Abstract
In order to improve the energy utilization rate, this paper analyzes the flow around the cylinder in the tube-row channel heat exchanger through numerical simulation. Effects of micro-rib structure types (vertical rib and ring rib), number of ribs (N = 0, 4, 6, 8), height of ribs (H = 2, 3, 4 mm), pitch diameter ratio (ST/D = 1.5, 2, 2.5), mass fractions (ω = 0–0.5%) and Reynolds numbers (Re = 514–1205) on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of tube-row channel heat exchangers are analyzed. Results showed that TiO2-H2O nanofluids can improve the comprehensive performance of heat exchanger, and when the mass fraction is 0.4%, the tube-row channel heat exchanger has the best performance. For heat exchangers with different types and structural parameters, the adjustment of the number of ribs, the height of ribs, the ratio of transverse pitch diameter and the use of nanofluids can increase Nusselt numbers by 53.63%, 57.25%, 52.38% and 12.93% at maximum, respectively.
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