Numerical Study of Fin Height Effects with the Staggered Arrangement in Annular-finned Tube Heat Exchangers

Deluxe La*, Prabowo, Tri Vicca Kusumadewi

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Abstract

In the current work, ANSYS FLUENT software is one of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses with three-dimensional (3D) model and was used to analyze and investigate numerical studies of annular-finned tubes. The fin height effects on heat transfer rate, fin efficiency, fin effectiveness, and pressure drop were conducted in this present work. The model that has been applied is the renormalization group (RNG) model based on the k-ɛ turbulence model. This study was operated in a certain velocity inlet by uin = 4.7 m/s with various fin heights by 5 mm, 7 mm, 9 mm, and 11 mm across four-row tube bundles in staggered arrangements. The numerical result shows that expanding the fin height gives increased heat transfer rate and also increased pressure drop of the bundle. Moreover, the result appeared that the fin efficiency decreased neither the effectiveness of the circular-finned tube bundle increased by expanding the fin height.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Renewable Energy Systems - Select Proceedings of ICOME 2021
EditorsMohan Kolhe, Aziz Muhammad, Abdel El Kharbachi, Tri Yogi Yuwono
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages205-212
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811915802
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 25 Aug 202126 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume876
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period25/08/2126/08/21

Keywords

  • Effectiveness
  • Efficiency
  • Finned tube bundle
  • Forced convection
  • Heat transfer
  • Numerical
  • Pressure drop

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