INCHARGE: Prof. R.K.

Yadav

SUBMITTED BY: Ms. Shweta Sonawane Ms. Roopali Taran Mr. Avinath Pawar Mr. Sachin Jadhav

What is heat exchanger ? ? ?

Heat exchanger is a piece of equipment for efficient

heat transfer from one medium to another.

Why helical coil ??

Helical coils are compact in size and provides distinct benefit like higher film coefficient, more effective utilization of available pressure drop, which results in efficient and less expensive design.

Sketch of secondary flow pattern in curved tube

 When a fluid flows in helical coiled tube centrifugal

forces causes secondary fluid motion which gives rise to heat exchange
When a fluid flows through a straight tube the velocity

is maximum at the tube center, zero at the tube wall and symmetrically distributed about the axis.
However when a fluid flows though a curved tube, the

primary velocity profile is distorted by the addition of secondary flow pattern.

Scope of Work
Helical coils are widely used in all fields of

engineering, so a thought is given to experimentally suggest the values of heat transfer coefficients, the various numbers associated with heat transfer phenomenon and suggest a fluid which gives maximum overall heat transfer coefficient.

The setup for the analysis consists of copper helical coils of inner diameter 11.10 mm and length 22Ft

The set up required a tank or vessel of internal diameter as 380mm to accommodate the helical coil along with a heating element of 1000 watt.

The work involves the analysis of results obtained for fluid like water. The work carried out for the both with and without agitation condition for all fluids.

In a helical coil, heat transfer to the coolant is studied experimentally . Water, Soap solution and starch solution are used as a bath liquids in a cylindrical vessel of 380 mm I.D.& 530 mm height without any mixing of bath liquid.

The surface temperature of helical coil at different positions and bath temperature are measured on digital temperature recorder.

Water inlet & Water outlet temperature of helical coil is measured by thermometer. The present work involves fabrication of setup for helical coil of 1.10 mm I.D. & 13.0 mm O.D.

The coil consists a tank of diameter 380 mm with bath solution.

The work involves analysis of heat transfer between different solution as bath liquid & water as helical coil liquid.

Components used
Sr. No. Name of component Material Specification 1. Helical coil Copper ID 11.10 mm, OD 13.0mm & length 610cm

2.

Cylindrical tank

GI sheet

ID 38.0 cm
Height 53 Cm Wall thickness 25 mm

3.

Thermo couple and digital temperature indicator -----

A digital temperature indicator with 6 point selector switch (0-600 degree C) and thermo couple wire & junction PT-100 (0300 degree C)

Contd..
4 Dimmer stat ----5 Amp Dimmer stat with a range of 0-240 Volt , 50Hz 5 Stirrer ----6. 7 Flow measuring Device Heating coil Glass Copper HP cooler motor pump of RPM 1360, amp 0.36, 50 Hz and 45 watt. A glass biker of 1 liter marking 1000 watt drum heating coil

Location of the thermo couple on helical coil

Thermocouple No. Distance from inlet water level 1 2 3 4 131 cm 136 cm 139.5 cm 143 cm

5
6

147 cm
150.5cm

Working
1. Fill the cylindrical tank with water such that the entire

setup of helical coil immersed in liquid. 2. Adjust the heat supplied to setup by properly adjusting dimmer. Heat input should be recorded from the values of voltage and current. 3. Adjust the flow rate of water entering in helical coil in a way to maintain constant flow rate after enough heating of liquid. 4. Note down the various thermocouple reading with the help of temperature indicator at steady state. 5. Carry out the experimentation for the various values of heat input and by changing the mass flow rate.

Criteria for selection of component

Helical Coil : The material selection for the helical coil is
such that, it must have high thermal conductivity & should be easy to bend.

Cylindrical Tank:
The criteria for selection of cylindrical tank should be such that, the helical coil arrangement, the heater and stirrer for agitation must accommodate in it.

Thermocouple and Digital Temperature Indicator :

To record the various temperature of water inside the coil at various distances

Dimmer stat:
It is selected to fulfill the requirement of varying heat input to analyze the performance of heat transfer between water & various solution

Stirrer :
For proper mixing of various solution & to increase the turbulence

Heating Coil :
A 1000 watt drum heating coil is used to heat the bath solution in the tank.

Conclusion: . 1) Heat transfer rate in a helical coil is greater than a straight tube due to curvature ratio and secondary flow formation. 2) Here in most of the literature considered, water as the basic liquid and other liquids like glycerol of different concentration, ethylene glycol etc. either flowing or stationary fluid.
3) Thermo physical properties of the water should be taken at average inlet and outlet temperature of water.

The experimental work carried for the convective heat transfer analysis in a helical coil, can be further studied by emphasizing on the effect of number of turn of coils, curvature ratio and by circulating the surrounding fluid over the coil.

4) The condition required for the experimental work to be carried out, mostly matches with the work of Mori and Nakayama. In this dissertation work most emphasis is given on the equation presented by Mori & Nakayama.
5) In most of the literature effect of agitation and increase heat input is not considered which is the scope for further work.