Mathematical Modelling and Design of Helical Coil Heat Exchanger for Production of Hot Air for Fluidized Bed Dryer

In global industrialization, efforts have been made to increase the rate of heat transfer in heat exchanger, minimizing the size of heat exchanger to reduce cost as well as increasing the effectiveness. Helical coil heat exchanger (HCHE) has been proven to be effective in improving heat transfer due to its large surface area. In this study, HCHE was designed to provide hot air needed for fluidized bed drying processes. The HCHE design model was fabricated and evaluated to study the efficiency of the hot air output for a laboratory fluidized bed dryer. The mathematical model for estimation of the final (output) temperature of air, Taf, passing through the HCHE was developed and validated experimentally. The drying of bitter kola particulates was carried out with a drying temperature of 50C 3C and a bed height-to-bed diameter ratio (H/D) of 1.5. The time taken to dry bitter kola particulates to 0.4% moisture content was 1 hour 45 minutes. Hence, HCHE is recommended for use in the production of hot for laboratory-scale fluidized bed dryers.

Efficiency and Effectiveness Thermal Analysis of the Shell and Helical Coil Tube Heat Exchanger Used in an Aqueous Solution of Ammonium Nitrate Solubility (<i>ANSOL</i>) with 20% H₂O and 80% <i>AN</i>

The case study is about obtaining the flow rate and saturation temperature of steam that makes it possible to heat a solution of water and ammonia nitrate (ANSOL) in a shell and helical coil tube heat exchanger, within a time interval, without that the crystallization of the ANSOL solution occurs. The desired production per batch of the solution is 5750 kg in 80 minutes. The analysis uses the concepts of efficiency and effectiveness to determine the heat transfer rate and temperature profiles that satisfy the imposed condition within a certain degree of safety and with the lowest possible cost in steam generation. Intermediate quantities necessary to reach the objective are the Reynolds number, Nusselt number, and global heat transfer coefficient for the shell and helical coil tube heat exchanger. Initially, the water is heated for a specified period and, subsequently, the ammonium nitrate is added to a given flow in a fixed mass flow rate.

Numerical investigation of grooves effects on the thermal performance of helically grooved shell and coil tube heat exchanger

Heat exchangers are integral parts of important industrial units such as petrochemicals,medicine and power plants.Due to the importance of systems energy consumption,different modifications have been applied on heat exchangers in terms of size and structure.In this study,a novel heat exchanger with helically grooved annulus shell and helically coiled tube was investigated by numerical simulation.Helically grooves with the same pitch of the helical coil tube and different depth are created on the inner and outer wall of annulus shell to improve the thermal performance of heat exchanger.In the first section,thermal performance of the shell and coil heat exchanger with the helical grooves on its outer shell wall was compared with same but without helical grooves.At the second section,helically grooves created on both outer and inner wall of the annulus shell with different groove depths.The results showed that the heat exchanger with grooves on both inner and outer shell wall has better thermal performance up to 20%compared to the heat exchanger with grooves on only outer shell wall.The highest thermal performance achieves at lower flow rates and higher groove depths whereas the pressure drop did not increase significantly.

The Effect of Injected Air Bubble Size on the Thermal Performance of a Vertical Shell and Helical Coiled Tube Heat Exchanger

In the present study,the effect of injecting air bubble size on the thermal performance of a vertical counter-current shell and coiled tube heat exchanger is experimentally investigated.The experiments were accomplished in a cylindrical shape heat exchanger with a 50 cm height and 15 cm outer diameter.Copper coil with 3.939 m equivalent length and 0.6 cm outer diameter was used to carry the hot fluid(water).Four different cold fluid(shell side)flow rates(Q_(s)=2;4;6 and 8 LPM)Þunder laminar flow conditions(316≤Re≤1223),constant hot(coil side)flow rate fluid rates(Q_(h)=1 LPM),four different injected air flow rates(Q_(a)=0:5;1;1:5 and 2 LPM),invariant temperature difference(ΔT=20°C),and constant bubble’s number(1400)were tested.To demonstrate the effect of bubble size,a sparger with orifice diameters of 0.1,0.8,and 1.5 mm was manufactured and used in the study.The overall heat transfer coefficient(U),NTU,effectiveness,and pressure loss were invested.The experimental results clearly showed that the heat exchanger’s thermal efficiency significantly improved with increasing the shell side flow rate and the injected air flow rate.The maximum improvement in U,NTU,and effectiveness was 153%,153%,and 68%,respectively.The thermal performance of the heat exchanger was shown to be improved with increasing the bubble size.Although the latter finding agrees with recent CFD published results,more studies need to be confirmed.

