Analysis of Overall Heat-transfer Coefficient for Vapor Recovery Unit through Computational Fluid Dynamic

Autor: Nattadon Pannucharoenwong, Ponthep Vengsungnle, Snunkhaem Echaroj
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: 2018 IEEE 5th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS).
DOI: 10.1109/icetas.2018.8629266
Popis: Emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in petrochemical processes have a devastating effect on the safety and the well-being of occupant in the working environment. The objective of this research is to evaluate the heat transfer properties of different model of the heat exchangers used as Vapor Recovery Unit (VRU). The main role of a VRU is to capture undesirable VOC emitted from oil terminals. Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) was utilized to calculate the outlet and inlet temperature of heat exchanger by analysis performed on commercial software (ANSYS-FLUENT 14.5). U-tube heat exchanger (UT-HX) was found to have better heat transfer capability compared with Fix-tube heat exchanger. The overall heat transfer coefficient of U-tube and Fixed-tube heat exchanger (FT-HX) was 333.8 W/m2.K and 130.6 W/m2.K.
Databáze: OpenAIRE