Numerical Simulation Research on the Internal Flow of a Heat Exchanger

Abstract:

Spiral tube exchanger is one of the most important heat transfer devices among the electric water boilers. In this paper, CFD software is introduced to simulate the process of the flow of the spiral tube exchanger. Cases with different inlet velocities of the cold water have been conducted and results show that, temperature increment of the cold water reaches 38.87 K, 20.21 K and 12.12 K with the inlet velocity of the cold water set as 0.05 m/s, 0.09 m/s and 0.13 m/s respectively.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 694)
• Pages: 200-204
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.694.200
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Zi Fang Wang, Ye Bin Yin, Wei Ji, Yan Meng, Lian Sheng Liu, Jin Xiang Wu, En Yu Wang, Xiang Gou*
• Keywords: Heat Exchanger, Simulation, Temperature, Velocity

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