<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) numerical study for a new design of a plate heat exchanger with two different flow patterns. The impact of geometric characteristics of the two studied geometries of exchanger plates on the intensification process of heat transfer was considered. The velocity, temperature and pressure distributions along the heat exchanger were examined. The CFD results were validated against experimental data and a good agreement was achieved. The results revealed that geometrical arrangement of the plates strongly influence the fluid flow. An increase in the Reynolds number led to lowering the friction factor value and increasing the pressure drop. The configuration II of the plate heat exchanger resulted in lower outlet hot fluid temperature in comparison with the configuration I, which means improvement of heat transfer.</p></abstract>

The paper presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) numerical study for a new design of a plate heat exchanger with two different flow patterns. The impact of geometric characteristics of the two studied geometries of exchanger plates on the intensification process of heat transfer was considered. The velocity, temperature and pressure distributions along the heat exchanger were examined. The CFD results were validated against experimental data and a good agreement was achieved. The results revealed that geometrical arrangement of the plates strongly influence the fluid flow. An increase in the Reynolds number led to lowering the friction factor value and increasing the pressure drop. The configuration II of the plate heat exchanger resulted in lower outlet hot fluid temperature in comparison with the configuration I, which means improvement of heat transfer.

3D CFD fluid flow and thermal analyses of a new design of plate heat exchanger

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The paper presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) numerical study for a new design of a plate heat exchanger with two different flow patterns. The impact...

3D CFD fluid flow and thermal analyses of a new design of plate heat exchanger

Published Online: May 11, 2017

Page range: 17 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2017-0003

Keywords
CFD analysis, plate heat exchangers, pressure drop, temperature profile

© by Paulina Pianko-Oprych

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

3D CFD fluid flow and thermal analyses of a new design of plate heat exchanger

Published Online: May 11, 2017

Page range: 17 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2017-0003

KeywordsCFD analysis, plate heat exchangers, pressure drop, temperature profile

© by Paulina Pianko-Oprych

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
CFD analysis, plate heat exchangers, pressure drop, temperature profile