Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, India
Abstract
An experimental and numerical study of heat transfer and flow characteristics
of spiral plate heat exchanger was carried out. The effects of geometrical
aspects of the spiral plate heat exchanger and fluid properties on the heat
transfer characteristics were also studied. Three spiral plate heat
exchangers with different plate spacing (4mm, 5mm and 6 mm) were designed,
fabricated and tested. Physical models have been experimented for different
process fluids and flow conditions. Water is taken as test fluid. The effect
of mass flow rate and Reynolds number on heat transfer coefficient has been
studied. Correlation has been developed to predict Nusselt numbers. Numerical
models have been simulated using CFD software package FLUENT 6.3.26. The
numerical Nusselt number have been calculated and compared with that of
experimental Nusselt number.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Cited by
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