Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology

The Korean Society of Marine Engineering (한국마린엔지니어링학회)
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A study on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of plain fin-tube heat exchanger using CFD analysis

CFD 해석을 통한 Plain형 핀-튜브 열교환기의 열전달 및 압력강하 특성에 관한 연구

  • Liu, Zhao (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Gachon University) ;
  • Yoon, Jun-Kyu (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gachon University)
  • Received : 2014.03.07
  • Accepted : 2014.06.17
  • Published : 2014.07.31
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Abstract

The fin-tube heat exchanger being used for industrial boiler, radiator, refrigerator has been conducted in various studies to improve it's performance. In this study, the characteristics of heat transfer and pressure drop was theoretically analyzed according to longitudinal pitch, location of vortex generator, bump phase and number of the tube surface about the plain fin-tube heat exchanger. The boundary condition for the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis applied with the SST (Shear Stress Transport) turbulence model assumed as the tube surface temperature of 333 K, the inlet air temperature of 423-438 K and the inlet air velocity of 1.5~2.1 m/s. The analysis results indicated that the heat transfer coefficient is not affected highly by the longitudinal pitch, and the heat transfer characteristics was more favorable when the vortex generator was located in front of the tube. Also the bump phase of the tube surface indicated that circle type was more appropriate than serrated type and triangle type in the characteristics of heat transfer and pressure drop, and the sixteen's bump phase of circle type was most favorable.

핀-튜브 열교환기는 산업용 보일러, 라디에이터, 냉동기 등에 많이 사용되고 있어 열교환기의 성능향상을 위한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Plain형 핀-튜브 열교환기에 대해 가로피치, 와류발생기위치, 튜브표면의 돌기형상 및 돌기개수 등의 변화에 따른 열전달 및 압력강하 특성을 이론적으로 해석하였다. CFD 해석시 경계조건으로는 SST 난류모델을 적용하였으며, 튜브표면의 온도는 333 K이고, 입구측 공기의 온도와 속도는 423~438 K, 1.5~2.1 m/s로 가정하였다. 해석결과로는 열전달계수는 가로피치에 대한 영향은 큰 차이가 없으며, 열전달특성은 와류발생기 설치가 튜브 전방부에 위치할수록 양호한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 튜브표면의 돌기형상은 열전달 및 압력강하 특성에서 원형이 톱니형과 삼각형보다 적절하였으며, 16개 원형 돌기형상이 가장 양호하였다.

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