Alternative Design Approach for Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers Using Parameter Plots

The simultaneous design and specification of heat exchangers of the plate-and-frame type is analyzed. A pictorial representation of the design space is used to guide the designer toward the selection of the geometry that best meets the heat duty within the limitations of pressure drop. The design space is represented by a bar plot where the number of thermal plates is plotted for three conditions: (1) for fully meeting the required heat load, (2) for fully absorbing the allowable pressure drop in the cold stream, and (3) for fully absorbing the allowable pressure drop in the hot stream. This type of plot is suitable for representing the design space, given the discrete nature of the plate geometrical characteristics, such as effective plate length and plate width. Applications of the use of bypasses as a design strategy are also presented.     

Alternative Sizing Methodology for Compact Heat Exchangers of the Spiral Type

A rapid sizing methodology for compact heat exchangers of the spiral plate type is presented. The methodology allows for the determination of the exchanger geometry such that full pressure drop utilization is achieved on both streams. This is done by considering plate width and plate spacing as continuous variables. The resulting values are the basis for selecting the final exchanger dimensions according to standard dimensions. The design approach makes use of empirical correlations for the calculation of heat transfer coefficient and friction factor based on average curvature. The approach is demonstrated using two case studies.     

板式通风换热器的研究进展

新风系统中的余热回收是重要的建筑节能技术之一。板式通风换热器因其结构简单、经济且与建筑一体化程度好等优点,已得到广泛应用。本文首先简述了板式通风换热器的特点,然后系统地介绍了目前国内外的试验和理论研究现状,最后展望其发展和应用前景。     

Thermodynamic and Economic Optimization of Plate Fin Heat Exchangers Using the Bees Algorithm

This study presents the successful application of the bees algorithm (BA) for optimal design of a cross‐flow plate fin heat exchanger by offset strip fins. The ε – NTU method is used to approximate the heat exchanger effectiveness and pressure drop. Two different objective functions including the minimization of total annual cost (sum of investment and operational costs) and total number of entropy generation units for certain heat duty required under given space constraints are considered as targets of optimization separately. Based on the applications, seven design parameters (heat exchanger length at hot and cold sides, fin height, fin frequency, fin thickness, fin‐strip length, and number of hot side layers) are selected as optimization variables. Two examples from the literature are presented to illustrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed algorithm. Results showed that the BA can detect an optimum configuration with higher speed (short computational time) and accuracy compared to the imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) and the genetic algorithm (GA). © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 43(5): 427–446, 2014; Published online 3 October 2013 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/htj ). DOI 10.1002/htj.21087     

Improved Water Utilization with Plate Heat Exchangers

Cooling water costs can often be reduced by utilizing impure sources of water, such as the sea. The use of seawater generally involves a closed-cycle freshwater primary circuit, a type of cooling that, although saving on water, requires special design techniques in order to optimize the process. These techniques are discussed and examples are given of large and small installations currently in operation.     

板式换热器性能的数值模拟

建立了人字形板式换热器冷热双流道的流体流动与传热计算模型,利用计算流体力学软件对5组不同速度工况下换热器内流体的流动和传热进行了数值模拟,分析了换热器流道内的速度场、温度场和压力场.结果表明:数值模拟得到的板式换热器进、出口温差和压降与试验测量值的误差均小于6%;换热器内流体的流动和传热存在明显的不均匀性,导致其进、出口的另一侧出现明显的传热"死区";换热器的总传热系数和流道阻力均随着流体流速的增大而增大.     

板式换热器颗粒污垢特性的实验研究

以纳米氧化镁颗粒溶液为实验工质,进行了板式换热器颗粒污垢特性的实验研究,分析了颗粒质量浓度、颗粒粒径、流速和低温介质温度对颗粒污垢热阻的影响.结果表明:板式换热器颗粒污垢无明显诱导期存在,结垢速率和污垢热阻渐进值均随颗粒质量浓度的增大而增大,且增大幅度逐渐减小;颗粒粒径对污垢热阻的影响较明显,在相同质量浓度下,颗粒粒径越小,结垢速率越快,且污垢热阻越大;流速对污垢热阻的影响较为复杂,高流速下的结垢速率略大于低流速下,且高流速下达到稳定时的污垢热阻渐进值小于低流速下;低温介质温度对颗粒污垢热阻的影响不明显.     

