The Numerical Simulation of Flow Characteristics in T-Type Pipe

Abstract:

The manifolds are flow distribution devices commonly used in the heating furnaces, heat exchangers, reactors, boilers, and so on. The flow distribution uniformity in the manifolds, to a large extent, decides the operation safety and economy of these devices. Manifolds are consisted of a number of T-type pipes, the flow characteristics in the T-type pipe takes an important role in the flow distribution non-uniformity of manifolds, so flow characteristics in T-type pipes were systematically researched and analyzed by the Fluent simulation software in this paper, exploring the influencing factors such as the inlet mass flow rate on flow distribution non-uniformity, and providing some measures to improve the flow distribution uniformity.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 542-543)
• Pages: 1079-1082
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.542-543.1079
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Yu Qin Zhu
• Keywords: Headers, Manifolds, Numerical Simulation, T-Type Pipe

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