Experimental and numerical investigation on shell-and-tube exhaust gas recirculation cooler with different tube bundles

Lin Liu, Tong Shen, Lin Zhang, Hao Peng, Suolong Zhang, Weigang Xu, Shi Bo, Songzheng Qu, Xiaomeng Ni

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Abstract

The heat transfer characteristics of shell-and-tube exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers with different tube bundles were studied by experiment and numerical simulation. The overall heat transfer coefficient and shell-side pressure drop were determined. The influences of tube spacing, baffle form, baffle arrangement and number on the overall heat transfer coefficient and shell-side pressure drop were investigated. The maximum differences between the numerical and experimental results are approximately 4.1% for overall heat transfer coefficient and 3.3% for shell-side pressure drop, respectively. The results indicate that the overall heat transfer coefficient of EGR cooler with wave fin arrays internally finned tubes is 1.3~1.7 times than that of EGR cooler with longitudinal plate-rectangle internally finned tubes. And the comprehensive heat performance is more reasonable when tube spacing and baffle number are equal to 12 mm and 9, respectively. It is confirmed that the trisection ellipse helical baffle is superior to the segmental baffle, but the influence of improving overall thermal performance by setting baffles is limited for small EGR cooler.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)601-615
Number of pages15
JournalHeat and Mass Transfer
Volume56
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2020

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