DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF HEAT EXCHANGER IN TEMPERTAURE DISTRIBUTION AND PRESSURE DROP

Abstract

A Heat Exchanger is a device used for affecting the process of heat exchange between two fluids that are at
different temperatures. This project deals with the design and analysis of a heat exchanger (oil cooler) by using design tool
like SOLIDWORKS 2015 and simulation software like ANSYS WORKBENCH 17.0. So as to satisfy the requirement data
collected from the source along with the design considerations of esteemed TEMA & ASME standards. The main objective is
to calculate the temperature distribution & pressure drop by using theoretical and numerical methods by using Ansys Fluent.
Here we concluded that the pressure drop values on shell side and tube side at the same time, overall heat transfer coefficient
values are with a variation of 0.29%. 1.4% and 1.68% respectively and matching with the HTRI software. The variation of
LMTD and surface area with water inlet temperature decreases and increases respectively and variation in overall heat
transfer coefficient decreases with the increase of fouling factor of oil. As the quantity of oil is varied increasingly the heat
load and the overall heat transfer coefficient also increases.