Penurunan Kerugian Head pada Belokan Pipa dengan Peletakan Tube Bundle

Abstract

Fluid flow flowing through an elbow causes separation. Separation leads to vortex, shake and cavity. As a result, the head loss will increase and the pipe installation is potentially damaged. Thus, separation must be eliminated. The separation is identified by the presence of high pressure decreasing in the downstream of elbow. To minimize the pressure decreasing in elbow, we need flow conditioner like a tube bundle. The aim of this research is to identify the influence of tube bundle placement toward the head loss such as pressure drop. The elbow being tested is placed on a pipe installation already equipped by testing aids such as computers and its software, pressure transmitter, and rotameter. The free variable in this study is the distance of the tube bundle from the outlet edge of the pipe turn 2D, 3D, 4D and 5D and fluid flow volume which flows through the installation that are 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2000 litres/hour. Whereas, the dependent variable is the pressure drop ( ∆ p) measured by pressure transmitter and the head loss of which the value is obtained from the measurement of pressure drop. The test was conducted on 1.25 inch in diameter elbow with 22 holes of tube bundle and 27 mm in length. To know the head loss, so the pressure drop ( ∆ p) of fluid at upstream and downstream of the pipe turn are measured using 2 pressure transmitters connected to the computer through ADC (Analog Digital Converter). The data had already recorded in computer was processed using the LabView software to get the averaged value of the pressure drop.