Tube bundles can be used as a separation heat exchanger in the “organic” Rankine cycle power plants (ORC), while the hot gas passes over the outer surface, and the working substance in ORC flows inside the tubes. Numerical study of the hydrodynamics and heat transfer of a staggered bundle of drop-shaped tubes at different angle of attack (θ) of the incoming gas flow is carried out using the ANSYS package. The distribution of velocity, pressure, temperature in the studied bundle are obtained and the relation for calculating the average Nusselt number for the stress-strain state of the tubes bundle is proposed. The numerical method of calculation of the elementary, local and average radiation view factors for staggered bundle of drop-shaped tubes is developed using the “crossed-strings method”. The radiation net fluxes in the systems of drop-shaped and circular tubes with the same equivalent diameter are determined.

Two virtual laboratory works are presented in the developed complex: “Measurement of the heat capacity of air” and “Processes in moist air” performed in the Excel 2010 spreadsheet. The works are devoted to the study of processes in ideal gases, in particular in humid air, and are virtual analogues of physical work, on existing stands in the laboratory of technical thermodynamics of the Department of Theoretical Foundations of Heat Engineering MPEI, corresponding to the bachelor’s program in the disciplines “Thermodynamics” and “Technical Thermodynamics”. The presented material is intended to be included in the educational process in case of repair of existing laboratory stands, as well as for distance learning of students

The paper presents an experimental study of condensation of pure water vapor and water vapor in the presence of octafluoropropane (C3F8) in a vapor-gas mixture (VGM) in a turbulent jet of liquid.

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