Investigation of Baffles Based Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Using Catia and ANSYS Software

A heat exchanger is a device designed to efficiently transfer heat from one medium to another. The media can be separated by a solid wall to prevent mixing or they can be in direct contact. The CFD solution process consists of modeling and matching the basic shell and tube heat exchanger geometry using the ANSYS 18.0 CFD package. The objective of the project is to dimension a shell and tube heat exchanger with helical baffle and to study the flow and the temperature field inside the shell using the ANSYS software tools. Conventional methods used for the design and development of heat exchangers are expensive. CFD provides a quick cost-effective solution for optimization and design of heat exchangers. CFD results are an integral part of the design process and have eliminated the need for prototypes. Due to the development of CFD models, the use of CFD is no longer a specialized activity.