Heat Transfer Improvement Using Three Types Novel Turbulators Inserts with Two Pitch Ratios in Double Pipe Heat Exchanger

ABSTRACT


INTRODUCTION
The HT surface improvement technology is one of the most common procedures developed for HEs to reduce size and cost and increase the efficiency of heat transfer; that is extensively employed in the industrial domains, power generation, refrigeration, air conditioning, chemical industries and others [1][2][3][4][5].HT can be improved through multiple techniques and is mainly categorized as active, passive, and combined.The passive technique is one of the essential techniques because it does not require external power, which proved to improve HT when adopted in HEs [6,7].Two methods in the passive technique lead to improved HT.The first is a modification of the pipe wall so that it allows for the concentration of the heat and transfers it efficiently, such as a corrugated tube [8][9][10][11], grooved tube [12,13], or ribbed tube [14,15].The second method is to insert the tubes, which improve the core flow and turn it into a swirling flow, then result in a higher HT coefficient such as using a twisted tape [16], wire coil [17], conical-ring [18] or other types of tubes.Kumar et al. [19] studied the influence of using a twisted tape insert for a double tube HE, which enhanced the result of the Nusselt number to about 38.75.Sharifi et al. [20] studied numerically the consequence of using a wire coil inserted throughout the pipe on HT features.The findings indicates that the wire coil enhances Nusselt number to 1.77 times.Sheikholeslami et al. [21] founded the double pipe HE HT characteristics and turbulent flow using perforated conical rings were studied experimentally and numerically.Different parameters were examined on HT enhancement and loss in pressure, such as the effect of conical angle, Pitch ratio and open area ratio.The findings show that raising the ratio of open area and pitch and augmenting the conical angle improves thermal performance.Tu et al. [22] forced convection and turbulent flow with inserted pipes in a circular tube were investigated numerically.Different nodes installation of pipe inserted with Re range of 2892-28915 were considered.The outcomes demonstrated a noteworthy improvement in the thermal performance using pipes inserted, and the results proved that raising the spacer length caused a diminution in the HTr rate while increasing the flow resistance.Muthusamy et al. [23] investigated experimentally the effluence of conical cut-out turbulence inserted in a circular tube with an internal fin was.The trials were executed for three pitch ratios: coverage mode and diverge mode.The result was found that the diverge mode gives 315% HT rate, 2.4 thermal performance factor and 3.2 times friction factor of the plain tube.Fan et al. [24] investigated numerically the forced convection of turbulent flow by inserting louvred strip inserts in a round tube and pitch ratio and slant angle.The result showed that the reinforcement in the Nusselt number was about four times greater than the plain tube.The larger angle of slant and the minor pitch were also found to improve the HT rate but enhanced resistance of flow significantly.Liu et al. [25] examined and investigated numerically the HT performance qualities in circular tubes equipped with bidirectional conical strip inserts.The impact of different specifications, like the turbulators count, pitch ratio, and central angle, are also studied.The results with bidirectional conical strip inserts showed an improvement in the Nusselt number by a factor of 2. .85more than that of the plain tube, while the friction factor is improved by 2.37-21.18times compared to the plain tube.Abolarin et al. [26] studied experimentally the HT characteristics and drop in pressure in a circular tube by inserting a u-cut twisted tape with and without the ring.The study focused on the depth ratio of cuts and the ring pitch ratio.The outcomes reveal that enhancing the depth ratio and reducing the pitch ring percentage will significantly increase HT.
To the best of the authors' knowledge, there is a lot of researches that deal with the use of turbulence methods to improve the HT in double-pipe HEs, but these researches still need innovative forms of turbulence method to achieve the improvement in HT in this type of HE.In light of this, the aims of this paper are to look over the characteristic of heat transfer in a double pipe heat exchanger of air to water using three novel types of turbulators, 3PS, 4PS, 5PS with two pitch ratios PR (5-3.76) for a range of Reynolds number between 12385 and 24766.The induction of turbulators in this multipart device is likely to produce higher strength of vortex at the external area and faster mixing of fluid between the near-wall and central-core regimes, consequently in an upgrading of HT rate in the outer region and a more significant rise in the ducts thermal performance.The results of the current work may advise future investigation since they will assist researchers comprehend the numerous developments made in the HT enhancement in double pipe HE, which still require further advancement.

SETUPAND PROCEDURE FOR EXPERMIMENTATION
The photographic and schematic representation of an experimental configuration for the current study are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, respectively.

Experimental setup
The test setup consists mainly of air-to-water concentric tube heat exchangers, with the following parts.

Test section
The test section length is 1350 mm with a 60 mm surface diameter; the wall thickness was taken to be 1.5 mm, which is made of cast iron, a 50 mm internal tube (1 mm wall thickness), which is fabricated using copper, it has a bigger thermal conductivity.The test section's outer surface was isolated with a 25 mm thick rubber foam to decrease the environmental loss in heat.

Working fluid (1) Air
Hot air was passed through the inner pipe, which was heated with an electrical heater and supplied to the test section via a blower with a power of 0.75 kW.
(2) Water The cold fluid was water which was pumped through the annulus via a pump with a power of 0.75 kW (0.5 hp).

Air flowmeter
The airflow rate is measured using an orifice meter to get a Re in the span of 12385 to 24766, representing the desired Re.

Water flowmeter
The rates of water flow were adjusted using a control valve and measured with a digital rotameter.

Thermocouples
The wall temperatures of the outside surface of the inner tube are determined by fixing four k-type thermocouples.To measure the temperatures of the air entering and leaving the inner tube, two thermocouples are connected at the entrance and exit sections of the tube.Two digital thermometers were put in to predict temperatures of inlet and outlet water.

