scholarly journals Analysis of Designs of Heat Exchangers Used in Adsorption Chillers

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 8038
Author(s):  
Tomasz Bujok ◽  
Piotr Boruta ◽  
Łukasz Mika ◽  
Karol Sztekler
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Thermal Inertia ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Adsorption Chiller ◽  
The Impact

In the face of increasing demands with regard to the share of renewable energy sources in the energy mix, adsorption chillers are becoming a potentially important part of the energy transition. A key component of this type of equipment is the heat exchanger in the adsorption bed, the design of which affects both heat and mass transfer. This study includes an analysis of the geometry and materials used to manufacture such heat exchangers. The geometry analysis is mainly based on the evaluation of the impact of the different dimensions of the exchanger components on heat and mass transfer in the bed. The second part of the study focuses on material-related issues where the main emphasis is on the analysis of the thermal inertia of the exchanger. The paper analyses the latest research on the design of exchangers in adsorption beds, mainly from 2015–2021. Currently, the commonly used SCP and COP coefficients and various test conditions do not provide sufficient information for comparative analysis of adsorption bed heat exchangers, so the authors propose to introduce a new index for the evaluation of heat exchangers in terms of the effect of the design parameters on the energy efficiency of an adsorption chiller.

scholarly journals Experimental studies and numerical modelling of heat and mass transfer process in shell-and-tube heat exchangers with compact arrangements of tube bundles

2018 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 02006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valery Gorobets ◽  
Yurii Bohdan ◽  
Viktor Trokhaniak ◽  
Ievgen Antypov
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Numerical Modelling ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Mass Transfer Process ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Transfer Processes ◽  
Tube Bundles ◽  
Shell And Tube

Shall-and-tube heat exchangers based on the bundles with in-line or staggered arrangements have been widely used in industry and power engineering. A large number of theoretical and experimental works are devoted to study of hydrodynamic and heat transfer processes in such bundles. In that, works the basic studies of heat and mass transfer for these bundles are found. However, heat exchangers of this type can have big dimensions and mass. One of the ways to improve the weight and dimensions of the shell-and-tube heat exchangers is to use compact arrangement of tube bundles. A new design of heat exchanger is proposed, in which there are no gaps between adjacent tubes that touch each other. Different geometry of these tube bundles with displacement of adjacent tubes in the direction of transverse to the flow is considered. Numerical modelling and experimental investigations of hydrodynamic, heat and mass transfer processes in such tube bundles has been carried out. The distribution of velocities, temperatures, and pressure in inter-tube channels have been obtained.

Effect of Thermophoresis and Brownian Moment on 2D MHD Nanofluid Flow over an Elongated Sheet

2017 ◽  
Vol 377 ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Sulochana ◽  
G.P Ashwinkumar ◽  
Naramgari Sandeep
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Source ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Newtonian Fluid ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Frictional Heating ◽  
Mass Transfer Rate ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
Source Sink ◽  
The Impact

In this study, we investigated the 2D MHD flow of a dissipative Maxwell nanofluid past an elongated sheet with uneven heat source/sink, Brownian moment and thermophoresis effects. The flow governing PDEs are transmuted into nonlinear ODEs adopting the suitable similarity transmissions. Further, the RK-4 technique is employed to acquire the numerical solutions. The impact of pertinent parameters such as thermal radiation, frictional heating, irregular heat source/sink, biot number, Brownian moment and thermophoresis on the flow quantities such as velocity, thermal and concentration fields likewise friction factor, heat and mass transfer rates are bestowed with the succour of graphs and tables. Dual nature is witnessed for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid cases. It is noticed that the heat and mass transfer rate in Newtonian fluid larger as compared with non-Newtonian fluid.

Sixty-Five Years of Extended Surface Technology (1922–1987)

1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 321-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan D. Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Numerical Analyses ◽  
Compact Heat Exchangers ◽  
Extended Surface ◽  
Mathematical Techniques

The extended surface literature from 1922 to 1987 is reviewed. The review begins with the classic NACA report of Harper and Brown published in 1922 and concludes with the works of Marto, Wanniarachchi, Rose, Mitrou, and Razelos published in 1986. A section entitled “The Beginnings” traces the accomplishments of the pioneers and it covers the period from 1922 to 1945 which coincides with the publication of Gardner’s landmark paper. At this point, a chronological approach is abandoned in favor of a categorization into topical areas. These are the elimination of the Murray–Gardner assumptions, boiling and condensation, experimental endeavors, compact heat exchangers, internally finned configurations, numerical analyses, optimizations, analyses of finned arrays, and additional topics including the use of extended surface to augment heat transfer, heat transfer in electrical and electronic equipment, purely mathematical techniques, and heat and mass transfer.

A Fully Wet and Fully Dry Tiny Circular Fin Method for Heat and Mass Transfer Characteristics for Plain Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchangers Under Dehumidifying Conditions

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (9) ◽  
pp. 1256-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Worachest Pirompugd ◽  
Chi-Chuan Wang ◽  
Somchai Wongwises
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristic ◽  
Transfer Characteristic ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Mass Transfer Characteristic ◽  
Transfer Characteristics

This study proposes a new method, namely the “fully wet and fully dry tiny circular fin method,” for analyzing the heat and mass transfer characteristics of plain fin-and-tube heat exchangers under dehumidifying conditions. The present method is developed from the tube-by-tube method proposed in the previous study by the same authors. The analysis of the fin-and-tube heat exchangers is carried out by dividing the heat exchanger into many tiny segments. A tiny segment will be assumed with fully wet or fully dry conditions. This method is capable of handling the plain fin-and-tube heat exchanger under fully wet and partially wet conditions. The heat and mass transfer characteristics are presented in dimensionless terms. The ratio of the heat transfer characteristic to mass transfer characteristic is also studied. Based on the reduced results, it is found that the heat transfer and mass transfer characteristics are insensitive to changes in fin spacing. The influence of the inlet relative humidity on the heat transfer characteristic is rather small. For one and two row configurations, a considerable increase of the mass transfer characteristic is encountered when partially wet conditions take place. The heat transfer characteristic is about the same in fully wet and partially wet conditions provided that the number of tube rows is equal to or greater than four. Correlations are proposed to describe the heat and mass characteristics for the present plain fin configuration.

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