TITLE:
Augmentation of Heat Transfer in Pipe Flow Using Plain Twisted Tape Inserts for Different Twist Ratios
AUTHORS:
Maimonul Karim Chowdhury, Md. Moniruzzaman Bhuyan, Ujjwal Kumar Deb
KEYWORDS:
Heat Transfer, Twist Ratio, Reynolds Number, Turbulent Flow, Simulation
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.11 No.9,
September
25,
2019
ABSTRACT: The heat transfer augmentation of plain twisted tape inserts for different twist ratios has been studied in this study. The data are conducted using the plain twisted tape insert with five different twist ratios respectively. The range of Reynolds number is considered under a uniform heat flux condition. In the case of simulation, the tapes are made from a stainless steel strip with a thickness of 2 mm. A tubular pipe with 850mm U-loop length and twist length of 800 mm each is considered in our study for simulation. Water is used as working fluids inside the tube for our simulation. The simulation results demonstrate that the important heat transfer parameters including Nusselt number (Nu), friction factor (f) and thermal performance index (η) are gradually increased with the increment of the twist ratio and reached at the saturated level while twist ratio is 3.5,afterward the thermal properties are decreased.