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Numerical Analysis of Turbulent Flow in A 3-D Horizontal Finned Tube With Uniform Heat Flux

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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The present paper presents a CFD study to determine the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of finless and internally continuous finned tubes at different flow conditions. The numerical investigation is executed by solving the conservation equations of mass, momentum, and energy along with two equation-based realizable K-ε model with enhanced wall treatment for thermal and hydrodynamic effects to determine the Nusselt number and the friction factor for finned and finless tubes. The proposed CFD model has been validated with the results available in the literature of previous experimental works. The numerical results showed a good agreement with these experimental ones. It has been found from the present study that increasing fin height and row number leads to a significant enhancement in thermal performance but results in high pumping power for fluid through finned tubes. Also, fin height has more effect on the thermal performance of the finned tube compared to the number of rows. Fin thickness has insignificant effect on thermal performance. Also, a finned tube enhances heat transfer and pressure drop compared to a finless one. In some cases, the heat transfer coefficient is enhanced 9 times in value compared to the finless one. But also, the friction coefficient rises to 2 times in value in the same case. Generally, a finned tube can be integrated with a heat exchanger to become more reliable and efficient.

DOI

10.21608/erjm.2022.113205.1134

Keywords

friction factor, Nusselt number, Finless tube, Finned tube, Heat transfer applications

Authors

First Name

Khaled

Last Name

Yousef

MiddleName

Abdelkarim

Affiliation

Dept. of Mechanical Power Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Shebin elkom, Egypt.

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ng_khalid@yahoo.com

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Shebin elkom

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First Name

Omar

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

Hamdy

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Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

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sciencehub25@gmail.com

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Shebin El-Kom

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Hegazy

MiddleName

Sabry

Affiliation

Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

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ahegazy7@yahoo.com

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Shebin El-Kom

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45

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2

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32761

Issue Date

2022-04-01

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2021-12-26

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2022-04-01

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181

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192

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1110-1180

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3009-6944

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https://erjm.journals.ekb.eg/article_228669.html

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1,118

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ERJ. Engineering Research Journal

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https://erjm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Numerical Analysis of Turbulent Flow in A 3-D Horizontal Finned Tube With Uniform Heat Flux

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22 Jan 2023