A thermo-hydraulic characteristics investigation in corrugated plate heat exchanger

Alzahran, S; Islam, M; Saha, S

A thermo-hydraulic characteristics investigation in corrugated plate heat exchanger

Alzahran, S Islam, M Saha, S

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Citation:: Energy Procedia, 2019, 160 pp. 597 - 605
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Alzahran, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Islam, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Saha, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9962-8919	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Energy Procedia, 2019, 160 pp. 597 - 605	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1876-6102	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/134824
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. The amount of heat transfer from plate heat exchanger (PHE) is much higher compared with other types of conventional heat exchangers due to the high surface area of each plate. This study aims to investigate the heat transfer characteristics in a commercial corrugated PHE for sinusoidal corrugation type. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been used to simulate the fluid flow inside the PHE for 1-1 single (water-water) and two (air-water) phase flow, counter arrangement. An advanced meshing technique has been used to generate the mesh for the PHE and a proper grid refinement test has been performed for the generated mesh. The overall investigation has been conducted for 60°/60° chevron angle plate (β) for a wide range of Re (500 ≤ Re ≤3000) and Prandtl number (Pr) (0.72 ≤ Pr ≤ 7.5). The result is validated with the benchmark experimental data. The impact of Reynolds and Pr has been investigated. The CFD results illustrate that the Nusselt number (Nu) increases with increasing of Reynolds number, while f decreasing with increasing of Re. The effect of Pr on Nusselt number and isothermal friction factor is presented. The corresponding correlations of Nu and f are developed from the CFD results.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy Procedia	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.211	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	A thermo-hydraulic characteristics investigation in corrugated plate heat exchanger	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	160	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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Abstract:

© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. The amount of heat transfer from plate heat exchanger (PHE) is much higher compared with other types of conventional heat exchangers due to the high surface area of each plate. This study aims to investigate the heat transfer characteristics in a commercial corrugated PHE for sinusoidal corrugation type. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been used to simulate the fluid flow inside the PHE for 1-1 single (water-water) and two (air-water) phase flow, counter arrangement. An advanced meshing technique has been used to generate the mesh for the PHE and a proper grid refinement test has been performed for the generated mesh. The overall investigation has been conducted for 60°/60° chevron angle plate (β) for a wide range of Re (500 ≤ Re ≤3000) and Prandtl number (Pr) (0.72 ≤ Pr ≤ 7.5). The result is validated with the benchmark experimental data. The impact of Reynolds and Pr has been investigated. The CFD results illustrate that the Nusselt number (Nu) increases with increasing of Reynolds number, while f decreasing with increasing of Re. The effect of Pr on Nusselt number and isothermal friction factor is presented. The corresponding correlations of Nu and f are developed from the CFD results.

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