Steam-side heat transfer analysis in spirally corrugated tube for grate furnace superheater

In the case of low Reynolds number, the structure of the spirally corrugated tube will make the solid particles in the fluid be affected by the centrifugal force, and be more evenly distributed in the fluid to achieve anti-fouling effect. Therefore, it can be used in heat exchangers with serious fouling problems to improve heat exchange efficiency. In this paper, the first stage low-temperature superheater in the grate furnace is selected as application equipment. The local resistance coefficient, local Nusselt number and local heat flux are analyzed, the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of different sample points are evaluated. Combinatorial method of central composite design and Latin hypercube design is used to select four representative sample points, and effect of the corrugation pitch ratio and depth ratio on the convective heat transfer intensity, fluid resistance and fluid work consumption of the steam side is studied. The research results show that as the corrugation depth increases, the local heat transfer coefficient in the circumferential direction increases, and more heat is transferred from the flue gas to the steam, but the pump power consumed in the flow process has also increased. Due to the existence of spiral structure, the local heat flux density of the wall is symmetrically distributed in the circumferential direction, which represents that the temperature gradient increases, and the heat flow is improved.