THERMOHYDRAULIC IRREGULARITIES INFLUENCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OP SHELL AND TUBE COUNTER FLOW HEAT EXCHANGERS

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Gotovskii ◽  
M. E. Lebedev ◽  
N. V. Mizonov ◽  
E. V. Firsova
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Flow Heat ◽  
Shell And Tube

The Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Efficiency and Its Relation to Effectiveness

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fakheri
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Optimum Heat ◽  
Flow Heat ◽  
Shell And Tube

The heat exchanger efficiency is defined as the ratio of the actual heat transfer in a heat exchanger to the optimum heat transfer rate. The optimum heat transfer rate, qopt, is given by the product of UA and the Arithmetic Mean Temperature Difference, which is the difference between the average temperatures of hot and cold fluids. The actual rate of heat transfer in a heat exchanger is always less than this optimum value, which takes place in a balanced counter flow heat exchanger. It is shown that for parallel flow, counter flow, and shell and tube heat exchanger the efficiency is only a function of a single nondimensional parameter called Fin Analogy Number. Remarkably, the functional dependence of the efficiency of these heat exchangers on this parameter is identical to that of a constant area fin with an insulated tip. Also a general algebraic expression as well as a generalized chart is presented for the determination of the efficiency of shell and tube heat exchangers with any number of shells and even number of tube passes per shell, when the Number of Transfer Units (NTU) and the capacity ratio are known. Although this general expression is a function of the number of shells and another nondimensional group, it turns out to be almost independent of the number of shells over a wide range of practical interest. The same general expression is also applicable to parallel and counter flow heat exchangers.

Transient Temperature Response of Variable Flow Heat Exchangers in a Marnoch Heat Engine

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Saneipoor ◽  
G. F. Naterer ◽  
I. Dincer
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Heat Engine ◽  
Heat Transfer Model ◽  
Transient Temperature ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Variable Flow ◽  
Flow Heat ◽  
Shell And Tube

Within a Marnoch heat engine (MHE), a water/glycol mixture transfers heat from the heat source into a set of variable flow heat exchangers and removes heat from adjoining cold heat exchangers. The compressed dry air is used as the working medium in this heat engine. The MHE has four shell and tube heat exchangers, which operate transient and variable flow conditions. A new transient heat transfer model is developed to predict this transient behavior of the heat exchangers for different flow regimes and temperatures. The results from the model are validated against experimental results from an MHE prototype. The heat transfer model shows 85% agreement with measured data from the MHE prototype for the individual heat exchangers. This model can be used for similar shell and tube heat exchangers with straight or U-shaped tubes. The heat transfer model predicts the gas temperature on the shell side, when a step change is imposed on the liquid entering the tubes.

A Transient Model for Parallel Flow and Counter Flow Heat Exchangers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Abbasi ◽  
M. Del Valle ◽  
A. P. Wemhoff ◽  
A. Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Transient Behavior ◽  
Parallel Flow ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Dimensionless Time ◽  
Internal Wall ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Thermal Capacitance ◽  
Flow Heat

The transient and steady-state response of single pass constant-flow (concentric parallel flow, concentric counter flow) heat exchangers was investigated using a finite volume method. Heat exchanger transients initiated by both step-change and sinusoidally varying hot stream inlet temperatures were investigated. The wall separating the fluid streams was modeled by conduction with thermal mass; hence the heat exchanger transient behavior is dependent on the thermal mass of the fluid streams as well as the internal wall. The outer wall is approximated as fully insulating. The time dependent temperature profiles were investigated as a function of heat exchanger dimensionless length and dimensionless time for both fluids. It was found that the transient response of the heat exchanger is controlled by a combination of the residence time and thermal capacitance of the fluid streams, the overall heat transfer coefficient between the fluid streams, and the thermal capacitance of the internal wall.

Effectiveness-NTU Relations for Heat Exchangers With Streams Having Significant Kinetic Energy Variation

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory F. Nellis
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Parallel Flow ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
Cryogenic Temperatures ◽  
Cold Side ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Flow Heat

Effectiveness-NTU equations are derived for counter and parallel-flow heat exchangers with fluids having high velocities. In this case, the change in the kinetic energy occurring within the heat exchanger will significantly affect the temperature profiles. The effectiveness is found to depend on the usual non-dimensional variables that compare the heat exchanger conductance to the hot- and cold-side capacity rates and on four additional nondimensional quantities that reflect the magnitude and distribution of the kinetic energy on the hot and cold-sides of the heat exchanger. The governing differential equations are derived, nondimensionalized, and solved analytically for the case of an exponentially distributed kinetic energy. Graphical solutions are presented and interpreted for several cases. The solutions are applied to a particular case involving high velocities within a counter-flow heat exchanger used to produce cryogenic temperatures.

MWR Approximation and Modal Control of Parallel- and Counter-Flow Heat Exchangers

1977 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 423-435
Author(s):  
Akira Ito ◽  
Hideaki Kanoh ◽  
Masami Masubuchi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Modal Control ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Flow Heat
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