Experimental investigations and validation of two dimensional model for multistream plate fin heat exchangers.

Abstract Experimental investigations are carried out using a specially developed three-layer plate fin heat exchanger (PFHE), with helium as the working fluid cooled to cryogenic temperatures using liquid nitrogen (LN 2 ) as a coolant. These results are used for validation of an already proposed and reported numerical model based on finite volume analysis for multistream (MS) plate fin heat exchangers (PFHE) for cryogenic applications (Goyal et al., 2014). The results from the experiments are presented and a reasonable agreement is observed with the already reported numerical model.

[1]  Hao Peng,et al.  Analysis of heat transfer and flow characteristics over serrated fins with different flow directions , 2011 .

[2]  Min Zhao,et al.  Experimental investigation on the thermal performance of multi-stream plate-fin heat exchanger based on genetic algorithm layer pattern design , 2015 .

[3]  Prasanta Kumar Das,et al.  Thermal Design of Multistream Plate Fin Heat Exchangers—A State-of-the-Art Review , 2012 .

[4]  Ramesh K. Shah,et al.  Numerical study of flow patterns of compact plate-fin heat exchangers and generation of design data for offset and wavy fins , 2009 .

[5]  Carlos A. Dorao,et al.  A review on heat exchanger thermal hydraulic models for cryogenic applications , 2011 .

[6]  Keith E. Herold,et al.  Prandtl number effect on offset fin heat exchanger performance : experimental results , 1995 .

[7]  Zuoqin Qian,et al.  Experimental study and numerical simulation of flow and heat transfer performance on an offset plate-fin heat exchanger , 2015, Heat and Mass Transfer.

[8]  R. M. Manglik,et al.  Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for the rectangular offset strip fin compact heat exchanger , 1995 .

[9]  P. Törmälä,et al.  Material properties of a , 2021, Practical Micromechanics of Composite Materials.

[10]  Yanzhong Li,et al.  An experimental and numerical investigation of flow patterns in the entrance of plate-fin heat exchanger , 2006 .

[11]  G. A. Gerolymos,et al.  THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. , 1940, Science.

[12]  Yanzhong Li,et al.  PIV experimental investigation of entrance configuration on flow maldistribution in plate-fin heat exchanger , 2006 .

[13]  Junqi Dong,et al.  Air-side thermal hydraulic performance of offset strip fin aluminum heat exchangers , 2007 .

[14]  Yanzhong Li,et al.  Experimental investigation of header configuration improvement in plate–fin heat exchanger , 2007 .

[15]  Hao Peng,et al.  Numerical modeling and experimental verification of flow and heat transfer over serrated fins at low Reynolds number , 2008 .

[16]  Govind Maheshwari,et al.  Exergy based optimization and experimental evaluation of plate fin heat exchanger , 2016 .

[17]  Robert J. Moffat,et al.  Describing the Uncertainties in Experimental Results , 1988 .

[18]  M. D. Atrey,et al.  Two dimensional model for multistream plate fin heat exchangers , 2014 .