TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 General 1
1.2 Double pipe heat exchanger 2
1.3 Heat transfer augmentation techniques 4
1.4 Twisted tape inserts 6

1.5 Twisted tape inserts in turbulent flow 7

1.6 Twisted tape insesrts in laminar flow 7
1.5 Computational fluid dynamics 8
1.6 Turbulence modeling 8

Chapter 2-Literature Review 9

2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 Review of past work 9
2.3 Objectives of work 17

CHAPTER 3 M- METHODOLOGY
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“Specifications of double pipe heat exchanger used 18

Heat transfer calculations 18

chapter 4- CFD MODELING 20

4.1 Numerical consideration 20
4.2 Governing equation 20
4.3 computational domain 21
4.4 boundary conditions 22
4.5 meshing of domain 23
4.6 Choosing the physical properties 24
4.7 control parameters 24
4.8 Data processing 24
4.9 Algorithm 25

CHAPTER 5-RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 27

5.1 CFD Code Validation
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5.2 Fluid Flow Characteristics 29

5.3 Heat Transfer Performance 31
 5.4 Simulation Runs Corresponding To Fin Efficiency Data 34

5.4.1 Tube With Straight Fins

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5.4.2 Tube With Helical Fins 40

CHAPTER 6-CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE 46

Conclusion 46
Future scope 47

REFERENCES 48
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Fig. 1.1: Double pipe heat exchanger 2

Fig. 1.2: U-typedouble pipe heat exchanger 3
Fig. 1.1: Passive enhancement methods 5
Fig. 1.1: Heat Transfer Augmentation Techniques 5
Fig. 1.2: “Models of double-pipe heat exchangers with longitudinal fins and helical fins 6
Fig. 2.1: Different corrugated tubes in a DPHE 11
Fig. 2.2: Twisted inner tube of the DPHE 12
Fig. 2.3: “Different cross sections of the inner tube in (A) Circle, (B) oval, and (C) tri- 12
lobed”
Fig. 4.1: CFD domain 22
Fig. 4.2: Boundary condition in CFD 23
Fig. 4.3: Mesh model 24
Fig 5. 1: “Plot of heat transfer coefficient versus Re for longitudinal fins” 28
Fig 5. 2: “Plot of pressure drop versus Re for longitudinal fins 29
Fig 5. 3: Perspective view of velocity streamlines for Re = 12700 30
Fig 5. 4: Velocity contour 31
Fig 5. 5: Temperature variation contours on the plane 33
Fig 5. 6: Main-effect plots for Heat transfer coefficient 35
Fig 5. 7 Main-effect plots for Nusselt number 36
Fig 5. 8 Main-effect plots for heat transfer rate 37
Fig 5. 9 Main-effect plots for pressure drop 38
Fig 5. 10 Main-effect plots for Thermal performance enhancement 39
Fig 5. 11 Main-effect plots for Heat transfer coefficient 41
Fig 5. 12 Main-effect plots for Nusselt number 42
Fig 5. 13 Main-effect plots for heat transfer rate 43
Fig 5. 14 Main-effect plots for pressure drop 44
Fig 5. 15 Main-effect plots for Thermal performance enhancement 45

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Table 3.1: Structural parameters (Maakoul et al. 2017) 18
Table 5.1: Validation of calculated heat transfer coefficient and according to R.W. Serth 28
(2007)
Table 5.2: Validation of calculated pressure drop and according to R.W. Serth (2007) 29
Table 5.1: Simulation runs corresponding to tube with straight fins 34
Table 5.1: Simulation runs corresponding to tube with helical fins 40

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 ABBREVIATION

DPHE : Double pipe Heat Exchanger

CFD : Computational Fluid Dynamics
PDE : Partial differential equation
RAC : Refrigeration Air Conditioning

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