• Nikhil N. Sawant
• R. G. Desavale

The aim of this study is to predict the performance of shell and tube heat exchanger. In this paper, the shell and tube heat exchanger was modeled and then CFD simulation has been carried out. Computational fluid dynamics is a computer-based simulation technique for examining fluid stream, heat transfer. The four different models have been developed which are 1-1 shell and tube heat exchanger with and without baffles, 1-2 shell and tube heat exchanger with and without baffles. The performance of heat exchanger is determined with the help of CFD results by varying the mass flow rate as 0.25Kg/s, 0.5Kg/s respectively. Using post-processor, the simulated results were computed i.e. temperature contours. The analysis shows that in 1-2 shell and tube heat exchanger with baffles gives large temperature difference than others so more heat transfer rate has occurred and hence the efficiency is improved. The CFD results are useful to design the shell and tube heat exchanger and to modify an existing design.

Shell and tube heat exchanger, Baffles, Solid works software, CFD analysis

"Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Various types of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.666-673, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCU06124.pdf

"Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Various types of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp666-673, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCU06124.pdf