Experimental and numerical investigations on continuous pressure drop characteristic of tube-in-tube recuperative heat exchanger for 1.8 K cooler

Cryogenics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 103345
Author(s):  
Kyoung Joong Kim ◽  
Junhyuk Bae ◽  
Lingxue Jin ◽  
Sangkwon Jeong ◽  
Yeon Suk Choi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Numerical Investigations ◽  
Recuperative Heat Exchanger

Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Recuperative Heat Exchangers Using Carbon Foam

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. R. Lin ◽  
J. H. Du ◽  
W. Wu ◽  
L. C. Chow ◽  
W. Notardonato
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Carbon Foam ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
Carbon Foams ◽  
Recuperative Heat Exchanger ◽  
Overall Effectiveness

This work focuses on the development of high-effectiveness recuperative heat exchangers using solid and corrugated carbon foam blocks. Characterization tests were conducted on heat transfer and pressure drop for a single carbon foam block with different sizes. Results show that carbon foam can be an effective medium for heat transfer enhancement, and a short length in the flow direction yields a high heat transfer coefficient. The corrugation can enhance heat transfer and reduce pressure drop at the same time. A recuperative heat exchanger with carbon foam, which consists of separate blocks of carbon foams packed between thin sheets of stainless steel, was designed. The hot and cold flow paths were arranged in counterflow in the recuperator. The heat exchanger was designed in a modular manner so that it can be scaled up for a larger heat transfer requirement or a higher overall effectiveness. The anisotropic property of carbon foam was exploited to achieve higher effectiveness for one pair of foam blocks. Experiments with four pairs of carbon foams were conducted to evaluate the performance of carbon foam used in the recuperative heat exchanger. Measurements were made for both solid and corrugated foams for comparison. With four pairs of carbon foam blocks, an overall effectiveness εtotal greater than 80% was achieved. This paper demonstrates an approach to reach an effectiveness εtotal of 98% by placing many pairs of carbon foams in series.

Numerical simulation of the effect of baffle cut and baffle spacing on shell side heat exchanger performance using CFD

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Swanand Gaikwad ◽  
Ashish Parmar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Shell Side ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shell And Tube ◽  
Two Parameters

AbstractHeat exchangers possess a significant role in energy transmission and energy generation in most industries. In this work, a three-dimensional simulation has been carried out of a shell and tube heat exchanger (STHX) consisting of segmental baffles. The investigation involves using the commercial code of ANSYS CFX, which incorporates the modeling, meshing, and usage of the Finite Element Method to yield numerical results. Much work is available in the literature regarding the effect of baffle cut and baffle spacing as two different entities, but some uncertainty pertains when we discuss the combination of these two parameters. This study aims to find an appropriate mix of baffle cut and baffle spacing for the efficient functioning of a shell and tube heat exchanger. Two parameters are tested: the baffle cuts at 30, 35, 40% of the shell-inside diameter, and the baffle spacing’s to fit 6,8,10 baffles within the heat exchanger. The numerical results showed the role of the studied parameters on the shell side heat transfer coefficient and the pressure drop in the shell and tube heat exchanger. The investigation shows an increase in the shell side heat transfer coefficient of 13.13% when going from 6 to 8 baffle configuration and a 23.10% acclivity for the change of six baffles to 10, for a specific baffle cut. Evidence also shows a rise in the pressure drop with an increase in the baffle spacing from the ranges of 44–46.79%, which can be controlled by managing the baffle cut provided.

scholarly journals Heating performance of a laboratory pilot-plant combining heat exchanger and air scrubber for animal houses

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel S. Krommweh ◽  
Wolfgang Büscher
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Heating Performance ◽  
Livestock Buildings ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Recuperative Heat Exchanger

AbstractExhaust air treatment systems (EATS) are used in animal husbandry to reduce emissions. However, EATS are associated with high acquisition and operating costs. Therefore, a plant technology is being developed that integrates a recuperative heat exchanger into a biological air scrubber. The overall aim is to reduce total costs of livestock buildings with EATS by saving heating costs and to improve animal environment. In this study, a special pilot-plant on a small-scale, using clean exhaust air, was constructed to evaluate the heating performance on laboratory scale. Three assembly situations of the heat exchanger into trickle-bed reactor were part of a trial with two different defined air flow rates. In all three assembly situations, preheating of cold outside air was observed. The heating performance of the assembly situation with the sprayed heat exchanger arranged below showed an average of 4.4 kW at 1800 m3 h−1 (outside air temperature range 0.0–7.9 °C). This is up to 18% higher than the other two experimental setups. The heating performance of the pilot-plant is particularly influenced by the outside air temperature. Further research on the pilot-plant is required to test the system under field conditions.

Two-Level Optimization Algorithm for Heat Exchanger Networks Including Pressure Drop Considerations

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (21) ◽  
pp. 6766-6773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Medardo Serna-González ◽  
José María Ponce-Ortega ◽  
Arturo Jiménez-Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Heat Exchanger Networks
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