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ABSTRACT
Spiral tube Heat exchangers is a helically coiled heat exchanger, A helically coil-tube heat exchanger is generally
applied in industrial applications due to its compact structure, larger heat transfer area and higher heat transfer
capability, etc.
An attempt is made in this paper is that the Fabrication of spiral coil heat exchanger is done by taking the outer
diameter of the shell as 159.16 mm and inner diameter of the shell is 116 mm ,outer diameter of the tube is 9.21 mm
and inner diameter of tube is 8.91 mm, the coil pitch is taken as 24.11 mm, number of coil turns is taken is 14 and
shell material is steel ,tube material as copper and assembled ,then the experiment is done by varying the mass flow
rate of cold water and mass flow rate of hot water kept constant for first time and by varying the mass flow rate of
hot water and mass flow rate of cold water kept constant then the values of effectiveness and LMTD are evaluated.
KEY WORDS
Spiral coil Heat Exchanger, effectiveness, Thermocouples
1.
INTRODUCTION
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2. LITERATURE REVIEW
Ali1 et al has studied the natural convection heat
transfer from helical coils and obtained average
outside heat transfer coefficients for turbulent heat
transfer from the vertical helical coils submersed in
water. In their experiments water was pumped
through the coil. Churchill2 et al has studied the fully
developed laminar convection in helical coils
.Reviewing and employing previously published work
of other authors ,they developed new correlations of
friction factor and the Nusselt number in helical coiled
tubes with constant wall heat flux and constant wall
temperature. Kumar3 et al (2006) have studied the
pressure drop and heat transfer in tube helical heat
exchanger. However, the flow pattern is entirely
different in the helically coiled tube heat exchanger
than for a double pipe heat exchanger. Jayakumar4 et
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3. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
3.1 The following parts are assembling in
this experimental setup.
(i) Shell: The shell is constructed either from pipe or
rolled and welded plate metal. For reasons of
economy, low carbon steel is in common use, but
other materials suitable for extreme temperature or
corrosion resistance often are specified. Using
commonly available shell pipe to 24 dia. Results in
reduced cost and ease of manufacturing, partly
because they generally are more perfectly round than
rolled and welded shells.
(ii) Spiral coil: Spiral coil designs can be an effective
use of space in heat transfer applications. Convection
can be improved by switching from an inferior
material such as aluminum or stainless steel (though
CTCG makes tubing coils out of these materials as
well) and adopting a spiral coil design. Finned tubing
(though more difficult to manipulate) can add an
even further benefit by maximizing the tube's
exposure to air and thereby removing more heat.
(iii) Thermocouple: It is a temperature-measuring
device consisting of two dissimilar conductors that
contact each other at one or more spots. It produces
a voltage when the temperature of one of the spots
differs from the reference temperature at other parts
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3.2. Assemly
Shell was prepared in lathe with deferent operations
as per dimensions. in the shell two holes drilled for
inlet and outlet flowing of water. Two nipples were
welded in holes for connecting pipes. Two flange
plates were prepared as per dimensions using gas
cutting operations. Two nipples also welded for
connecting hot water inlet and outlet pipes. Copper
tube is wounded 14 turns. Copper helical coil is
inserted on to the shaft part. And finally all parts
were assembled with help of nuts and bolts to make
the shell air tight without water leaking. J-Type
Thermocouples were attached at inlet and outlet
connecting pipes for knowing inlet and outlet
temperature of cold and hot water. The insulating
rope is wound to heat exchanger for reducing for heat
dissipating. Thermocouples were attached to digital
temperature indicator. This digital temperature
indicator is fixed in the panel board. Heat exchanger
if fixed near to panel board.
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4.2.Tabular Column
At Constant Mass Flow Rate For Hot Fluid and Different Mass Flow Rate in Cold Fluid
Mh
Mc
Th1 Th2 Tc1 Tc2 Ch
Cc
Cmin
Qmax
Qact
LMTD
0.333
0.0416
51
38
30
40
139.2
174.7
139.29
2785.8
1810.7
7.958
0.644
0.333
0.025
49
38
31
34
139.29
105
105
1995
1532.19
10.43
0.768
0.333
0.33
0.0208
0.020
50
50
40
39
31
31
38
35
139.29
139.2
87.36
85.6
87.36
85.65
1659.84
1713
1392.9
1532
11.13
11.74
0.8391
0.894
Qact
LMTD
0.05
0.045
0.0333
0.0333
43
45
38
38
30
30
36
37
209.15
188.235
139.29
139.29
139.29
139.29
1818.18
2097.9
1045.75
1317.645
7.48
7.48
0.5752
0.628
0.038
0.0333
46
37
30
38
168.954
139.29
139.29
2231.76
1430.58
8.49
0.6393
0.03
0.0333
52
37
30
36
125.49
139.29
125.49
2760.76
1822
10.8
0.6818
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Specimen Calculations
I.
III.
= 2.25 10
Reynolds number
NRe =
NRe =
V.
) +
II.
IV.
(2
= 52.35w/m2k
logarithmic mean temperature difference:=
)~(
(
(
) (
(
(
)
)
)
)
)
)
= 7.95810 C
VI. Effectiveness =
=1810.77/2785.5
= 0.644 (No units)
6. REFERENCES
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[5] M.Deshpande.,
et,.
al.,
Study
Of
Hydrodynamics Of Horizontal Spiral Coil
Tube. International Journal of Advanced
Engineering Research and Studies, Vol. 1, Issue.
3, PP 112 114, ISSN No. 2249 8974, Apr
June 2012
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