HOW TO USE BOTH FLOW SIMULATION AND THERMAL ANALISIS IN A HEAT EXCHANGER
Heat exchanger
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Step 1:
Create simplify heat exchanger by this drawing
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Step 2:
In SW you get model. Turn on “Flow Simulation” module
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Step 3:
Create new flow project
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Step 4:
On “type of task” page turn on “heat conduction in solids”
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Step 5:
On page “fluid” and add “water”
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Step 6:
On page “material” add material aluminum. All other parameters are default
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Step 7:
Create plugs in holes of detail
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Step 8:
Create boundary conditions on detail holes.
Create a parameter of the mass flow 5kg/s at the entrance to casing. Temperature is 573K
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Step 9:
At the out of casing, create a boundary condition "ambient pressure"
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Step 10:
At the entrance to tube create a boundary condition "incoming speed" 1m/s and temperature is 278K
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Step 11:
At the outlet of the pipe, set the boundary condition "coming out speed" 1m/s
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Step 12:
start the calculation
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Step 13:
After calculations add results "trajectory of the flow" – flow temperature, type – tubes, faces of the inner pipe (incoming, exiting), number of points - 100
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Step 14:
add results "trajectory of the flow" – flow temperature, type – tubes, faces of the inner pipe (incoming, exiting), number of points – 20
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Step 15:
You get result!!
Temperature rises by approximately to 30 degrees.
I do not know the parameters of your heat exchanger, so the results are approximate. This is just an example, based on it, you can make similar calculations.