A new heat transfer correlation for flow boiling in helically coiled tubes

Based on the superposition principle of the nucleate boiling and convective heat transfer terms,a new correlation is developed for flow boiling heat transfer characteristics in helically coiled tubes.The effects of the geometric and system parameters on heat transfer characteristics in helically coiled tubes are investigated by collecting large amounts of experimental data and analyzing the heat transfer mechanisms. The existing correlations are divided into two categories,and they are calculated with the experimental data.The Dn factor is introduced to take into account the effect of a complex geometrical structure on flow boiling heat transfer.A new correlation is developed for predicting the flow boiling heat transfer coefficients in the helically coiled tubes,which is validated by the experimental data of R134a flow boiling heat transfer in them;and the average relative error and root mean square error of the new correlation are calculated.The results show that the new correlation agrees well with the experimental data,indicating that the new correlation can be used for predicting flow boiling heat transfer characteristics in the helically coiled tubes.

Forced Convection Boiling Heat Transfer and Dryout Characteristics in Helical Coiled Tubes with Various Axial Angles

对水和水蒸汽汽液两相流体在螺旋轴呈各种倾角放置的螺旋管内强制对流沸腾传热与烧毁特性进行了系统地试验研究，试验中系统及结构参数范围如下：压力：Ｐ＝０．４～３．０ＭＰａ质量流速：Ｇ＝１００～２４００ｋｇ／ｍ２·ｓ进口水温：Ｔ＝３０～８０℃出口干度：ｘ＝－０．０５～１．２管内壁面热负荷：ｑ＝０～５４０ｋＥ／ｍ２试验段结构参数：总长Ｌ＝６４４８ｍｍ，管内径ｄ＝１１ｍｍ，螺旋直径Ｄ＝２５６ｍｍ，螺旋升角β＝４．２７°螺旋管轴向放置倾角：水平位置（０°）、向上倾斜４５°（＋４５°）、垂直向上（＋９０°）、向下倾斜４５°（－４５°）．共进行了１０５０个工况的试验．试验结果表明，螺旋管内汽液两相流强制对流沸腾传热可以划分为核态沸腾区、两相流强制对流区、烧毁及烧毁后传热区等３种区域．通过数据处理和分析总结，给出了３区域间转变的边界方程，和３个区域内两相流传热系数的计算公式．根据试验观察和数据结果，对烧毁现象及烧毁点或区域发生的条件及机理进行了深入的分析研究，发现一系列有关现象的规律和特点，指出了其主要影响因素，并给出了烧毁点临界质量干度的预报公式．

Heat Transfer in Helical Coil Heat Exchanger

The research paper tends to review the effectiveness of helical coil in heat exchangers (HCHE). Heat exchanger is a device used in transferring thermal energy between two or more fluids or solid interfaces and a fluid, in solid particulates and a fluid at different temperatures and thermal contact. The author has concisely discussed the helical coil in heat exchanger at different shapes and conditions and compared the HCHE with straight tubes heat exchangers, and the factors affecting the performance and effectiveness of the helical coil heat exchanger such as the curvature ratio, and other heat exchangers. The author demonstrated that the HCHE provided more excellent heat transfer performance and effectiveness than straight tubes and other heat exchangers because of secondary flow development inside the helical tube, and heat transfer coefficient increased with an increase in the curvature ratio of HCHE for the same flow rates. The secondary flow and mass flow rates, advantages and disadvantages have also been reviewed. The authors back their findings with available theories. Suitable fluid should be searched for high efficiency in the helical coil.

