Numerical Investigation of Short Elliptical Twisted Tube for Reduced Fouling Rate in Steam Cracking Furnaces
HEAT TRANSFER ENGINEERING(2022)
Abstract
In the steam cracking industry of natural gas or naphtha, fouling of tubular heat exchangers by cokes is a major issue. This growing carboneous layer has two major negative effects: 1) it increases pressure drop and 2) reduces heat transfer from the tube wall to the processed fluid. Using the open-source Computational Fluid Dynamics software OpenFOAM, this study numerically investigates wall shear stress, pressure drop and heat transfer performances of swirl decaying flow generated by different elliptical cross-section twisted tube. One of the objectives is to determine if minor modifications of tube geometry can generate swirling flow which could enhance wall shear stress at a reduce pressure drop penalty. For a Reynolds number ranging from 10, 000 to 100, 000, it is shown that the investigated geometries could enhance heat transfer by 90% at an increased pressure drop of 128% which yields a Performance Evaluation Criterion (PEC) of 1.44. The comparison between the performances of the different geometries is carried out using a newly defined PEC based on the bulk temperature, along with the usual PEC.
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Cooling Applications,Regenerative Cooling
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