<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>There are the various types of heat exchangers. The selection of the heat exchanger right type is the first basic assumption for its optimal operation. The heat exchanger calculation itself is another prerequisite for its optimal operation. This article deals with the variables which are usually used to describe the stationary operation of any recuperative heat exchanger with two incoming and two outgoing streams. The knowledge of these variables, including the facts resulting from them, is necessary not only from the point of view of the calculation but also from the point of view of the evaluation of the experimental data of any heat exchanger. The variables values needed for the calculation of heat exchangers, so-called key variables, must always fall within the values range determined on the basis of generally valid knowledge about heat exchangers. The article also deals with the determination of the limit values defining the values range of these key variables.</p></abstract>

There are the various types of heat exchangers. The selection of the heat exchanger right type is the first basic assumption for its optimal operation. The heat exchanger calculation itself is another prerequisite for its optimal operation. This article deals with the variables which are usually used to describe the stationary operation of any recuperative heat exchanger with two incoming and two outgoing streams. The knowledge of these variables, including the facts resulting from them, is necessary not only from the point of view of the calculation but also from the point of view of the evaluation of the experimental data of any heat exchanger. The variables values needed for the calculation of heat exchangers, so-called key variables, must always fall within the values range determined on the basis of generally valid knowledge about heat exchangers. The article also deals with the determination of the limit values defining the values range of these key variables.

Some Facts Resulting from the Key Variables Used in the Description of the Recuperative Heat Exchangers

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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There are the various types of heat exchangers. The selection of the heat exchanger right type is the first basic assumption for its optimal operation. The...

Some Facts Resulting from the Key Variables Used in the Description of the Recuperative Heat Exchangers

Publicado en línea: 06 dic 2018

Páginas: 249 - 260

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2018-0038

Palabras clave
Heat exchanger, recuperative heat exchanger, heat exchanger efficiency, number of transfer units, NTU, countercurrent index

© 2018 Štefan Gužela, František Dzianik, published by Sciendo

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

Some Facts Resulting from the Key Variables Used in the Description of the Recuperative Heat Exchangers

Publicado en línea: 06 dic 2018

Páginas: 249 - 260

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2018-0038

Palabras claveHeat exchanger, recuperative heat exchanger, heat exchanger efficiency, number of transfer units, NTU, countercurrent index

© 2018 Štefan Gužela, František Dzianik, published by Sciendo

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

Palabras clave
Heat exchanger, recuperative heat exchanger, heat exchanger efficiency, number of transfer units, NTU, countercurrent index