The optimal design process of the plate heat exchanger

The purpose of this study is to find a simplified model which can be used in the optimal process to simplify the optimal design reasonably in conduits with corrugated wall, encountered in commercial plate heat transfer exchanger (PHE). The numerical model of this study is verified by the published experiment data in the previous literature. The results of this present study are shown that the proposed method is an effective and reliable tool for studying the optimal performance design of the PHE.

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