An advanced turbulator with blades and semi-conical section for heat transfer improvement in a helical double tube heat exchanger

In present work,a helical double tube heat exchanger is proposed in which an advanced turbulator with blades,semi-conical part,and two holes is inserted in inner section.Two geometrical parameters,including angle of turbulator’s blades(θ) and number of turbulator’s blades(N),are considered.Results indicated that firstly,the best thermal stratification is achieved at θ=180°.Furthermore,at the lowest studied mass flow rate(m = 8 × 10^(-3) kg/s),heat transfer coefficient of turbulator with blade angle of 180° is 130.77%,25%,and 36.36% higher than cases including without turbulator,with turbulator with blade angle of θ =240°,and θ =360°,respectively.Moreover,case with N=12 showed the highest overall performance.At the highest studied mass flow rate(m = 5.842 × 10^(-2) kg/s),heat transfer coefficient for case with N=12 is up to 54.76%,27.45%,and 6.56% higher than cases including without turbulator,with turbulator with N=6,and with turbulator with N=9,respectively.

Fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of spiral coiled tube: Effects of Reynolds number and curvature ratio

Numerical analysis was performed to investigate flow and heat transfer characteristics in spiral coiled tube heat exchanger. Radius of curvature of the spiral coiled tube was gradually increased as total rotating angle reached 12n. As the varying radius of curvature became a dominant flow parameter, three-dimensional flow analysis was performed to this flow together with different Reynolds numbers while constant wall heat flux condition was set in thermal field. From the analysis, centrifugal force due to curvature effect is found to have significant role in behavior of pressure drop and heat transfer. The centrifugal force enhances pressure drop and heat transfer to have generally higher values in the spiral coiled tube than those in the straight tube. Even then, friction factor and Nusselt number are found to follow the proportionality with square root of the Dean number. Individual effect of flow parameters of Reynolds number and curvature ratio was investigated and effect of Reynolds number is found to be stronger than that of curvature effect.

Relationship between the Intensity of Secondary Flow and Convection Heat Transfer in a Helically Coiled Circular Tube with Uniform Wall Temperature

Numerical method is used to investigate fully developed laminar flow in helically coiled circular tube in this paper.The non-dimensional parameter(secondary flow Reynolds number Se)based on absolute vorticity flux along the mainstream is used to indicate the intensity of secondary flow caused by the centrifugal effect in helically coiled circular tube.The relationship between the intensity of secondary flow and the intensity of laminar convective heat transfer is studied.The effects of curvature and torsion on the enhancement of heat transfer are also considered.The results reveal that the absolute vorticity flux along the mainstream can be used to indicate the local or averaged intensity of secondary flow;the non-dimensional parameter of the absolute vortex along the main flow determines the convective heat transfer and friction factor.The relationships of Nusselt number and friction factor with the Se are obtained.The effect of curvature on Nusselt number is obvious,but the effect of torsion on Nusselt number is less obvious.

圆管和扁形管的绕管式换热器壳侧流体降膜流动特性

为探究异型管绕管式换热器壳侧流体降膜流动和分布特性,建立了绕管式换热器三维物理模型,并基于流体体积(VOF)法多相流模型进行了数值模拟,对比分析了圆管和扁形管的管外流体降膜流动特性。结果表明:圆管和扁形管的管外轴向降膜流动分布均呈现“波谷-波峰-波谷”形状;扁形管的管外流体降膜流动速度明显大于圆管;圆管的管外液膜最薄处为圆周角120°处,扁形管的管外液膜最薄处在90°~120°之间;随着管间距的增加,圆管和扁形管的管外液膜平均厚度均呈下降趋势,扁形管周向液膜平均厚度比等周长圆管小10%~29%;随着缠绕角的增加,扁形管的管周向液膜平均厚度比等周长圆管小4%~28%。因此,推荐使用扁形管替代圆管作为绕管式换热器的缠绕管。

CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER OF R-134A IN HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT AND HELICALLY COILED TUBE-IN-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS

This article presents an experimental investigation on condensation heat transfer of R-134a in horizontal straight and helically coiled tube-in-tube heat exchangers. The experiments were carried out at three saturation temperatures（35 ℃ , 40 ℃ and 45 ℃ ） with the refrigerant mass flux varying from 100 kg/m2 s to 400 kg/m2 s and the vapor quality ranging from 0.1 to 0.8. The effects of vapor quality and mass flux of R-134a on the condensation heat transfer coefficient were investigated. The results indicate that the condensation heat transfer coefficients of the helical section are 4%-13.8% higher than that of the straight section. The experimental results were compared with the data available in literature for helical and straight pipes.

