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Abstract:
An experimental study of heat transfer in plane circular tube fitted with the V-Shaped Aluminum
turbulators is performed for plane circular tube. The objective of this Project work is to analyses heat transfer
coefficient and friction characteristics in a plane circular tube fitted with the V-Shaped Aluminum turbulators.
The experimentations are firstly carried out on the plane circular pipe and heat transfer augmentation were
recorded and then the v-shaped Aluminum turbulators are fitted in the same plane pipe and then again the heat
transfer augmentation is recorded and then both of them is compared. Experimental investigations have been
carried out to study the effects of the V-Shaped Aluminum turbulators on heat transfer, friction and
enhancement efficiency, in a circular tube. We used the V-Shaped aluminum turbulators with the turbulator
element length of 200mm, 160mm and 120mm.We found the heat transfer argumentation.The mean heat
transfer rates obtained from using the V-Aluminum turbulators are 198%, 213% and 241% for turbulator
element Length of 200mm, 160mm and 120 mm respectively. All of the experiments are carried out at the
same inlet conditions with the Reynolds number, based on the tube diameter (Re), in a range of 3000 to
10000.
Keywords — Enhancement; heat transfer; twisted tape inserts; pressure drop; flow; Aluminum
turbulator.
Increased Cost of heat exchangers.
*Experimental Set-up.
Heat losses due to friction in heat
exchanger.
0.005183715
0.006348728
0.006658603
Turbulator
4) Temperature of air at inlet (Ti) and outlet
2(L=160)
(To) of the test section. Turbulator
3(L=120)
Mass Flow Rate
6000 Turbulator 1
between Mass Flow rate and heat transfer rate.
4000
2000 (L=200) As shown in graph the mass flow rate is taken on
0 Turbulator
the X-Axis and heat transfer rate. On the Y- Axis.
2(L=160)
Turbulator The heat transfer rate increases by using V-
3(L=120) shaped. The below plot shows that the heat
Mass Flow Rate
Fig.Mass Flow Rate Vs Reynolds No
transfer rate for V-Shaped turbulators with length
The graph shows that the Reynolds No. for 120 is highest and it slightly reduces for Length
the various V-Shaped turbulators and for plane 160 and 200 respectively.
circular tube and there is the very small difference *Friction Factor-
between Reynolds no. of all cases. This increases in
Mass Flow Rate Vs Friction factor
the Reynolds No. occurred due to the turbulence. 1
PLANE
*Heat Transfer Coefficient-
Friction Factor
0.5 TUBE
0 Turbulatot
1(L=200)
0.0025…
0.0036…
0.0051…
0.0063…
0.0066…
Turbulator
Mass Flow Rate 2(L=160)
Enhancement Factor
shaped turbulators. The graph shows that the 2
1 fitted with
friction factor reduces as the mass flow rate 0 Turbulator
L=160"
increases. The friction factor for length of 120 mm Circular Tube
fitted with
is more and less for 150 mm and 200 mm length Turbulator
Mass Flow Rate
respectively. L=120
Heat Transfer Coefficient Enhacement Factor Fig.Heat transfer Coefficient Enhancement Factor
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