Exergetic Optimization of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers Using NSGA-II

In this article, a multi-objective exergy-based optimization through a genetic algorithm method is conducted to study and improve the performance of shell-and-tube type heat recovery heat exchangers, by considering two key parameters, such as exergy efficiency and cost. The total cost includes the capital investment for equipment (heat exchanger surface area) and operating cost (energy expenditures related to pumping). The design parameters of this study are chosen as tube arrangement, tube diameters, tube pitch ratio, tube length, tube number, baffle spacing ratio, and baffle cut ratio. In addition, for optimal design of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, the method and Bell–Delaware procedure are followed to estimate its pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient. A fast and elitist nondominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) with continuous and discrete variables is applied to obtain maximum exergy efficiency with minimum exergy destruction and minimum total cost as two objective functions. The results of optimal designs are a set of multiple optimum solutions, called “Pareto optimal solutions.” The results clearly reveal the conflict between two objective functions and also any geometrical changes that increase the exergy efficiency (decrease the exergy destruction) lead to an increase in the total cost and vice versa. In addition, optimization of the heat exchanger based on exergy analysis revealed that irreversibility like pressure drop and high temperature differences between the hot and cold stream play a key role in exergy destruction. Therefore, increasing the component efficiency of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger increases the cost of heat exchanger. Finally, the sensitivity analysis of change in optimum exergy efficiency, exergy destruction, and total cost with change in decision variables of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger is also performed.     

顺排与叉排套片式换热器的热力性能对比研究

套片式换热器的管束排列形式一般都是叉排,顺排非常少见。由于顺排形式的套片式换热器通常比叉排的流动阻力更小,因而对一些流动阻力有限制的场合,可以考虑使用顺排形式的套片式换热器。为论证这一点,对某种结构形式的顺排套片式换热器和叉排套片式换热器的热力性能进行了对比研究。为便于对比、分析,两个换热器试件的纵向管间距及管排数设计成相等。结果显示:两个试件的热力性能非常接近。分析表明,在某些应用场合,套片式换热器排列成顺排是更合适的选择。图7参6     

Plate Heat Exchangers: Calculation Methods for Singleand Two-Phase Flow

Plate heat exchangers were first developed about 100 years ago but have won increasing interest during the last two decades, primarily due to the development of methods of manufacturing brazed plate heat exchangers. This type of heat exchanger offers very good heat transfer performance in single-phase flow as well as in evaporation and condensation. Part of the reason is the small hydraulic diameters, typically being less than 5 mm. Other advantages of plate heat exchangers are the extremely compact design and the efficient use of the construction material. In spite of their long use, the calculation methods for predicting heat transfer and pressure drop are not widely known. It is the purpose of this article to present such calculation methods for single-phase flow and for flow boiling and to discuss some of the specifics of this type of heat exchangers.     

等流速法在板式换热器传热试验中的应用

在换热器的传热性能试验中,对流换热系数的测定是一个重要的组成部分。对于板式换热器而言,用等雷诺数法来获得其对流换热系数是比较合适的一种方法,但对试验过程的控制要求比较高。文中阐述了一种修正的等雷诺数方法－－等流速法,它使试验过程的控制十分方便,通过实例,介绍了该方法的具体应用。     

多股流换热器自动最优控制过程的模拟

为了模拟多股流换热器自动控制过程，应用特别适用于“多输入．多输出”系统的状态空间方法。该方法的调节依据是状态参数的反馈，状态参数不仅包括输出参数，还包括输出参数变化的速度和加速度及高阶导数等。利用实验所得的动态特性，导出了多股流换热器的状态方程和输出方程，并用动态规划方法对其自动最优控制过程进行了模拟。给出了一个四股流换热器自动最优控制过程模拟实例。结果表明：状态空间方法和动态规划方法可有效地应用于多股流换热器的最优反馈控制设计。图4表2参8     

Two-Phase Flow Visualization in Chevron and Bumpy Style Flat Plate Heat Exchangers

Adiabatic flow visualization in a chevron plate, a 1:1 aspect ratio bumpy plate, and a 2:1 aspect ratio bumpy plate heat exchangers were investigated for vertical upward flow with R134a. Qualities ranging from 5% to 90% and mass fluxes of 60, 90, and 125 kg/m²-s were investigated. The flow visualization experiments were conducted at a 10°C inlet temperature. Four flow regimes were observed for the flat plate geometries investigated: bubbly flow, rough annular flow, smooth annular flow, and mist flow. The four flow regimes are mapped out on a mass flux versus quality basis for each geometry. The chevron geometry was seen to undergo flow transitions at lower qualities and mass fluxes than the bumpy plate geometries, and the 2:1 aspect ratio bumpy plate geometry was seen to undergo flow transitions at lower qualities and mass fluxes than the 1:1 aspect ratio bumpy plate geometry.     