螺旋套管换热器大变形与热应力分析

采用“流-固”共轭传热与“热-固”单向耦合的方法,分析了螺旋套管换热器对流换热特性、热膨胀大变形以及对热应力计算的影响。结果表明:受离心力影响,螺旋管及夹层流体质点形成二次流混合强化螺旋外侧换热,螺旋内管外侧比同一截面内侧点温度更低;在高温换热工况下,在螺旋管因热膨胀而出现显著的变形,其变形量与管壁厚度处于同一数量级,高温工况下螺旋套管换热器热应力计算属于大变形问题,采用大变形有限单元非线性计算结果比小位移线性计算的热应力更大、更加符合实际。最后,以减小热应力为优化目标,对螺旋套管T型接头布置方位进行了优化,当接管径向布置时热应力比轴向布置减小约1/3。

不同螺旋缠绕异形管换热器壳程性能数值研究

缠绕管的形状对螺旋缠绕管换热器的传热能力有重要影响,本文建立了具有不同截面形状的螺旋缠绕管换热器模型,数值研究了八种不同截面形状的缠绕管对螺旋缠绕管换热器壳程流动与传热性能的影响。相比于传统圆管,三叶管和水滴管对壳程流体造成的扰动较大,增强了螺旋缠绕管换热器的综合换热性能,而三叶管则具有最大换热能力。进一步分析了不同冲刷方式对螺旋三叶管换热器和螺旋水滴管换热器壳程性能的影响,结果表明:在相同的进口工况下,螺旋三叶管换热器壳程努塞尔数相比于传统圆管提高了11.8%~15.5%,阻力系数增大了41.9%~49.6%;螺旋水滴管换热器壳程努塞尔数相比于传统圆管提高了2.8%~4.3%,阻力系数增大了3.2%~6.8%;在雷诺数为2 603~5 206的工况条件下,管截面与流动方向夹角为0°的三叶管换热器综合换热性能最好,而管截面与流动方向呈逆流形式的水滴管换热器综合换热性能优于顺流形式。

加装螺旋导流板的双层铜管换热器传热性能分析

为提高螺旋铜管(SCT)换热器的综合传热性能,通过在换热器内加装螺旋形导流板,采用双向流固耦合计算方法,分析了不同入口流速和导流板安装位置下对换热器内部双层SCT的振动和传热性能的影响。数值结果表明:双层SCT换热器外层SCT的振动强度明显高于内层;无振动时内层SCT的传热系数高于外层,有振动时外层SCT的传热系数高于内层;随着入口流速增加,内外层SCT的振幅均增大,传热系数提高;导流板的安装位置会直接影响SCT的振动和传热特性,且在SCT呈现最大振动强度和最佳传热性能时的安装位置并不相同;对比振动强化传热参数Q PEC和综合传热性能因子R JF发现,双层SCT换热器的Q PEC和R JF均高于单层,两螺旋导流板分别安装在换热器的左、下位置时,Q PEC最大,安装在换热器的左、上位置时,R JF最大且比安装在左、下位置时最高增大了7.99%。该研究可为高性能SCT换热器的设计提供理论和数据支撑。

液态金属快堆螺旋管蒸汽发生器一、二次侧耦合传热数值研究

螺旋管蒸汽发生器是液态金属快堆中能量传递的核心设备,其运行的稳定性、安全性对核电站的运行有至关重要的影响。为此,本文构建了液态金属快堆螺旋管蒸汽发生器一次侧、二次侧耦合传热的三维数值模型,分别基于经济合作与发展组织核能署(The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,OECD/NEA)物性手册和美国国家标准与技术研究院(National Institute of Standards and Technology,NIST)数据库建立液态金属和水-水蒸气变物性计算关联式,采用Lee相变模型计算二次侧水-水蒸气蒸发过程中两相间的质量传递。基于实验数据,分别对本文模型一次侧传热以及二次侧传热的计算可靠性进行了验证。最后以铅铋快堆为例,研究了不同一次侧进口参数下蒸汽发生器一、二次侧之间的耦合传热特性,并与传统水冷堆进行了对比。结果表明:在同等条件下,相比于传统水冷堆,一次侧采用铅铋液态金属时,一、二次侧之间的壁面热流密度明显提升,热流密度峰值可达1439.97 kW·m^(-2),比水冷堆相应数值提升5~6倍,这导致二次侧管内气相蒸发过程明显加剧,体积含气率急剧上升;同时,一、二次侧之间的沿程热流密度分布更加不均匀,沿程热流密度分布相对偏差值比水冷堆相应数值增大3~4倍。随着一次侧进口铅铋温度从350℃增大到450℃,一、二次侧之间的壁面热流密度随之增大,对应的热流密度峰值从950.7 kW·m^(-2)增大到1439.97 kW·m^(-2),提升约1.5倍,同时一、二次侧之间的沿程热流密度分布更加不均匀,不均匀度增大20%。

