The inclusion of baffles in a double pipe heat exchanger is becoming
increasingly important as it improves the heat exchanger's performance. CFD
analysis is used in this paper to investigate the performance of double pipe
heat exchangers with and without helical baffles on both shell tube sides.
The 3D Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model was created in Solid Works,
and the FloEFD software was used to analyze the conjugate Heat Transfer
between the heat exchanger's tube and shell sides. Heat transfer
characteristic like Outlet temperature of shell and tube are investigated
along with pressure drop on shell and tube side. Based on CFD results of
Double Pipe Heat exchanger with helical baffle on both shell side and tube
side (Type 4) gives the better results than the other type of heat
exchangers with an increased pressure drop than the others, results reveals
that type 4 outlet temperature of shell side is 8% higher and on tube side
it is 5.5% higher, also pressure drop on shell side is 12% higher and on
tube side it is 42% higher than the other types.
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