Analytical and Numerical Simulation of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
Shivaprakash K S1, Devaraja A.S2, Mohan A. E3, Vijetha Vardhan R. N4
1Shivaprakash K. S, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management, Bangalore, India,
2Dr. Devaraja A. S, Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management, Bangalore, India,
3Mohan A. E, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management, Bangalore, India,
4Vijetha Vardhan R. N, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, East West College of Engineering, Bangalore, India,
Manuscript received on May 01, 2017. | Revised Version Manuscript Received on May 23, 2017. | Manuscript published on May 20, 2017. | PP: 1-5 | Volume-4 Issue-6, June 2017. | Retrieval Number: F0751054617/2017©BEIESP
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Abstract: Shell and tube heat exchanger is the most common type of heat exchanger and widely used in oil refinery and other large chemical processes because it suite for high pressure application. In this project design of shell-and-tube heat exchanger is developed using analytical method. Then the CFD simulation will be carried out. Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) is a useful tool in solving and analysing problems that involve fluid flows, in this process in solving the simulation consist of modeling and meshing the basic geometry of shell and tube heat exchanger using the CFD package ANSYS Meshing Then, the boundary condition will be set before been simulate in Fluent 12.1 based on the analytical parameters. Then the CFD simulation of heat transfer in shell and tube heat exchanger model is validated against analytical method. Finally the optimization of baffle will be carried out to improve the stagnant zone and heat transfer in the segmented Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
Keywords: computational fluid dynamics, Ansys 12.1, Shell and tube heat exchanger, Baffles cuts and Baffles orientation