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The performance characteristics of a triple conically tube heat exchanger (TCTHE) are experimentally and numerically conducted. The new design developed by addition a new fluid path to a double conically tube heat exchanger (DCTHE). The research aims to evaluate the TCTHE thermal characteristics at various operating and designing key parameters involve water Reynolds number, water inlet temperatures variation, flow arrangements, inclination angles, and pitch ratios (coil torsions). A numerical model in 3D Cartesian was developed using Ansys 14.5 software package to give a clear insight on TCTHE thermal performance on a level of details not always available in experiments. A finite volume discretization method was applied to solve the governing equations. The experiments were carried out at Dean number from 450 to 6200 corresponding to Reynolds number from 2750 to 35,050. The results revealed that the effectiveness of TCTHE presents higher value compared to that of DCTHE by 50% and 57% for both experimental and numerical results. Decreasing the water inlet temperature from 80 °C to 50 °C enhances the Nusselt number, Nu by 23.2%. The counter flow pattern records a higher Nu compared to parallel flow pattern by 21.5%. Also, decreasing the coil torsion from 0.0111 to 0.035 enhances Nu by 34.4%, on expense of increasing the friction factor by 9.4%. Another outcome, the higher thermo-hydraulic performance index occurred at lower coil torsion of 0.035 and at 90o inclination angles (vertical orientations). Finally, new correlations involve Nusselt number, friction factor, as well as effectiveness were presented.

In the present article, the thermal and hydrodynamic characteristics of a new design heat exchanger called a triple spirally coiled tube heat exchanger (TSCTHE) are experimentally conducted and compared with a double spirally coiled tube heat exchanger (DSCTHE) as a particular reference. The new design was created by adding a third tube to a DSCTHE. The study carried out under consideration of turbulent fluid to fluid heat transfer condition. The research aims to present the TSCTHE thermo-hydraulic characteristics with different operating and design parameters. The experiments were carried out at four water inlet temperatures from 50°C to 80°C, four flow arrangements include parallel, counter, counter-parallel, and parallel-counter flow patterns with three coil inclination angles from 0° to 90°. The experimental runs applied at Dean number ranged from 500 to 6,500 corresponding to Reynolds number from 3000 to 37,000. The results obtained that the TSCTHE presents a significant enhancement of the Nusselt number compared to DSCTHE by 94.8% and 82.8% for both counter and parallel flow patterns, respectively. Also, the Nusselt number enhancement occurs with decreasing the hot water inlet temperature from 80°C to 50°C by 40%, while the increment in pumping power is approximately neglected. Moreover, the highest values of Nusselt number occurred at counter flow patterns compared to other flow arrangements. In addition, the higher performance index was recorded at higher coil inclination angle of 90°. New correlations to predict the Nusselt number of hot water, friction factor, effectiveness, and performance index were presented.

In the current paper, the thermo fluid characteristics of a new design of curved tube called a triple spiral tube heat exchanger (TSTHE) was achieved with a brave comparative with a double spiral tube heat exchanger (DSTHE) as particular reference. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic model was developed using Ansys 14.5 software package. The Realize k–e model had been applied with enhanced wall treatment to simulate the thermo-fluid characteristics. The governing equations were solved by a finite volume discretization method. The new design was created by adding a third tube to a double concentric spiral tube heat exchanger. The study carried out under consideration of turbulent fluid to fluid heat transfer condition. The influence of different key design parameter such as; inlet hot fluid temperatures, flow arrangements, concentration of Alumina (Al2O3) nanoparticles, and Dean number were the main point of interest. The effect of Alumina-water nanofluid was considered in three different concentrations of 0.5%, 1% and 2% by volume. The results carried out at Dean number ranged from 1100 to 10,500 in the turbulent region corresponding to Reynolds number from 6400 to 57,400. The results presented that the Nusselt number obtained from a TSTHE was higher than that value of DSTHE at the same flow conditions. The results also presented that a significant effect of hot water inlet temperature on the Nusselt number while the increase in pressure drop can be approximately considered neglect. Also, the counter flow arrangement gives better effect on hot fluid Nusselt number compared with the three other flow arrangements. A notice augmentation of heat transfer enhancement occurs due to use Alumina–water nanofluid in TSTHE by 20.8 %. New correlations for inner annulus hot fluid Nusselt number, effectiveness, and friction factor of heat exchanger were presented.