Abstract: A three-dimensional, staggered grid, full-implicit consistent control-volume numerical model was presented for the analysis of turbulence fluid flow and heat transfer in the shell side of shell-and-tube heat exchanger.The numerical model used the distributed resistance method along with the concept of volumetric porosities, surface permeabilities to account for the presence of tubes in the heat exchangers. A modified k-ε model was used to account for the effects of tubes on turbulence generation and dissipation. Shell and baffle walls were modeled by using the wall function approach. The three-dimensional model was validated by comparison of the computed pressure drop distribution with experiment data obtained on an E shell type heat exchanger model and the previous research results. Good agreement between the simulation results and experimental data is obtained. It showed that the three-dimensional numerical model could more effectively simulate the flow characteristics in the shell-side of heat exchanger than the previous numerical simulation models.

摘要： 综合应用体积多孔度、表面渗透度和分布阻力方法建立了适用于准连续介质的N-S修正控制方程.用改进的k-ε模型考虑管束对湍流的产生和耗散的影响，用壁面函数法处理壳壁和折流板的壁面效应, 对一管壳式换热器的壳侧湍流流动与换热进行了三维数值模拟.对计算结果进行了归纳，并与换热器冷态实验、前人的研究结果进行了对比分析,从而证明了该方法能更有效地模拟管壳式换热器壳侧的流动特性，压降实验数据和计算结果符合良好.