Matrix heat exchangers and their application in cryogenic systems

Abstract The necessity of high effectiveness in a small volume has led to the development of perforated plate matrix heat exchangers (MHE) for cryogenic applications. Although the basic principles have remained the same, the techniques of fabrication and bonding have changed considerably during the last four decades. With the introduction of all metal construction, these exchangers are finding increasing use in cryogenic refrigerators. The mechanism of heat transfer in a matrix heat exchanger is complex. Convection in three different surfaces and conduction in two different directions are coupled together in determining the temperature profiles. While early analyses were based on simple empirical correlations and approximate analytical solutions, they have given way to accurate numerical models. This paper traces the chronological development of the MHE and different methods of fabrication, heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics and design and simulation procedures.

[1]  R. A. Mashelkar,et al.  Advances in Transport Processes , 1982 .

[2]  Sunil Sarangi,et al.  Effect of Flow Maldistribution on Multipassage Heat Exchanger Performance , 1985 .

[3]  A second law analysis of the concentric tube heat exchanger: optimisation of wall conductivity , 1983 .

[4]  S. Sarangi,et al.  Analysis of compact heat exchanger performance , 1984 .

[5]  E. I. Mikulin,et al.  Efficiency of perforated plate array heat exchangers , 1979 .

[6]  V. K. Orlov,et al.  Heat exchange and hydraulic resistance in perforated-plate heat exchangers , 1978 .

[7]  S. Sarangi,et al.  Performance of Cryogenic Heat Exchangers with Heat Leak from the Surroundings , 1984 .

[8]  Gregory W. Swift,et al.  Construction of and Measurements with an Extremely Compact Cross-Flow Heat Exchanger , 1985 .

[9]  Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam,et al.  Analysis of matrix heat exchanger performance , 1991 .

[10]  V. I. Bova,et al.  Matrix heat exchanger for high-pressure systems , 1985 .

[11]  W. A. Steyert,et al.  An ultra-compact low-cost heat exchanger , 1978 .

[12]  Electric and Thermal Conductivity of a Medium Containing Arrays of Spherical and Cylindrical Particles , 1966, Nature.

[13]  William T. Harris.  Chemical milling : the technology of cutting materials by etching , 1976 .

[14]  E. I. Mikulin,et al.  Heat exchange and resistance in a wire gauze heat exchanger and recuperator , 1973 .

[15]  G. D. Bahnke,et al.  Closure to “Discussions of ‘The Effect of Longitudinal Heat Conduction on Periodic-Flow Heat Exchanger Performance’” (1964, ASME J. Eng. Power, 86, pp. 117–119) , 1964 .

[16]  A. L. London,et al.  Heat-transfer and flow-friction characteristics of woven-screen and crossed-rod matrices , 1956 .

[17]  B. R. Hollworth,et al.  Arrays of Impinging Jets with Spent Fluid Removal through Vent Holes on the Target Surface—Part 1: Average Heat Transfer , 1980 .

[18]  J. Maxwell.  A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism , 1873, Nature.

[19]  M. Ya. Solntsev,et al.  Study of matrix-type heat exchangers made of perforated plates , 1980 .

[20]  I. I. Gel'perin,et al.  Low temperature heat transfer in a plate-fin type heat exchanger , 1971 .

[21]  V. D. Kovalenko,et al.  Perforated-plate heat exchangers for cryogenic helium units , 1980 .

[22]  S C COLLINS,et al.  A helium cryostat. , 1947, The Review of scientific instruments.

[23]  E. B. Qvale,et al.  Analytical and Experimental Studies of Compact Wire-Screen Heat Exchangers , 1971 .

[24]  R. B. Fleming,et al.  The Effect of Flow Distribution in Parallel Channels of Counterflow Heat Exchangers , 1967 .

[25]  A. London,et al.  Compact heat exchangers , 1960 .

[26]  R. Fleming.  A Compact Perforated-Plate Heat Exchanger , 1969 .

[27]  Richard H. Hubbell,et al.  New Heat Transfer and Friction Factor Design Data for Perforated Plate Heat Exchangers , 1988 .

[28]  David R. McKenzie,et al.  Transport properties of regular arrays of cylinders , 1979, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

[29]  L. Rayleigh,et al.  LVI. On the influence of obstacles arranged in rectangular order upon the properties of a medium , 1892 .

[30]  Randall F. Barron,et al.  Effect of Heat Transfer from Ambient on Cryogenic Heat Exchanger Performance , 1984 .

[31]  Herbert B. Keller,et al.  Calculations of the Conductivity of a Medium Containing Cylindrical Inclusions , 1964 .

[32]  V. Keilin,et al.  Compact high efficiency perforated-plate heat exchangers , 1976 .

[33]  P. Kroeger,et al.  Performance Deterioration in High Effectiveness Heat Exchangers Due to Axial Heat Conduction Effects , 1967 .

[34]  H. W. Scholz,et al.  COILED TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGERS , 1973 .

[35]  N. F. Kazakov.  Diffusion bonding of materials , 1985 .

[36]  V. I. Bova,et al.  Development of efficient regenerators for air-fractionating units , 1978 .

[37]  G. B. Mardion,et al.  An emergency cold valve operating in He II , 1979 .

[38]  Robert Gardon,et al.  Heat Transfer Characteristics of Impinging Two-Dimensional Air Jets , 1966 .