Experimental study of turbulent flow heat transfer and pressure drop in a plate heat exchanger with chevron plates
Experimental data for isothermal pressure drop and heat transfer in single-phase water flows in a plate heat exchanger (PHE) with chevron plates are presented. A single-pass, U-type, counterflow PHE, with three different chevron plate arrangements is employed: two symmetric plate arrangements with {beta} = 30/30{degree} and 60/60{degree}, and a mixed-plate arrangement with {beta} = 30/60{degree}. With water flow rates in the turbulent flow regime (600 < Re < 10{sup 4} and 2 < Pr < 6), effects of the chevron corrugation inclination angle {beta} on Nu and f characteristics of the PHE are investigated. As {beta} increases and compared to a flat-plate pack, up to 2 to 5 times higher Nu are obtained; the concomitant f, however, are 13 to 44 times higher. Based on the experimental data for Re {le} 1,000, predictive correlations of the form Nu = C{sub 1}{beta} Re{sup p1({beta})} Pr{sup 1/3} ({mu}/{mu}{sub w}){sup 0.14} and f = C{sub 2}{beta} Re{sup p2({beta})} are devised. Also, at constant pumping power and depending upon {beta}, the heat transfer is found to be enhanced over 1.8 times that in equivalent flat-plate channels.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20014363
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 32nd National Heat Transfer Conference, Baltimore, MD (US), 08/08/1997--08/12/1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: In: ASME proceedings of the 32nd national heat transfer conference (HTD-Vol. 346). Volume 8: Fundamentals of convection; Turbulent heat transfer; Mixed convection heat transfer, by Oosthuizen, P.H.; Chen, T.S.; Acharya, S.; Armaly, B.F.; Pepper, D.W. [eds.], 201 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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