Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer Theory and Application in High Performance Heat and Mass Transfer

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2004, Volume11

Issue 2

102 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v11.i2

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Amir Jokar
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 66506

Steven J. Eckels
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 66506

Mohammad H. Honsi
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 66506

Thomas P. Gielda
Visteon Climate Control, 4500 Helm St./D175, Plymouth MI 48170

Experimental heat transfer and pressure drop results for two brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHE) of different sizes are presented in this article. The BPHEs are a type of compact plate heat exchanger with parallel corrugated plates that are brazed together in series. Water and a glycol/water mixture in the liquid phase were passed through the heat exchangers in a counter flow configuration, and relevant experimental data were collected. The Wilson technique was then used to obtain the single-phase heat transfer coefficient in the corrugated passages. The BPHEs were subsequently installed in a simple refrigeration cycle and the heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops during condensation of R-134a were measured. Empirical correlations for this type of plate heat exchangers were developed, plotted, and compared with relevant published results.

DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v11.i2.50 Download article, 161-182 pages

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