Chapter Five Results and Discussion

Chapter
Results and Discussion

5.1 The Results

The numerical results of the present investigation have to be presented,
discussed, and analyzed for double pipe heat exchanger with helical tube,
Contours of outlet temperature and outlet temperature for the counter flow
have been investigated numerically. is studied numerically and experimentally
at outlet and inlet the double helical tube and also the Nusselt number to each
case.
Three types of discharge number were studied in the numerical investigation, .
with constant thickness values of solid wall had been studied in the numerical
investigation and experimental part. Also, in the numerical investigation, the
influence of thermal conductivity of the wall was taken into consideration
5.2 Numerical Results
The simulation of the fluid flow and conjugate heat transfer characteristics of
double helical coil tube. The objective of the numerical investigation to deduce
information about the outlet temperature and streamline. ANSYS (Fluent) 19.2
program was used to check the results of the experimental work. The study has
been done by ANSYS for double helical coil tube.
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5.2.1 Temperature Distribution

The temperature distributions for the double helical coil tube and thickness of
the copper wall are presented in this part. These temperature contours are drawn
for the three cases of double helical coil tube
A – for double helical coil tube
For double helical coil tube (QC=10 LPM), the inlet temperature for cold water
is (30℃ ) and outlet temperature for cold water is (41.6℃ ), and the inlet
temperature for hot water is (50℃ ) and outlet temperature for hot water is
(36.5℃ ) are shown in Figure (5.1).While, Figure (5.2) is drawn for (QC=18
LPM), the inlet temperature for cold water is (30℃ ) and outlet temperature for
cold water is (36℃ ), and the inlet temperature for hot water is (50℃ ) and
outlet temperature for hot water is (33℃ ) and while in figure (5.3) is drawn for
(QC=14 LPM), the inlet temperature for cold water is (30 ℃ ) and outlet
temperature for cold water is (37.6℃ ), and the inlet temperature for hot water is
(50℃ ) and outlet temperature for hot water is (34.7℃ ) .Figure (5.4) show the
inlet velocity of fluid and outlet velocity at (QC=10 lpm) , figure (5.5) show the
inlet velocity of fluid and outlet velocity at (QC=18 lpm) and figure (5.6) show
the inlet velocity of fluid and outlet velocity at (Q C=14 lpm) . From these
figures, it can be seen that the Reynold number is increased, the convection
intensities become more intense within the tube
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Figure (5.1): Temperature contours for the case of hot water Flow 14 L/m and
cold water flow rate 10 L/m

Figure (5.2): Temperature contours for the case of hot water Flow 14
L/m and cold water flow rate 18 L/m
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Figure (5.3): Temperature contours for the case of hot water Flow 14
L/m and cold water flow rate 14 L/m

Figure (5.4): Velocity contours for the case of hot water Flow 14 L/m and cold
water flow rate 10 L/m
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Figure (5.5): Velocity contours for the case of hot water Flow 14 L/m and cold
water flow rate 18 L/m

Figure (5.6): Velocity contours for the case of hot water Flow 14 L/m and cold
water flow rate 14 L/m

From above CFD results, we were obtained the outlet temperature of hot and
cold Fluid. From temperature data, we find Nusselt number, Reynolds number,
overall heat transfer coefficient. After Calculation, We observed that overall
heat transfer coefficient is increases with increasing outer tube flow rate, for
constant hot Water Flow Rate 14 LPH.
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Plot

efficiency and Re
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
efficiency

1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 11000 12000 13000 14000 15000 16000

Re

Figure (1) Relationship between the Reynold number with the efficiency .

LMTD &QC
8.5

8
LMTD

7.5

6.5
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

Inner mas flow rate (Lpm)

Figure (2) LMTD Vs Inner Tube Flow Rate (LPH)

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Q&U
900
800
700
600
500
U

400
300
200
100
0
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

Inner mass flow rate (LPM)

Figure (3) overall heat transfer coefficient (Uo) Vs Inner Tube Flow Rate
(LPH)

m & efficiency
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
efficiency

1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4
m (kg/s)

Figure (4) efficiency Vs mass flow rate (kg/s)

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Re&Nu
90
80
70
60
50
Nu

40
30
20
10
0
6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 11000 12000 13000 14000 15000 16000
Re

Figure(5) Inner Tube Nusselt Number (Nui) Vs Inner Tube Reynolds

Number (Re)

5.3 CONCLUSION
1) By these theoretically and CFD results of double Tube Helical Coil Heat
Exchanger, we observed that as the outer tube flow rate (LPH)
increases, Velocity of cold fluid (VC) (m/sec) is also increases, So that
Reynolds Number, is increases with increasing outer tube flow rate, for
constant hot Water Flow Rate.
2) We observed that as the outer tube flow rate (LPH) increases,
Temperature difference (∆ T 1-∆ T 2) also increases, So Log mean
temperature difference (LMTD) is increases with increasing outer tube
flow rate, for constant hot Water Flow Rate.
3) We found that as the outer tube flow rate (LPH) increases, the heat gain
by hot water(J/sec) is also increases, So that overall heat transfer
coefficient is increases with increasing outer tube flow rate, for constant
hot Water Flow Rate.