Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) has unique thermal properties with better flow and heat transfer behavior. However, the flow and heat transfer behavior of scCO2 using helical coil geometries have not fully documented yet. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the flow and...

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Main Authors: Rao, N. Thiwaan, Oumer, A. N., Devandran, G., M. M., Noor
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spelling ump-152902019-01-04T00:57:09Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15290/ Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures Rao, N. Thiwaan Oumer, A. N. Devandran, G. M. M., Noor TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) has unique thermal properties with better flow and heat transfer behavior. However, the flow and heat transfer behavior of scCO2 using helical coil geometries have not fully documented yet. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of scCO2 in helical coiled tubes for heating process using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. For the simulation, commercial CFD software called ANSYS FLUENT is used. Helical coiled tube of inner and outer diameter 9.0 mm and 12.0 mm, respectively, with total length of 5500 mm, pitch distance of 32.0 mm and 6 turns of coils is considered. The model is intended to analyze the pressure drops, friction factor, Nusselt number, and goodness factor of scCO2. Three different inlet pressures (8.00 MPa, 9.03 MPa and 10.05 MPa) with three different uniform heat fluxes (20.5 kW/m², 50.5 kW/m² and 80.5 kW/m²) at constant inlet temperature of 27°C are considered. The numerical results are compared with experiment results from previous study to validate the developed model. The wall temperature results from the numerical analysis are in good agreement with the experimental data. From the numerical analysis, the Nusselt number increased significantly when the inlet mass flow rate and heat flux increased. Moreover, it was observed from the simulation results that an increment of average pressure drop by 900 Pa (19.57%) and average friction factor coefficient by 0.1536 (33.85%) when the pressure inlet increased from 9.03 MPa to 10.05 MPa. Hence, the results obtained from this study can provide information for further investigation of scCO2 for industrial applications. EDP Sciences 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15290/1/Investigation%20on%20Flow%20and%20Heat%20Transfer%20of%20Supercritical%20CO2%20in.pdf Rao, N. Thiwaan and Oumer, A. N. and Devandran, G. and M. M., Noor (2018) Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures. In: MATEC Web of Conferences: UTP-UMP-VIT Symposium on Energy Systems 2018 (SES 2018), 18-19 September 2018 , Universiti Malaysia Pahang. pp. 1-10., 225 (01018). ISSN 2261-236X https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201822501018
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Rao, N. Thiwaan
Oumer, A. N.
Devandran, G.
M. M., Noor
Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures
description Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) has unique thermal properties with better flow and heat transfer behavior. However, the flow and heat transfer behavior of scCO2 using helical coil geometries have not fully documented yet. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of scCO2 in helical coiled tubes for heating process using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. For the simulation, commercial CFD software called ANSYS FLUENT is used. Helical coiled tube of inner and outer diameter 9.0 mm and 12.0 mm, respectively, with total length of 5500 mm, pitch distance of 32.0 mm and 6 turns of coils is considered. The model is intended to analyze the pressure drops, friction factor, Nusselt number, and goodness factor of scCO2. Three different inlet pressures (8.00 MPa, 9.03 MPa and 10.05 MPa) with three different uniform heat fluxes (20.5 kW/m², 50.5 kW/m² and 80.5 kW/m²) at constant inlet temperature of 27°C are considered. The numerical results are compared with experiment results from previous study to validate the developed model. The wall temperature results from the numerical analysis are in good agreement with the experimental data. From the numerical analysis, the Nusselt number increased significantly when the inlet mass flow rate and heat flux increased. Moreover, it was observed from the simulation results that an increment of average pressure drop by 900 Pa (19.57%) and average friction factor coefficient by 0.1536 (33.85%) when the pressure inlet increased from 9.03 MPa to 10.05 MPa. Hence, the results obtained from this study can provide information for further investigation of scCO2 for industrial applications.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rao, N. Thiwaan
Oumer, A. N.
Devandran, G.
M. M., Noor
author_facet Rao, N. Thiwaan
Oumer, A. N.
Devandran, G.
M. M., Noor
author_sort Rao, N. Thiwaan
title Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures
title_short Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures
title_full Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures
title_fullStr Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures
title_full_unstemmed Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Supercritical CO2 in Helical Coiled Tubes at Various Supercritical Pressures
title_sort investigation on flow and heat transfer of supercritical co2 in helical coiled tubes at various supercritical pressures
publisher EDP Sciences
publishDate 2018
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15290/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15290/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15290/1/Investigation%20on%20Flow%20and%20Heat%20Transfer%20of%20Supercritical%20CO2%20in.pdf
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