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ABSTRACT
Spiral tube Heat exchangers is a helically coiled heat exchanger, A helically coil-tube heat exchanger is generally
applied in industrial applications due to its compact structure, larger heat transfer area and higher heat transfer
capability, etc.
An attempt is made in this paper is that the Fabrication of spiral coil heat exchanger is done by taking the outer
diameter of the shell as 159.16 mm and inner diameter of the shell is 116 mm ,outer diameter of the tube is 9.21 mm
and inner diameter of tube is 8.91 mm, the coil pitch is taken as 24.11 mm, number of coil turns is taken is 14 and
shell material is steel ,tube material as copper and assembled ,then the experiment is done by varying the mass flow
rate of cold water and mass flow rate of hot water kept constant for first time and by varying the mass flow rate of
hot water and mass flow rate of cold water kept constant then the values of effectiveness and LMTD are evaluated.
KEY WORDS
Spiral coil Heat Exchanger, effectiveness, Thermocouples
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el (1997) have investigated the performance of the of the circuit. in this paper j type thermo couples are
residual heat removal system, which uses a helically used.
coiled heat exchanger, for various process (iv) Digital temperature indicator: Is a device or
parameters.. Deshpande P.M5 ea al have studied smart label that shows the accumulated time-
horizontal spiral coil tube (HSTC) for various forces temperature history of a product. Time temperature
(viscous, buoyancy and centrifugal force) acting on indicators are commonly used
fluid element in coil; of which the centrifugal force is on food, pharmaceutical, and medical products to
predominant and results in secondary flow. This indicate exposure to excessive temperature (and time
phenomenon also depends on the physical properties at temperature).
of fluid at a given temperature. They also concluded
that as the coil diameter reduces the curvature ratio (v) Connecting pipes: Four pipes are connected for
increase that increases the pressure drop. hot water inlet, hot water outlet, cold water inlet, and
cold water outlets.
3. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
(vi) Water heat pipes: Water heater is used for
3.1 The following parts are assembling in heating the cold water to a desired temperature and
for controlling the temperature a thermostat is fixed.
this experimental setup.
(i) Shell: The shell is constructed either from pipe or Here the water 3KW, instant type This water heater
rolled and welded plate metal. For reasons of outlet is connected to the hot water inlet of heat
economy, low carbon steel is in common use, but exchanger
other materials suitable for extreme temperature or
corrosion resistance often are specified. Using 3.2. Assemly
commonly available shell pipe to 24” dia. Results in Shell was prepared in lathe with deferent operations
reduced cost and ease of manufacturing, partly as per dimensions. in the shell two holes drilled for
because they generally are more perfectly round than inlet and outlet flowing of water. Two nipples were
rolled and welded shells. welded in holes for connecting pipes. Two flange
plates were prepared as per dimensions using gas
(ii) Spiral coil: Spiral coil designs can be an effective cutting operations. Two nipples also welded for
use of space in heat transfer applications. Convection connecting hot water inlet and outlet pipes. Copper
can be improved by switching from an inferior tube is wounded 14 turns. Copper helical coil is
material such as aluminum or stainless steel (though inserted on to the shaft part. And finally all parts
CTCG makes tubing coils out of these materials as were assembled with help of nuts and bolts to make
well) and adopting a spiral coil design. Finned tubing the shell air tight without water leaking. J-Type
(though more difficult to manipulate) can add an Thermocouples were attached at inlet and outlet
even further benefit by maximizing the tube's connecting pipes for knowing inlet and outlet
exposure to air and thereby removing more heat. temperature of cold and hot water. The insulating
rope is wound to heat exchanger for reducing for heat
(iii) Thermocouple: It is a temperature-measuring dissipating. Thermocouples were attached to digital
device consisting of two dissimilar conductors that temperature indicator. This digital temperature
contact each other at one or more spots. It produces indicator is fixed in the panel board. Heat exchanger
a voltage when the temperature of one of the spots if fixed near to panel board.
differs from the reference temperature at other parts
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4.2.Tabular Column
At Constant Mass Flow Rate For Hot Fluid and Different Mass Flow Rate in Cold Fluid
Mh Mc Th1 Th2 Tc1 Tc2 Ch Cc Cmin Qmax Qact LMTD ∈=
0.333 0.0416 51 38 30 40 139.2 174.7 139.29 2785.8 1810.7 7.958 0.644
0.333 0.025 49 38 31 34 139.29 105 105 1995 1532.19 10.43 0.768
0.333 0.0208 50 40 31 38 139.29 87.36 87.36 1659.84 1392.9 11.13 0.8391
0.33 0.020 50 39 31 35 139.2 85.6 85.65 1713 1532 11.74 0.894
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Specimen Calculations
U=1/ ( + + )
. ×
U=1/ ( + + )
.
= 52.35w/m2k
V. logarithmic mean temperature difference:-
( )~( )
= ( )
( )
) ( )
= ( )
( )
= 7.95810 C
VI. Effectiveness ∈=
=1810.77/2785.5
= 0.644 (No units)
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