Research Article
Computational Analysis of a Double Pipe Heat Exchanger with and without Inserts
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.17-11-2023.2342865, author={Sam Solomon D P and Praveen S and Deepesh Kumar K and Kishore Sakthi Kumaar S and Krishnan A S}, title={Computational Analysis of a Double Pipe Heat Exchanger with and without Inserts}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology Practices for Sustainable Development, ICSETPSD 2023, 17th-18th November 2023, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICSETPSD}, year={2024}, month={1}, keywords={double pipe; inserts; heat transfer enhancement; effectiveness; heat transfer rate}, doi={10.4108/eai.17-11-2023.2342865} }- Sam Solomon D P
Praveen S
Deepesh Kumar K
Kishore Sakthi Kumaar S
Krishnan A S
Year: 2024
Computational Analysis of a Double Pipe Heat Exchanger with and without Inserts
ICSETPSD
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.17-11-2023.2342865
Abstract
The article presents the computational study of a double pipe heat exchanger (DPHEX) with and without inserts in both co-current and counter-current configurations with hot air as the fluid in the inner pipe and cold air as the fluid in the annulus. The velocity of hot air was maintained constant at 4.5 m/s and the that of cold air was varied between 2.7 and 6.6 m/s. The hot air was maintained at 90℃ in the inlet and that of cold fluid at 32℃ in the inlet. Two different inserts were placed in the annulus and their impact on the heat transfer rate, effectiveness and other performance parameters were compared with that of a DPHEX without inserts. The heat transfer rate of DPHEX with continuous insert was found to improve by about 16% than the DPHEX without insert, and about 3 % than the DPHEX with discontinuous insert.