Computational Investigation of Spray Heat Exchanger Performance.

Document Type : Research Studies

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1 Mechanical Power Engineering., Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt

2 Atomic Energy Authority, Nuclear Research Center, Reactors Dept., Cairo., Egypt

3 Mechanical Power Engineering., Faculty of Engineering., El-Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt

Abstract

Enhancement of the heat transfer coefficient is important for the design and operation of heat exchangers. In this study, a numerical model is built to investigate the performance of spray cooling heat exchanger as water is sprayed on a horizontal tube. The objectives of the study are 10 evaluate evaporation rate of the falling water film on a horizontal tube evaporator and obtaining the effect of the distance from the nozzle to the hot tube locution on the proportion rule and on heat transfer effectiveness. Moreover, the effect of droplet size distribution and the hot tube surface superheating temperature on the evaporation rate are also conducted. 
For a certain distance from nozzle distributor to the hot tube surface and by using the equations of mass, momentum and energy of the sprayed droplets, the change in droplet velocity, droplet size and its temperature can be evaluated. Vapor film is created around the hot tube surface. In this study, the formed vapor layer Thickness around the hot surface, evaporation rate and heat transfer effectiveness were also evaluated. The heat transfer characteristics are investigated at the considered ranges of the various spraying parameters such as: sprayed mass velocity (sprayed mass flow rate per the unit area of the lest tube) which ranged from 1.2532 101.5314 kg/m2.s, droplet size (ranged from 128.4 10 300 m), (droplet velocity (ranged from 310 7.43 m/s ) and spruce droplet size (ranged from 70 to 70 oC). 
The results show that the evaporation rate and the free transfer effectiveness are mainly increased by increasing the smile temperature. Also, the evaporation rule and the heat transfer effectiveness are increased by decreasing the droplet velocity. Al high initial sprayed mass velocity, hic vapored mass flow rate and the heat transfer effectiveness are inversely proportional to the droplet size. There is an optimum distance from nozzle distributor to the rube surface location of which the maximum evaporated rate will occur. 
The comparison between the obtained results and the results one to others shows a good agreement in which the difference between these results was ranged from 4 to15%

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