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Enhancement of Performance of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Using Pertinent Leakage Flow Between Baffle and Tube Bundles

배플과 관군간의 적정 누설유동을 이용한 쉘-관 열교환기의 성능향상

  • Received : 2014.08.12
  • Accepted : 2015.01.11
  • Published : 2015.03.01
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Abstract

In this study, the effects of the leakage flow between the baffle and tube bundles on the performance of a shell and tube heat exchanger (STHE) were examined using the commercial software ANSYS FLUENT v.14. A computational fluid dynamics model was developed for a small STHE with five different cases for the ratio of the leakage cross-sectional area to the baffle cross-sectional area, ranging from 0 to 40%, in order to determine the optimum leakage flow corresponding to the maximum outlet temperature. Using fixed tube wall and inlet temperatures for the shell side of the STHE, the flow and temperature fields were calculated by increasing the Reynolds number from 4952 to 14858. The present results showed that the outlet temperature, pressure drop, and heat transfer coefficient were strongly affected by the leakage flow, as well as the Reynolds number. In contrast with a previous researcher's finding that the leakage flow led to simultaneous decreases in the pressure drop and heat transfer rate, the present study found that the pertinent leakage flow provided momentum in the recirculation zone near the baffle plate and thus led to the maximum outlet temperature, a small pressure drop, and the highest heat transfer rate. The optimum leakage flow was shown in the case with a ratio of 20% among the five different cases.

배플과 관군간의 누설유동이 쉘-관 열교환기 성능에 미치는 영향을 FLUENT 를 사용하여 조사하였다. 쉘측 출구온도를 최대로 하는 최적누설유동을 찾기 위해 쉘측 단면적에 대한 누설단면적 비가 0%-40% 범위의 5 가지 누설유동을 가진 쉘-관 열교환기에 대하여 CFD 모델이 개발되었다. 관 입구 및 벽면온도를 일정하게 유지하고 Reynolds 수를 4952 부터 14858 증가시키면서 유동장 및 온도장을 계산하였다. 해석결과, 출구온도, 압력강하, 열전달률은 Reynolds 수뿐만 아니라 누설유동에도 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 누설유동은 열전달률과 압력강하를 동시에 낮추는 결과를 제시한 기존의 결과와는 달리, 본 연구에서는 적정의 누설유동은 배플 주위의 재순환영역에 추가적인 모멘텀을 공급함으로써 최대출구온도, 작은 압력강하, 높은 열전달률을 유도하는 효과를 발휘하는 새로운 결과를 얻었다. 20%의 누설단면적이 최적의 누설단면적으로 나타났다.

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