The Study and Interpretation of STHE with Computational Fluid Dynamics as Tool

In this work study has been made on the computational fluid dynamics analysis of the shell and tube heat exchanger (STHE). CFD was used for the design and analysis of this heat exchanger. In the analysis water and nano fluid are taken for study. Discussion has been made on the various boundary conditions used. The resulting navier stokes equations are solved with the help of a software named as “ANSYS”. Temperature, velocity and pressure distribution are analyzed. A comparative study is made for water and nano fluid. The temperature distribution and velocity distribution are studied and analyzed for water as well as nano fluid. It is found from the results that nano fluid is more effective as compared to water