Authors

Adnan M. Al-Saffawi

Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, The University of Mosul, Almajmoa, Mosul 41200, Iraq

Maan S. M. Al-Dabbagh

Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, The University of Mosul, Almajmoa, Mosul 41200, Iraq

Asmaa Taha Hussein

Department of Power Mechanics Techniques Engineering –Technical College – Mosul – Northern Technical University, Iraq

Nooraldeen Saleh Khidhir

Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, The University of Mosul, Almajmoa, Mosul 41200, Iraq

Abstract

The heat exchangers are used to transmit thermal energy between; two or more fluids, fluid and solid particle, or solid surface and liquid. The fluidized bed heat exchanger is essential in many industrial systems that are being a multiphase flow system and improves the capability of transferring heat to or from the system.

There for, the main target of this experimental work is to compare the effectiveness of fluidized bed heat exchanger with that of conventional type. To achieve that purpose a computer program has been builted to calculate the effectiveness using the number of units transmitted (NTU).

Some variables such as water inlet temperature, length of the fin and the total surface area, have been imposed. The fluidized velocity, particle size and fluidized bed temperature assumed to be constant. The calculations of the effectiveness were based on that the type of exchanger is finned tube type and unmixed fluids.

The results showed that the effectiveness of the fluidized bed heat exchanger is higher than that of conventional one by 10%, and the number of units transmitted by fluidized bed heat exchanger is greater than that of conventional type. 

Keywords

Fluidized bed Heat Exchanger Effectiveness

Citation of this Article

Adnan M. Al-Saffawi, Maan S. M. Al-Dabbagh, Asmaa Taha Hussein, & Nooraldeen Saleh Khidhir. (2025). Comparison the Effectiveness of Fluidized Bed Heat Exchanger with Conventional Heat Exchanger. International Current Journal of Engineering and Science (ICJES), 4(10), 11-15. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.47001/ICJES/2025.410003

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