3D numerical simulation on shell-and-tube heat exchangers with middle-overlapped helical baffles and continuous baffles. II: Simulation results of periodic model and comparison between continuous and noncontinuous helical baffles

DOI10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.07.007zbMath1177.80069MaRDI QIDQ1037705

Jian-Fei Zhang, Wen-Quan Tao, Ya-Ling He

Publication date: 16 November 2009

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.07.007

zbMATH Keywords

performance; heat transfer; turbulence; numerical simulation; pressure drop; heat exchangers; periodic model; helical baffles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M12: Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76F60: (k)-(varepsilon) modeling in turbulence

Uses Software

• FLUENT

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