ABSTRACT

Double pipe heat exchanger is widely used in many application. Increased

performance and efficiency are the most demanding need in today’s world. Working fluid
like nanofluid with high heat transfer coefficient can be a promising alternative to the
existing system. It should possess the height thermal conductivity, low viscosity, high
specific heat, and stability. This paper discusses the review work on the uses of the
nanofluid to increase the performance of double pipe heat exchanger with CFD. The
effect of different material with different base fluid has been presented with different
nanoparticle shape on the performance of exchanger and on the thermal properties of
working fluid has been presented. Some of the literature shows contradictory results it is
concluded that the combination of SIO2 and W nanofluid gives the best performance
among other which has presented due to its high thermal conductivity and low viscosity.
Turbulence region shows best result compare with laminar and high-pressure drop
compared with it. Cylinder shape shows the better performance among considered shapes
in literature. Nanoparticle should be suspended in base fluid for the long term uses which
is the biggest limitation of it in a real-time application. Finally work has to be done with
ANSYS CFD and some calculation has to be done for find coefficient of heat transfer for
both water and water-sio2

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO TITLES PAGENO

ABSTRACT v
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES viii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 HEAT EXCHANGER 1
1.2. CLASSIFICATION 4
1.2.1 BASED ON TRANSFER PROCESSES 4
1.2.2. BASED ON CONSTRUCTION 5

1.2.3. BASED ON FLOW 10

1.3. HEAT TRANFER 12

1.3.1 CONVECTION 12
1.3.2 CONDUCTION 14
1.3.3 RADIATION 15
1.3.4 APPLICATIONS OF HEAT EXCHANGER 16

1.4 NANO FLUIDS 17

1.4.1 FUNCTIONS OF NANOFLUIDS 17
1.4.2 PREPARATION OF NANOFLUIDS 17
1.5 INTRODUCTION TO CREO 19
1.6 INTRODUCTION TO ANSYS 21
1.7 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS 21
1.7.1 APPLICATIONS OF CFD 22
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 24

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3 PARAMETERS OF MATERIAL 30

4 RESULT AND DISCUSION 32

4.1 BOUNDARY CONDITION IN DOUBLE
PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER 32
4.2 MESHING IN DOUBLE PIPE HEAT
EXCHANGER 33
4.3. VELOCITY IN THE DOUBLE PIPE HEAT
EXCHANGER 34
4.4 PRESURE IN THE WATER DOUBLE
PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER 35

4.5 TEMPERATURE IN THE WATER DOUBLE

PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER 36

4.6 PRESSURE IN WATER-SIO2 DOUBLE PIPE

HEAT EXCHANGER 37

4.7 TEMPERATURE IN IN WATER-SIO2 DOUBLE

PIPE HEAT EXCHANGE 38
4.8 CALCULATION 39
4.8.1 USING WATER AS A COOLANT 39
4.8.2 USING SILICON OXIDE AS A COOLANT 40
5 CONCLUSION 47
6 REFERENCE 49

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO TITLE PAGE NO

3.1 TECHNICAL SPECFICATION OF THE HEAT
EXCHANGER 22
3.2 MATERIAL SELECTION 22
3.3 PROPERTIES OF COPPER
3.4 PROPERTIES OF SILICON OXIDE 36

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO TITLE PAGE NO

1.1 CLASSIFICATION OF HEAT EXCHANGER 5
1.2 TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGER 7
1.3 SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER 8
1.4 HELICAL HEAT EXCHANGER 10
1.5 PARALLEL AND COUNTER FLOW 12
1.6 CONVECTION 14
1.7 CONDUCTION 15
1.8 RADIATION 16
1.9 PREPARATION OF NANO FLUID 17
1.10 MODEL OF HEAT EXCHANGER DRAWN IN 20
1.11 EXAMPLE FOR CFD 23

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4.1 BOUNDARY CONDITION IN DOUBLE PIPE HEAT
EXCHANGER 32
4.2 MESHING IN DOUBLE PIPE HEAT
EXCHANGER 33
4.3. VELOCITY IN THE DOUBLE PIPE HEAT
EXCHANGER 34
4.4 PRESURE IN THE WATER DOUBLE
PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER 35
4.5 TEMPERATURE IN THE WATER DOUBLE
PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER 36

4.6 PRESSURE IN WATER-SIO2 DOUBLE PIPE

HEAT EXCHANGERHANGER 37

4.7 TEMPERATURE IN IN WATER-SIO2 DOUBLE 38

PIPE HEAT EXCHANGE