Internal Flow in an Enhanced Tube Having Square-cut Twisted Tape Insert

Agung Tri Wijayanta, Pranowo, Mirmanto, Budi Kristiawan and Muhammad Aziz
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Agung Tri Wijayanta: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Kampus UNS Kentingan, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Kentingan, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia
Pranowo: Research Group of Sustainable Thermofluids, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Kampus UNS Kentingan, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Kentingan, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia
Mirmanto: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mataram University, Jl. Majapahit 62, Mataram 83125, Indonesia
Budi Kristiawan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Kampus UNS Kentingan, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Kentingan, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia
Muhammad Aziz: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: In this study, a numerical simulation has been conducted in order to evaluate the thermal hydraulic performance of a turbulent single-phase flow inside an enhanced tube equipped with a square-cut twisted tape (STT) insert. The classical twisted tape (CTT) insert was also investigated for comparison. The k-ε renormalized group turbulence model has been utilized as the turbulent model. Various twist ratios ( y / W ) of 2.7, 4.5, and 6.5 were investigated for the Reynolds number range of 8000–18,000, with water as the working fluid. The numerical results indicated that, in comparison with the plain tube (PT), the tube equipped with the STT with the twist ratios of 2.7, 4.5, and 6.5 led to an increase in the values of the Nusselt number and friction factor in the inner tube by 45.4–80.7% and 2.0–3.3 times, respectively; in addition, the highest thermal performance of 1.23 has been obtained. The results further indicated that the tube equipped with the CTT of the same twist ratios improved the Nusselt number and friction factor in the inner tube by 40.3–74.4% and 1.7–3.0 times, respectively, in comparison with the PT; further, the maximum thermal performance of 1.18 was achieved.

Keywords: square-cut twisted tape insert; twisted ratio; thermal performance factor; turbulent flow; numerical investigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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