@phdthesis{Ahlinder2006, author = {Ahlinder, Stefan}, title = {On modelling of compact tube bundle heat exchangers as porous media for recuperated gas turbine engine applications}, isbn = {3-8322-5355-6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus-151}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2006}, abstract = {A computational tool and a methodology for steady state heat exchanger simulations of recuperated gas turbines and aero-engines have been developed. As an example a compact tube bundle heat exchanger with oval shaped tubes was chosen. The simulation tool proved to work for different layouts of the heat exchanger and for different geometrical configurations of the gas turbine engine exhaust ducts. The resistance tensors were tuned against both CFD-data and experimental data and the computational model was to some extent validated against experimental results. For the validation isothermal experimental data from the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery at the Technical University of Thessaloniki was used together with hot gas channel data from MTU. The calculated and measured velocity profiles showed an acceptable agreement that in some of the cases was even very good. The calculated pressure drop deviated less than 10\% for the compared cases, which must be considered to be acceptable. The calculared results for the hot gas cases showed an exaggerated heat transfer rate, most likely due to the use of a cold side heat transfer correlation for fully turbulent flow, although the Reynolds numbersindicated transitional flow.}, subject = {Fluggasturbine; W{\"a}rmeaustauscher; Simulation; W{\"a}rmetauscher; CFD; Por{\"o}ses Medium; Rohrb{\"u}ndel; Heat exchanger; CFD; Porous medium; Tube bundle}, language = {en} }