板壳式换热器传热准则关系式的分析与实验研究

假设板壳式换热器为特殊板式换热器,介绍了板壳式换热器传热准则关系式的研究方法.分析比较了壁面温度测定法、等雷诺数法、威尔逊法和等流速法等的适用性,确定了利用等流速法来进行实验研究,并分别进行了测定实验和验证实验,测定实验控制进出口流速相同,验证实验控制热侧流速不变,改变冷侧流速,采用实验获得的数据拟合传热准则关系式,计算出传热系数的相对误差.结果表明:传热系数的相对误差小于5%,所得传热准则关系式是合理的,表明板式换热器的研究方法适用于板壳式换热器.     

Enhancement of Heat Transfer for Plate Fin Heat Exchangers Considering the Effects of Fin Arrangements

In the present study, the potential of rectangular fins with different fin types of inner zigzag-flat-outer zigzag (B-type) and outer zigzag-flat-outer zigzag (C-type) and with different fin angles of 30° and 90° for 2 mm fin height and 10 mm offset from the horizontal direction for heat transfer enhancement with the use of a conjugated heat transfer approach and for pressure drop in a plate fin heat exchanger is numerically evaluated. The rectangular fins are located on a flat plate channel (A-type). The numerical computations are performed by solving a steady, three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equation and an energy equation by using FLUENT software program. Air is taken as working fluid. The study is carried out at Reynolds number of 400 and inlet temperatures, velocities of cold and hot air are fixed as 300 K, 600 K and 1.338 m.s^?1, 0.69 m.s^?1, respectively. This study presents new fin geometries which have not been researched in the literature for plate fin heat exchangers. The results show that while the heat transfer is increased by about 10% at the exit of a channel with the fin type of C, it is increased up to 8% for the fin angle of 90° when compared to a channel with A-type under the counter flow. The heat transfer enhancements for different values of Reynolds number and for varying fin heights, fin intervals and also temperature distributions of fluids are investigated for parallel and counter flow.     

Effect of Geometry and Flow Conditions on Particulate Fouling in Plate Heat Exchangers

This article describes particulate fouling experiments performed on small-scale and full-scale plate heat exchangers for three different corrugation angles (30 deg, 45 deg and 60 deg). The velocity effect has been studied as well as the particle type and concentration effects. The test duration ranges between 20 and 1,500 h in order to reach asymptotic behavior. The results clearly indicate that the corrugation angle has a major influence on the asymptotic fouling resistance. Increasing the corrugation angle leads to lower values for the fouling resistance. Furthermore, for a given corrugation angle, the asymptotic fouling resistance is inversely proportional to the velocity squared. Finally, the asymptotic fouling resistance is proportional to the particle concentration. Fouling mitigation can be obtained by taking into account at the design stage the heat exchanger geometry and fluid velocity.     

Performance of Counterflow,Parallel Plate Heat Exchangers under Laminar Flow Conditions

Multilayered heat exchangers were analyzed theoretically and their heat transfer characteristics were clarified. The problem was treated as a two-dimensional, conjugated one with three phases-two fully developed laminar flows and the exchanger wall. From numerical results, the exchanger effectiveness was found to be definitely influenced by the following parameters: Graetz number, heat capacity flow rate ratio, dimensionless wall thickness, and conductance ratios between fluid and wall and between both fluids. Examination of mixed-mean temperature distributions in the exchanger showed that longitudinal wall conduction significantly reduces exchanger effectiveness in the low-Graetz-number region. Experimental results were in fairly good agreement with theoretical predictions.     

精确数学控制下多股流换热器的运行优化

本文在多股流换热器精确数学控制的基础上,针对板翅式平行流多股流换热器,从最小能耗的角度确定辅助流体间的最佳调节组合建立优化目标函数,对其进行了运行优化的研究.即当目标流体入口参数发生工况变动后,为了确保其出口的工艺条件,通过调节不同的辅助流体及不同辅助流体间的调节组合来寻求能量投入量最小,同时引入优化算法,可以快速的求解出最小能耗下辅助流体间的最佳调节组合.