International Journal of Research in Advanced Technology - IJORAT

Vol. 1, Issue 6, JUNE 2016

HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION IN

DOUBLE PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER BY
USING ALOEVERA WITH ETHYLGLYCOL
Kalidass.M1, Sharmiladevi.K2
Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical engineering, M.Kumarasamy College of engineering, Karur, India 1
Department of electrical and electronics engineering, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India 2
Abstract: Heat exchanger is a device which covers all kind of applications. The selection of various fluids can be
eligible for heat exchanger. Here we have chosen the natural fluid of Aloe Vera jelly with combination of water as
well as Ethyl glycol. The main reason behind the selection of Aloe Vera is that boiling and cloud point of that fluid is
much better than ordinary water. In this project is associated with the different fluids affects the heat exchanger
effectiveness as made.
Keywords: Natural fluids, counter flow, effectiveness, various ratios.
Thus, research in this area captivated the interest for
I. INTRODUCTION
number of researchers. So the double pipe heat exchanger is
Heat exchanger is a device used to transfer heat between selected.This paper looks that the natural fluids cultivate
one or more fluids. The fluids may be separated by a solid from aloe Vera and water. While compare conventional
wall to prevent mixing or they may be in direct contact. fluids with this natural source it always creates or providing
They are widely used in space heating, refrigeration, air low cost.
conditioning, power stations, chemical plants, petrochemical
III.
METHODOLOGY
plants, petroleum production, natural-gas processing, and
sewage recycling process.
A. Layout
The way of heat transfers are conduction, convection,
radiation. Whether the device covered by insulation there is
no more possible for radiation.
Among the various critical tasks, the counter flow type
heat exchanger always requires different fluid region like hot
and cold water. Unless the cold water removed high heat
from hot water region, the effectiveness of heat exchanger
slightly increased rather than ordinary conditions. Here by
we use natural source of fluid as cold region even their
performance is reduced. This type of idea can utilize low
expansive type of heat exchanger instead of modern heat
exchangers. The special ability of natural resources always
seems to be give lower investment and low cost of
production. But, we are in need to improve the efficiency of
Fig.1. Overall Layout
heat exchanger with some artificial fluid for produce better
TABLE I: Various Temperature
device. So, we use Here the cold fluid is Ethyl Glycol +
Aloe Vera + Water. Hot and cold fluid is pumped by the self Temperature
Specification
priming 0.5hp electric motor.
Hot water inlet temperature (c)

II. REASONS FOR SELECTION

Hot water outlet temperature (c)

The heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop are the

Cold water inlet temperature (c)

most significant variables in reducing the size and cost of a

heat exchanger. An increase in the heat transfer coefficient
Cold water outlet temperature (c)

generally leads to another advantage of reducing the

temperature driving force, which increases the second law
Ambient temperature (c)
Ta
efficiency and decreases entropy generation.

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B. Aloe Vera Jelly preparation

Aloe Vera jelly has taken from dry land area because wet
land aloe Vera jelly which contains more moisture so high
A. Photography of experiment
All the methods are initiated in the experimental setup. moisture jelly cant fulfil our requirement. Always dry land
Methodology could be realizing the guidance for project Aloe Vera jelly which can be utilize low moisture and
density then heat removing ability of aloe Vera jelly is more
completion.
efficient and their performance is slightly less than ethyl
glycol so our aim has to be minimize the cost of fluid. The
combination of Aloe Vera and ethyl glycol with water as
cold fluid and which will allow passing through heat
exchanger at various ratios of their presents. Finally
implementation of Aloe Vera concentration is set to be good
fluid for heat exchanger.
IV. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

V. RESULT AND COMPARISON

In our project we changed the cold fluid in the double
pipe heat exchanger. The cold fluid was combination of
water and ethyl glycol, water and Aloe Vera jelly, water and
ethyl glycol and Aloe Vera jelly at various ratios. In future
the implementation of effectiveness will improve by various
fluids, here by we represent the natural fluid Aloe Vera jelly
Fig. 2 Experimental View
which place an important role for cooling purpose that kind
TABLE II: SPECIFICATION OF HEAT EXCHANGER
of fluid has taken as combination of cold fluid with normal
water. Rather than Ethyl Glycol here the Aloe Vera jellies
Inner tube
Outer tube
with water which improves the better effectiveness with low
Material
Copper
Mild steel
expensive cost. Even the combinations of (water+ Aloe
Vera+ Ethyl Glycol) fluids are giving enormous
Inner diameter
40 mm
74 mm
effectiveness towards counter flow heat exchanger. However
Outer diameter
46mm
80 mm
counter flow always gives high effectiveness due to their hot
water outlet temperature is considerably less than parallel
Length
1550mm
1450mm
flow hot water outlet temperature.
Insulation material
cotton
A. Effectiveness
= ( - )/ ( - )
TABLE III: SPECIFICATION OF COMPONENTS
B. Cold fluid-Pure Water
Components
Specifications
Capacity of heating coil

2000 W/heater

Number of heating coil

Pump Type

Centrifugal type

Pump Power

0.5 HP

Number of pump

Thermocouple

k-type

Number of thermocouple

Digital temperature controller

Thermocouple range

0-199.9 C

Digital temperature controller

Display unit

Digital Light Emitting

Diode (LED)

Capacity of Reservoir tanks

54 Litres/tank

Number of Reservoir tanks

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Fig.3. Parallel Flow and Counter Flow Comparison

The above plotted graph represents the effectiveness of

counter flow always lies on mount level to parallel flow. The
reasons behind the increment of counter flow effectiveness
are outlet of hot water temperature always less than outlet of
hot water in parallel flow.

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C. Ratio of Aloe Vera in water vs. Effectiveness

F. DIFFERENT FLUID RATIO WITH WATER VS

EFFECTIVENESS

Fig.4. Ratio of Aloe Vera in water vs. Effectiveness

Fig.7. Different fluid ratio with water vs. Effectiveness

D. RATIO OF ETHYL GLYCOL IN WATER VS

EFFECTIVENESS

VI. CONCLUSION
we concluded that the combination of (water+ Aloe
Vera jelly +Ethyl Glycol) in the form of various ratio, which
always produce better effectiveness only in counter flow
heat exchanger. The ordinary water type heat exchanger is
providing 0.18 and the combination of Aloe Vera jelly and
water provides 0.22 and the combination of water and Ethyl
Glycol provides 0.23 and the combination of water and
Ethyl Glycol and Aloe Vera jelly provides 0.25.The
combination of all kinds of fluids (water + Aloe Vera jelly+
Ethyl Glycol) applicable for counter flow heat exchanger, to
get valuable effectiveness.
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Fig.5. Ratio of ethyl glycol in water vs. Effectiveness

E. RATIO OF ALOE VERA AND ETHYL GLYCOL IN

WATER VS EFFECTIVINESS

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Fig.6. Ratio of Aloe Vera and Ethyl Glycol in water vs. Effectiveness

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