Open AccessMULTI-FACTOR HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN MODELS
Author(s) -
R. Klimov,
E. Lusta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zbìrnik naukovih pracʹ dnìprodzeržinsʹkogo deržavnogo tehnìčnogo unìversitetu. tehnìčnì nauki/zbìrnik naukovih pracʹ dnìprovsʹkogo deržavnogo tehnìčnogo unìversitetu. tehnìčnì nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-8389
pISSN - 2519-2884
DOI - 10.31319/2519-2884.37.2020.9
Subject(s) - heat exchanger , mechanics , volume (thermodynamics) , compact space , shell and tube heat exchanger , flow (mathematics) , work (physics) , tube (container) , materials science , mathematics , mechanical engineering , thermodynamics , engineering , physics , mathematical analysis
Compressed air is widely used in enterprises, and it is possible to reduce air consumption on pneumatic devices by heating. Most often, heating is carried out in shell-and-tube heat exchangers. To increase the area of heat exchange between the heating medium and the air, finned tubes are used, which can significantly reduce the volume occupied by the heater. The design of the heater is influenced by many factors, and the importance of the influence of each of them can differ significantly. It is advisable to use the overall characteristic in the form of a compactness factor, which shows the ratio of the heat exchange area to the volume of the heater.
The work developed a method for determining the optimal design of heaters by such a parameter as the compactness factor. The obtained regression equations make it possible to determine the influence of such factors as the number of rows of tubes across the flow and the length of one tube on the volume occupied by the heat exchanger and the compactness factor. According to Fisher's criterion, the equations of the model are adequate to the true dependence with a confidence level of 95%. Most of all, the volume of the heat exchanger and the compactness are affected by the number of tubes transverse to the air flow. Changing the length of one tube does not fundamentally affect the obtained values of the output parameters. With an increase in the length of one tube and their number across the flow, it is possible to achieve the highest values of the compactness coefficient, the dependence of which on the main factors has a pronounced maximum.
Using the developed technique, it is possible, in a fairly simple formulation, to analyze the value of the compactness factor for various combinations of the above factors and to optimize the design of the heater.