Pressure measurement
To calculate the drop of pressure throughout the test section, taps of pressure are placed upstream and downstream, connected with a flexible tube to a digital micro-manometer.

Experimental procedures
During experimentation, the inlet hot air temperature was set to 70℃, and the inlet cold water temperature was set to 25℃ while the rate of mass flow was kept at 0.0167 kg/s.The following procedures had been done during the experimentation: -All instruments are calibrated before being used in the experimental setup.
-Different geometric turbulator inserts were made of Aluminum with dimension, as shown in Figure 3, with twopitch ratios were used to study its outcomes on heat transfer characteristics.
-After the system reaches a stable state, the readings are recorded and used in the heat transfer calculations.
The hot fluid heat transfer rate, Qh is given by: The heat transfer average is defined as follows: The overall thermal coefficient is defined as follows: where, The pipe wall thermal resistance is neglected.The overall thermal coefficient is determined on the inner side as follows: The HT coefficient of the annulus side is calculated using the average heat transfer rate as follows: where, Ao is the inner pipe area of the outer surface, TS.ave is the mean pipe outer wall temperature, Tw.ave is the mean temperature of the water.The average inner pipe Nusselt number is obtained as follows: The value of friction factor is provided by: The factor of thermal performance (η) is specified by [10,11]: where, fp and Nup are friction factor and Nusselt number without turbulator, respectively.

Uncertainty
In the present study, Kline and Mc Clintock procedure [27] is used to calculate the uncertainty for all variables as follows, and the results are listed in Table 1.
where, WR=the uncertainty in results.R is an independent variable of x1, x2, …, xn.

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
Figures 4 and 5 show the investigated results from the investigations were compared for the unadorned tube with the Dittus-Boelter correlations [28] and Gnielinski [29] for Nusselt number are given in Eqs. ( 12)-( 13), Petukhov [30] and White [31] for the friction factor are given in Eqs. ( 14)-( 15), correspondingly.The results appeared to agree very well, and this agreement shows the reliability of the experimental setup.Dittus-Boelter̓ s equation: Gnielinski ̓ s relation: Blasius correlation: Petukhov correlation: The Nu and Nu percentage variations, Nu/Nup with Re for the tube implanted with the novel turbulators, are demonstrated individually in Figures 6(a) and (b).The heat transfer coefficient raised with a slight pitch ratio and rising Re.The improvement in heat transfer for 5PS, 4PS and 3PS was about 194%, 177% and 164% higher than that plain tube, respectively.These improvements in heat transfer are related to increased turbulence.The highest Nusselt number ratio of 1.94 was obtained in the case of 5PS at a slight pitch ratio, which interrupted the development of the fluid flow's boundary layer and raised the intensity of turbulence in the field of flow superior than the rest.demonstrate the consequence of using the novel turbulators on friction factor and f/fo against Re.The impact of the novel turbulators causes a significant enhancement in friction factor above the plain tube, and the friction factor is reduced with the rise of Re, as illustrated in the figure.The rise of the swirl intensity and surface area caused by the inserts causes higher friction loss.The f/fo for the implanted tube increases significantly with a slight pitch and decreases with increasing Re values, as shown in Figure 7(b).The 5PS turbulators with L/D 3.76 have a higher f/fo than the other types.This is because 5PS turbulators produce more considerable flow resistance, a more extensive area of surface, and more robust vortex flow, resulting in a significant rise in pressure drop.
Figure 8 illustrates the relationship between thermal improvement factor (η) with Re for different geometric turbulators with different pitch ratios.It can be noted that it tends to increase as Re rises.The performance factor's value exceeds the unity of all cases.At a slight pitch ratio, the enhancement in the case of 5PS turbulators is more significant than the enhancement in other cases.The 5PS turbulators achieve a maximum of about 1.54, which is higher than the 4PS turbulators, around 7.5-7.8%,and higher than the 3PS turbulators, around 12.7-25.6%.
Figure 9 illustrates an evaluation of the Nusselt number obtained in this study with previous studies, which included different clockwise and anti-clockwise warped-tape inserts [32], short-length helical tapes [33], and double V-ribbed warped tapes [34].When the Reynolds numbers are higher, the heat transfer of the current experiment (5PS) turbulator inserts is lower than that of the double V-ribbed twisted tapes but larger than that of the short-length helical tapes.

CONCLUSIONS
The current study is being carried out to practically examine the HT characteristics and drop in pressure in concentric tube HEs with three various turbulators.The following conclusions can be expressed: (1) The friction factor, Nusselt number, and thermal performance factor are all increased as the pitch ratio decreases.As a result, the small pitch ratio delivers a more considerable HT rate and lower loss in friction.
(2) Nu tends to rise with Re, but Nu/Nup shows a slight increase with Re.At the same time, it is noted that the f/fp prefers to drop with increasing the Re for all the used turbulators.
(3) It is observed that the heat transferred in the case of the 5PS insert was greater than that of the 4PS and 3PS inserts.So the improvement in heat transfer for 5PS, 4PS and 3PS was about 194%, 177% and 164% higher than that plain respectively.
(4) The factor of thermal performance is more significant than unity in any situation considered here.The 5PS turbulators achieve the upper most thermal performance factor value at 1.54, which is higher than the 4PS turbulators, around 7.5-7.8%,and higher than the 3PS turbulators, around 12.7-25.6%.
(5) The Nusselt numbers and friction factor for the inner tube of concentric HEs of 5PS turbulators are correlated as a function of the investigated parameters.
(6) Because the performance of 5PS is far superior to that of the plain tube, improvements in energy savings have led to its acceptance in various applications.

Figure 1 .
Figure 1.Photograph of the experimental setup

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Figure 6.Distinct varieties of (a) Nu and (b) Nu/Nup with respect to Re for different geometric