Heat Transfer Enhancement and Flow Structure in Heat Exchanger Tube By Using In-Line And Staggered Discrete Ribs Arrangements | ||||
Engineering Research Journal (Shoubra) | ||||
Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2019, Page 79-85 PDF (1.17 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Research articles | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/erjsh.2019.406926 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Emad Z. Ibrahim; Mohamed A. Essa; Mostafa M. Ibrahim; Mohamed N. El-Sayed | ||||
Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
In the present study, a numerical study is performed to one plain and six circular tubes with discrete ribs in two arrangements; in-line and staggered. Air is used as a working fluid at3,600 Re 16,525. The number of ribs is changed from 4 to 12 to study its effect on heat transfer rate (HTR) and pressure drop (ΔP). PEC is performed to estimate the thermal hydraulic efficiency (THE) for the all test tubes. The flow phenomena and temperature contours are shown to illustrate the temperature distribution and vortices. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Ribs; Heat transfer enhancement; Vortices; CFD | ||||
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