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Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis-based flow distribution and heat transfer model

LÉTAL, T. TUREK, V. BABIČKA FIALOVÁ, D. JEGLA, Z.

Originální název

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis-based flow distribution and heat transfer model

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

A new strategy for fast, approximate analyses of fluid flow and heat transfer is presented. It is based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and is intended for large yet structurally fairly simple heat transfer equipment commonly used in process and power industries (e.g., cross-flow tube bundle heat exchangers), which can be described using sets of interconnected 1-D meshes. The underlying steady‑state model couples an FEA-based (linear) predictor step with a nonlinear corrector step, which results in the ability to handle both laminar and turbulent flows. There are no limitations in terms of the allowed temperature range other than those potentially stemming from the usage of fluid physical property computer libraries. Since the fluid flow submodel has already been discussed in the referenced conference paper, the present article focuses on the prediction of the tube side and the shell side temperature fields. A simple cross-flow tube bundle heat exchanger from the literature and a heat recovery hot water boiler in an existing combined heat and power plant, for which stream data are available from its operator, are evaluated to assess the performance of the model. To gain further insight, the results obtained using the model for the heat recovery hot water boiler are also compared to the values yielded by an industry‑standard heat transfer equipment design software package. Although the presented strategy is still a “work in progress” and requires thorough validation, the results obtained thus far suggest it may be a promising research direction.

Klíčová slova

flow distribution; process and power industry equipment; Finite Element Analysis

Autoři

LÉTAL, T.; TUREK, V.; BABIČKA FIALOVÁ, D.; JEGLA, Z.

Vydáno

2. 4. 2020

Nakladatel

MDPI

Místo

Basel, Switzerland

ISSN

1996-1073

Periodikum

ENERGIES

Ročník

13

Číslo

7

Stát

Švýcarská konfederace

Strany od

1

Strany do

20

Strany počet

20

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/7/1664

Plný text v Digitální knihovně

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/188957

BibTex

@article{BUT163202,
  author="Tomáš {Létal} and Vojtěch {Turek} and Dominika {Babička Fialová} and Zdeněk {Jegla}",
  title="Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis-based flow distribution and heat transfer model",
  journal="ENERGIES",
  year="2020",
  volume="13",
  number="7",
  pages="1--20",
  doi="10.3390/en13071664",
  issn="1996-1073",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/7/1664"
}