[Video] Thermal Analysis of Shell and Tube Type Heat Exchanger

Grasp Engineering

24 Oct, 2019 06:56 PM

This video (Link shown below) Briefs shell and tube type heat exchanger introduction, construction, workflow, etc. It explains shell side and tube side of heat exchanger. It also explains how to apply thermal loading on shell side and tube side, how to consider perfectly insulated condition, how to applied air convection for outer saddle bodies in ansys workbench. It shows how to achieve thermal gradient and match with the applied loading conditions.

1. Step 1: VIDEO

   
   

   
   

2. Step 2: FEA Model Creation

   Create Connections using contact definition

3. Step 3: Thermal Loading

   Apply Shell side temperature

   Apply tube side temperature

   Apply air convection

4. Step 4: Apply Material

   Define thermal conductivity

   (Material for Thermal coupled structural analysis)

   Define thermal coefficient of expansion

   Define Poisson ratio

   Define young's modulus

5. Step 5: Solution and Results Extraction

   Extract temperature distribution along shell and tube side.