Oil jacket Design And Simulation Analysis

mechanical design
Tank cross section

Meshing
Analysis:

-Heated surface

- Insulated boundaries:
Electrical coil heater:
Results:

for
- All Boundaries are insulated except the top plane as it's wanted to
be heated.
- using heated pipe with high temperature and specific internal heat
generation (500W/m^3)

- electrical coil made of copper.

- metal box made of Steel
- used oil is Fuel oil .
Notes on material selection:

1- furnace Materials
Today's modern furnace uses stainless steel, aluminized steel, aluminum, brass, copper, and
fiberglass.

*Stainless steel is used in the heat exchangers for corrosion resistance.

*Aluminized steel is used to construct the frame, blowers, and burners.

*Brass is used for valves

*copper in the electrical wiring.

* Fiberglass is used to insulate the cabinet.

2- Electric Coil Materials

While there are many conductive metals, the ones most often used to make electric coils are
aluminum and copper.
Electric coils designed for heating purposes usually consist of a nickel or iron alloy.

Nichrome: Most of the heating elements using nichrome 80/20 (80% nickel, 20%
chromium) wire, ribbon, or strip. Nichrome 80/20 is an ideal material, because it has
relatively high resistance and forms an adherent layer of chromium oxide when it is heated
for the first time.

With regard to the insulator, it may be made from a number of diverse, non-conductive materials,
including plastic, enamel, cardboard, or even air. Coils are often insulated in some way, mainly to
prevent current from flowing between coil turns and to shield coils from prolonged exposure to
corrosion or damage-causing conditions like salt, moisture, oil, or vibration. Coils can be
protected in a variety of ways: Encapsulation applies only to the wire of coils; encapsulated coils
consist of wire that has been covered in a polymer epoxy. Molded coils, on the other hand, are
encapsulated in plastic coverings that seal not just wires, but the entire winding. Other electric
coils, like toroid transformer coils, are protected from environmental exposure by sealing tape.

3-Heating oil
Heating oil is a low viscosity, liquid petroleum product used as a fuel oil for furnaces or boilers in
buildings. Home heating oil is often abbreviated as HHO.

Heating oil consists of a mixture of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons in the 14- to 20-carbon atom
range that condense between 250 and 350 °C (482 and 662 °F) during oil refining. Heating oil
condenses at a lower temperature than petroleum jelly, bitumen, candle wax, and lubricating oil,
but at a higher temperature than kerosene, which condenses between 160–250 °C (320–482 °F).
The heavy (C20+) hydrocarbons condense between 340–400 °C (644–752 °F).

Fuel Flash point Autoignition

temperature
Ethanol (70%) 16.6 °C (61.9 °F) 363 °C (685 °F) flammable
Gasoline (petrol) −43 °C (−45 °F) 280 °C (536 °F) flammable
Jet fuel (A/A-1) >38 °C (100 °F) 210 °C (410 °F) flammable
Kerosene >38–72 °C (100–162 °F) 220 °C (428 °F) flammable
Diesel (2-D) >52 °C (126 °F) 210 °C (410 °F) combustible
Vegetable oil (canola) 327 °C (621 °F) 424 °C (795 °F) combustible
Biodiesel >130 °C (266 °F) combustible

The flash point is a descriptive characteristic that is used to distinguish between flammable fuels,
such as petrol (gasoline in the US), and combustible fuels, such as diesel.

It is also used to characterize the fire hazards of fuels. Fuels which have a flash point less than 37.8 °C
(100.0 °F) are called flammable, whereas fuels having a flash point above that temperature are called
combustible

a special focus must be carried out on heating oils and flow of fluid.
The most common used oil is mineral oil because of low price and its good properties. Natural esters and
vegetable oils could be very good substitute oils, because of their good properties such as safety against
a fire, environmental friendliness.