Abstract
The heat exchanger is used in many industrial and engineering activities.Where, numerous applications confirms on a large heat transfer rate. However, the twisted tube is one of heat transfer rate enhancement methods. Also, the turbulent flows are often used instead of laminar for enhancement heat transfer rate. Therefore, the tube arrangement can be used in a suitable way for utilized this purpose. The shape features of tubes in the heat exchangers are very important for enhancing their performance. As well, the pressure drop and heat transfer rate have a remarkable effect on the thermal efficiency of the heat exchanger. In this research, a numerical investigation with a new way for heat exchanger tube staggered arrangement is presented. Where new solid spiral rods with oval sections are inserted in front of main tubes to induce high turbulent flow intensity as well as redistribution airflow over exchanger tubes. However, the new air distribution will help the airflow pressure over all the tubes to push the thermal boundary symmetrically behind the tubes. Therefore, two different sectional tubes were presented (circular and elliptical). These cross-sectional areas for both types have the same values. The main tubes have no twisted to prevent decreases in pressure. The numerical analysis used the K- ε model at a low Reynolds number to the simulation of this situation. Where, the eddy will generate in the vicinity region to pipe walls due to twisted pipe as well as the obstruction the cross flow. However, there are a good improvement of heat transfer rate without spend any energy depending on the control the shape and arrangement of pipes. The results show that the corrugated rod will increase the Nusselt number at different values of Reynolds. However, the elliptic tube gives the best results for heat transfer rate and maximum Nusselt number. The results compared with others works and give a good agreement.
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