Evaluation Analysis of Double Coil Heat Exchanger for Heat Transfer Enhancement

Senaa Kh. Ali; Itimad Dawood Jumaah; Anees A. Khadom

doi:10.24237/djes.2021.14109

Authors

Senaa Kh. Ali Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Diyala, 32001 Diyala, Iraq
Itimad Dawood Jumaah
itimad1981@gmail.com
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Diyala, 32001 Diyala, Iraq
Anees A. Khadom Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Diyala, 32001 Diyala, Iraq

Keywords:

Double coil, Flow rate, Coil pitch, Secondary flow

Abstract

In order to maximize the thermal efficiency of shell and coil heat exchangers, substantial research has been done and geometrical modification is one way to improve the exchange of thermal energy between two or more fluids. One of the peculiar features of coiled geometry is that the temperature distribution is highly variable along the circumferential section due to the centrifugal force induced in the fluid. Moreover, most researchers are concentrated on using a shell and single helical coil heat exchanger to enhance the heat transfer rate and thermal efficiency at different operating parameters. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate temperature variation ((T-1, T-2, T-3 and T-4) across a shell and single/double coil heat exchanger at different coil pitches, hot water flow rate, and cold-water flow rate along the outer surface of the coil using experimental and numerical analysis. For single and double coil heat exchangers, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is carried out using pure water with a hot water flow rate ranging between 1-2 l/min for the coil side heat exchanger. For single coil heat exchangers, the numerical analysis findings showed a good agreement with experimental four-temperature measurement results (T-1, T-2, T-3 and T-4) with an error rate of 1.80%, 3.05%, 5.34% and 2.17% respectively. Moreover, in the current double coil analysis, the hot outlet temperature decreased by 3.07% compared to a single coil (baseline case) at a 2.5L/min hot water flow rate. In addition, increasing the coil pitch will increase the contact between the hot fluid and the coil at a constant hot water flow rate and thereby decrease the hot fluid outlet temperature. Finally, a computational analysis was carried out to examine the flow structure inside single and double coil heat exchangers, and the findings indicated that the effect of centrifugal forces in double coil heat exchangers at various coil pitches caused the secondary flow to be substantially reduced.

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