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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2015.39.2.136

A Study on Velocity Profiles between Two Baffles in a Horizontal Circular Tube

Chang, Tae-Hyun (Korea Institute of Science and Information)
Lee, Chang-Hoan (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information)

Publication Information

Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology / v.39, no.2, 2015 , pp. 136-142 More about this Journal

Abstract

The shell and tube heat exchanger is an essential part of a power plant for recovering transfer heat between the feed water of a boiler and the wasted heat. The baffles are also an important element inside the heat exchanger. Internal materials influence the flow pattern in the bed. The influence of baffles in the velocity profiles was observed using a three-dimensional PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) around baffles in a horizontal circular tube. The velocity of the particles was measured before the baffle and between them in the test tube. Results show that the velocity vectors near the front baffle flow along the vertical wall, and then concentrate on the upper opening of the front baffle. The velocity profiles circulate in the front and rear baffle. These profiles are related to the Reynolds number (Re) or the flow intensity. Velocity profiles at lower Re number showed complicated mixing to obtain the velocities and concentrate on the lower opening of the rear baffle as front wall. Numerical simulations were performed to investigate the effects of the baffle and obtain the velocity profiles between the two baffles. In this study, a commercial CFD package, Fluent 6.3.21 with the turbulent flow modeling, k- ${\epsilon}$ are adopted. The path line and local axial velocities are calculated between two baffles using this program.

Keywords

Baffle; Shell and tube heat exchanger; Particle image velocimetry; Computational Fluid Dynamics;

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