Thandiwe Mokoena
SimulationSample
Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger CFD Optimisation
Baffle-spacing study that cut pressure drop by 18% at equal duty.
- Discipline
- Mechanical Engineering
- Stage
- Simulation
- Project type
- Individual
- Timeline
- Apr 2019 — Nov 2019
- Owner
- Thandiwe Mokoena
Parametric CFD study of a refinery cooler with experimental validation.
01
Problem Definition
A refinery cooler was operating near its pressure-drop limit, restricting throughput.
02
Proposed Solution
Re-space and re-cut baffles to lower pressure drop while holding thermal duty.
03
Results & Conclusions
The selected configuration reduced shell-side pressure drop by 18% with duty within 2% of baseline, validated against plant data.
My contribution
Sole analyst: geometry, meshing, turbulence model selection and validation.
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