Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering (설비공학논문집)

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Numerical Simulation of a Fin-Tube Heat Exchanger for Waste Gas Heat Recovery

폐열회수용 핀-튜브 열교환기 성능 수치모사

  • Nam, Myong-Hwan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University) ;
  • Maeng, Jae-Hun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University) ;
  • Koo, Byeong-Soo (Donghwa Entec. Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Jun, Yong-Du (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University) ;
  • Lee, Kum-Bae (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University)
  • Received : 2010.10.04
  • Accepted : 2010.12.10
  • Published : 2011.02.10
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Abstract

As an effort to secure economically viable heat recovery units, innovative fin shapes for industrial boilers are studied for better performance. In the present study a numerical modeling for the analysis of heat exchanger performance is conducted using a commercial software, ANSYS CFX and the results are compared with the experimental data. Out of several candidate fin shapes curved wavy fin is selected for the present study. Both numerical and experimental data are directly compared for heat transfer rate and pressure drop with the assumed constant surface temperature of $60^{\circ}C$. Exhaust gas is obtained from a test apparatus which supplies variable flow rates. The numerical results show reasonable agreements with the experimental data within 10% in terms of both total heat transfer and pressure loss.

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