Numerical study of the longitudinal rows influence on a staggered tube bundle heat transfer under pulsating flow
Abstract
Numerical study of the longitudinal rows influence on a staggered tube bundle heat transfer under pulsating flow
Incoming article date: 25.10.2024In this paper, heat transfer in a staggered tube bundle under steady and pulsating flow conditions is analyzed using numerical simulation. The numerical study was conducted for tube bundles with 5, 10, and 15 longitudinal rows. The Reynolds number Re and the Prandtl number Pr were 3400 and 3 respectively. Flow pulsations were characterized by both symmetrical and asymmetrical reciprocating flow. The effect of pulsations was estimated using the product of the relative dimensionless pulsation amplitude and the Strouhal number A/DSh, which corresponded to values of 0.1, 0.25, and 0.4. The numerical study was conducted using Ansys Fluent. The flow hydrodynamics in the tube bundle was described using the Reynolds-averaged unsteady Navier-Stokes equations. Based on the results of numerical simulation, it was found that the effect of pulsations on heat transfer in the tube bundle varies depending on the number of longitudinal rows. It is shown that an increase in the number of rows leads to a decrease in the Nusselt number ratio in a pulsating flow compared to a steady flow. It is established that the thermal-hydraulic efficiency increases with an increase in the number of rows. It is shown that asymmetric pulsations are more effective than symmetric ones for intensifying heat transfer when taking into account energy costs
Keywords: heat transfer intensification, staggered tube bundle, heat transfer, numerical simulation, flow pulsations