
To enhance overall heat transfer co-efficient.
5. Theoretical Concepts
Finned-tube heat exchangers with multiple-rows of tubes.
Herringbone or wavy fin gives high heat transfer between 0-50 degree.
Use of vortex generator that enhances heat transfer.
Fig 1: Model of smooth wavy fin elliptical tube with vortex generator.
6. Theoretical Concepts
• Elliptical tube reduces drag
force.
• air velocity for laminar flow
only.
• Wavy fin increases turbulence
around the tube.
• Vortex generator helps to create
(a) developing boundary layer
(b) swirling.
Fig 2: Top view of the central computation domain.
8. Work Plan
Tasks No of Cycle Duration
Study 1-3 3 Week
Determining
method to be used
4 1 Week
Numerical Analysis 5-9 5 Week
Result Evaluation 10-11 2 Week
Final report writing 12-13 2 Week