润滑油加氢装置缠绕管式换热器设计与应用

换热器是影响润滑油加氢装置安全运行的关键设备,为提高换热器长周期运行效率,对螺纹锁紧环式传统换热器与缠绕管式换热器进行了比对研究,发现缠绕管式换热器运行稳定、管程与壳程之间产生内漏的可能性极小,是一种换热效率较高的换热设备。在某公司600 kt/a润滑油加氢异构脱蜡装置改造中,通过换热参数计算,用1台缠绕管式换热器代替了3台螺纹锁紧环式换热器,运行结果表明:热端温差下降了20℃、节省燃料气0.08t/h,总压降减小了200kPa,压缩机耗电功率减小了18kw/h。改造后3年运行期间没有出现质量缺陷,可以在同类装置中推广使用。

Turbulent Convective Heat Transfer of Methane at Supercritical Pressure in a Helical Coiled Tube

The heat transfer of methane at supercritical pressure in a helically coiled tube was numerically investigated using the Reynolds Stress Model under constant wall temperature. The effects of mass flux （G）, inlet pressure （Pin） and buoyancy force on the heat transfer behaviors were discussed in detail. Results show that the light fluid with higher temperature appears near the inner wall of the helically coiled tube. When the bulk temperature is less than or approach to the pscudocritical temperature （Tpc）, the combined effects of buoyancy force and centrifugal force make heavy fluid with lower temperature appear near the outer-right of the helically coiled tube. Beyond the Tpc, the heavy fluid with lower temperature moves from the outer-right region to the outer region owing to the centrifugal force. The buoyancy force caused by density variation, which can be characterized by Gr/Re3 and Gr/Re2.7, enhances the heat transfer coefficient （h） when the bulk temperature is less than or near the T~, and the h expe- riences oscillation due to the buoyancy force. The oscillation is reduced progressively with the increase of G. Moreover, h reaches its peak value near the Tpv. Higher G could improve the heat transfer performance in the whole temperature range. The peak value ofh depends on Pin. A new correlation was proposed for methane at su- percritical pressure convective heat transfer in the helical tube, which shows a good agreement with the present simulated results.

大型绕管式换热器气液均布器流体分配特性试验研究

针对LNG/FLNG大型绕管式换热器壳侧空间气液两相流体不均匀性造成的换热性能衰减问题,提出了一种适用于大型绕管式换热器的环管式均布器,并设计搭建了均布特性研究试验平台,研究不同流动条件下,沿径向、周向每个通道流量的比例系数和离散系数,并对有无均布器条件下的流体分配情况进行了对比。结果表明,流体分布随着流量增大而更加均匀,气相分布均匀性优于液相,气液两相周向分布均匀,径向分布由内至外两相质量流量逐渐减少,最内圈流量约为外圈流量的1.2倍,两相体积流量由内至外有所增大,最外圈流量约为内圈流量的1.5倍;放置均布器后,两相体积流量离散系数最大可以减小64%,两相质量流量离散系数最大可以减小57%。研究成果可为LNG/FLNG大型绕管式换热器均布器结构设计提供参考,有利于进一步提高均布效果。

大型绕管式热交换器高效换热管开发及传热性能测试

绕管式热交换器内部缠绕管束质量占设备本体质量的80%以上。为提高液化天然气绕管式热交换器在海洋平台及浮式生产设施中的利用率,从提高缠绕管束对流传热系数、减小设备质量和占地面积出发,提出了绕管式热交换器用高效换热管方案。对常见高效换热管材料、形式及绕管式热交换器用高效换热管的特点进行分析,自主开发了高效换热管加工成型工艺,成功实现超长内波外螺纹管的加工并完成了换热管流动传热性能测试。测试结果表明,不同工艺条件下,高效换热管对流传热系数比同规格光滑管对流传热系数提高15%~30%。