Numerical modelling of a heat exchanger with heat tubes and experimental validation
conference contribution
posted on 2018-04-16, 10:22authored byMilen Venev, Ilia Iliev, Veselka Kamburova, Ahmed Ahmedov
On the basis of the developed mathematical model describing the ongoing processes in a heat exchanger with heat pipes a numerical modelling is carried out in order to obtain the temperature and velocity fields of the heat carrier and the heated fluid. In the present study the heat carrier is flue gas and the heated fluid is water. The numerical modelling is carried out by the commercial CFD software SolidWorks – Flow Simulation. Numerical results regarding the heat pipes pattern – corridor and staggered, have been obtained. The obtained numerical results were compared with experimental data collected from an operating heat exchanger with finned tubes thermosiphons. A good agreement between the numerical and experimental results is observed.
Funding
University of Ruse, Ruse, Bulgaria
History
School
Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Published in
55th Science Conference of Ruse University, 2016
Numerical Modelling of a Heat Exchanger with Heat Tubes and Experimental Validation
Volume
55
Pages
163 - 168
Citation
VENEV, M. ...et al., 2016. Numerical modelling of a heat exchanger with heat tubes and experimental validation. IN: Proceedings of University of Ruse 55th Annual Scientific Conference: Heat Transfer, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Engineering; Ecology and Environment Protection. Ruse: University of Ruse, 55(book 1.2), pp. 163-168.
Publisher
University of Ruse
Version
VoR (Version of Record)
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