A new approach to numerical simulation of small sized plate heat exchangers with chevron plates

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-297

  Jain, Sanjeev ^a   Joshi, Aniruddha ^a,b   Bansal, P K ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Pacific Mindware Engg Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CFD; Chevron plate; Numerical study; Plate heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CHEVRON PLATE; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 34447506625     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2430722     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Ciofalo, M., Stasiek, J., and Collins, M. W., 1996, "Investigation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Corrugated Passages-II. Numerical Simulations," Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 39, pp. 165-192.
2. Ciofalo, M., Piazza, I., and Stasiek, J., 2000, "Investigation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Corrugated-Undulated Passages," Heat and Mass Transfer, Springer-Verlag, New York, Vol. 36, pp. 449-462.
3. Mehrabian, M. A., and Poulter, R., 2000, "Hydrodynamics and Thermal Characteristics of Corrugated Channels: Computational Approach," Appl. Math. Model., 24, pp. 343-364.
4. Sunden, B., 2004, "Advances in Numerical Modeling of Heat Exchanger Related Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer," Proc. XVII National and VI ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Kalpakkam, India, Jan. 5-7, pp. 136-146.
5. Paras, S. V., Kanaris, A. G., Monza, A. A., and Karabelas, A. J., 2002, "CFD Code Application to Flow Through Narrow Channels With Corrugated Walls," CHISA 2002, 15th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering. Prague, August.
6. Kanaris, A. G., Mouza, A. A., and Paras, S. V., 2005, "Flow And Heat Transfer in Narrow Channels With Corrugated Walls - A CFD Code Application," Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 83(A5), pp. 460-468.
7. Pelletier, O., Stromer, F., and Carlson, A., 2005, "CFD Simulation of Heat Transfer in Compact Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers," ASHRAE Trans., 111, pp. 846-854.
8. Grijspeerdt, K., Hazarika, B., and Ucinic, D., 2003, "Application Of Computational Fluid Dynamics To Model The Hydrodynamics Of Plate Heat Exchangers For Milk Processing," J. Food. Eng., 57, pp. 237-242.
9. Shah, R. K., and Focke, W. W., 1988, "Plate Heat Exchangers and Their Design Theory," Heat Exchanger Equipment Design, R. K. Shah, E. C. Subbarao, R. A. Mashelkar (Eds.), Hemisphere, Washington, pp. 227-254.
10. Fluent, 2003, FLUENT 6.1 User's Manual.
11. Focke, W. W., Zachariades, J., and Olivier, I., 1985, "The Effect of Corrugation Inclination Angle on the Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of Plate Heat Exchangers," Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 28(8), pp. 1469-1479.
12. Sunden, B., and Piazza, I. D., 1998, "Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers," HTD (Am. Soc. Mech. Eng.), 361(3), pp. 287-293.
13. Bhaduriya, R. M. S., 2002, "Simulation and Performance Study of Plate Heat Exchangers," M.Tech. thesis, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi, India.
14. Joshi, A. A., 2005, "Numerical and Experimental Study of Plate Heat Exchangers," M.Tech. thesis, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT, Delhi, India.
15. Kakac, S., and Liu, H., 2002, Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating and Thermal Design, CRC, Washington, DC, Chap. 10.
16. Hewitt, G. F., Shires, G. L., and Bott, T. R., 1994, Process Heat Transfer, CRC, Boca Raton, FL, Chap. 8.
17. Shah, R. K., 1990, "Assessment of Modified Wilson Plot Techniques for Obtaining Heat Exchanger Design Data," Heat Transfer 1990, Proceedings of the 9th International Heat Transfer Conference, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 5, pp. 51-56.
18. Khartabil, H. F., and Christensen, R. N., 1992, "An Improved Scheme for Determining Heat Transfer Correlations From Heat Exchanger Regression Models With Three Unknowns," Exp. Therm. Fluid Sci., 5, pp. 808-819.
19. EES, Engineering Equation Solver, F-Chart Software, www.fchart.com/ ees.shtml.
20. Rao, B. P., and Das, S. K., 2004, "An Experimental Study on the Influence of Flow Maldistribution on the Pressure Drop Across a Plate Heat Exchanger," ASME J. Fluids Eng., 126, pp. 680-691.
21. Rao, B. P., Sunden, B., and Das, S. K., 2005, "An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Influence of Flow Maldistribution on the Thermal Performance of Plate Heat Exchangers," Trans. ASME, Ser. C: J. Heat Transfer, 127, pp. 332-343.
22. Cooper, A., and Usher, J. D., 1990, "Friction Factor Correlations," Hemisphere Handbook of Heat Exchanger Design, G. F. Hewitt (Co. Ed.), Hemisphere, Washington DC, 3.7.4.
23. Ciofalo, M., Collins, M. W., and Stasiek, J., 1998, "Flow and Heat Transfer Predictions in Flow Passages of Air Preheaters: Assessment of Alternative Modeling Approaches," Computer Simulations in Compact Heat Exchangers, B. Sunden and M. Faghri (Eds.), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, UK, Vol. 1, pp. 169-225.