WELCOME

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF A DOUBLE-

PIPE HELICAL HEAT EXCHANGER
Guided By :
AJAI M
ASST.PROFESSOR
Dept. of ME
MCET

Presented By :
JISHNU GOPAL
S7 ME
Roll No : 4221
MCET

INTRODUCTION
Helically coiled tubes are superior to straight tubes
Development of secondary flows due to centrifugal force enhance the
heat transfer
Two major boundary conditions: constant wall temperature and
constant heat flux
The outer wall of the annulus will be insulated
Poor circulation of fluid could be avoided using a double pipe
configuration
The temperature of the inner wall of the annulus will be dictated partly
by the fluid temperature in the inner tube

OBJECTIVE
Design, build and instrument two double-pipe helical heat exchangers
The difference between the two being the size of the inner tube
Experimentally evaluate the heat transfer characteristics of a double-
pipe helical heat exchanger for both parallel flow and counter flow
configurations
Compare the experimental results
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Heat exchanger
Constructed from copper tubing
Outer tube of heat exchanger had an outer dia of 15.9mm
Wall thickness of 0.8mm
Inner tube had an outer dia of either 9.5mm or 6.4mm
Each coil had a radius of curvature of 235.9mm

EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS
Cold tap water is used for the fluid flowing in the annulus
A large reservoir and a submersible pump was used to flow to the
annulus
Flow was controlled by a flow meter with an attached metering valve
Hot water for the inner tube was set at 60 degree Celsius

EXPERIMENTAL APPARAUS(CONTINUED)
Flow rate of inner tube was controlled by an identical flow meter and
metering valve
Flexible PVC tubing was used for all connections
Type k thermocouples are used to measure the inlet and outlet
temperatures for both fluid
Temperature data was recorded using a data acquisition connected to a
computer

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
Flow rate in the annulus and in the inner tube were varied
Following five levels were used: 100, 300, 500, 700, 900cm cube /min
These were done for both coils and in parallel flow and counter flow
configurations
Three replicates were done for every combination of flow rate , coil
size and configuration

CALCULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER
COEFFICIENTS
Overall heat transfer coefficient was calculated from the temperature
data
Heat transfer coefficients for the annulus and for the inner tube were
calculated using traditional Wilson plots
Method was chosen to avoid the disturbance of flow patterns and heat
transfer while attempting to measure wall temperatures
Generated by calculating overall heat transfer coefficients where on
fluid kept constant and other varied
Flow in the inner tube was kept constant and the flow in the annulus
was varied for the five different flow rates.

CALCULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER
COEFFICIENTS


Uo = Overall heat transfer coefficient
Q = Heat transfer rate
Ao = Surface area
LMTD = Log mean temperature difference
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
Little difference between the overall heat transfer coefficients for the
parallel flow and counter flow configurations.
Heat transfer rates were much higher in the counter flow configuration
due to the larger average temperature difference between the two
fluids.
Nussult number in the annulus was compared to the numerical work.


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