Paper Title
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS 6061 AND 7075 ARE USED IN 3D MODELLING AND THERMA ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIZER IN FIRED BOILERSAbstract
Economizers are heat exchange devices that are often found in boilers. These devices heat fluids, most commonly water, up to but typically not beyond the temperature at which that fluid would boil. Economizers are given their name due to the fact that they are able to make use of the enthalpy in fluid streams that are hot, but not hot enough to be utilised in a boiler. As a result, they are able to recover more useable enthalpy and improve the efficiency of the boiler. A simulation of the economizer zone is presented in this research. This simulation makes it possible to investigate the flow patterns formed in the fluid as the fluid moves down the length of the economizer. The facts of previous failures reveal that U-bend sections of the Economizer Unit are more susceptible to erosion as a result of an increase in the velocity of flue gas near these bends. However, it has been shown that, unexpectedly, the velocity of the flue gases rises at the lower bends in comparison to the ones that are higher up. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate, using CFD and thermal analysis, how heat is transferred by convection in an economizer while the mass flow rates fluctuate. Copper and aluminium alloys, namely 6061 and 7075, are being evaluated for use in tube construction. The three different mass flow rates that are going to be used are going to be 100, 90, and 70 kg/second. By altering the mass flow rates, a CFD study may be carried out to establish the distribution of temperatures and the rates of heat transfer. In order to determine which material is superior, a heat transfer study is performed on the economizer. CATIA is used for the 3D modelling, while ANSYS is used for the analysis.
KEYWORDS : CFD analysis, economizer, burned boiler, aluminium alloy 6061, and aluminium alloy 7075 are some of the keywords that might be used here.