Experimental Investigation of a Chevron type Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger
Author(s):
N.Manigandan , SSN College of Engineering; V.Naveen prabhu, SSN college of Engineering; M.Suresh, SSN college of Engineering
Keywords:
Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger, Chevron Type and Heat Transfer Characteristics
Abstract:
Heat exchanger is an instrument used to transfer heat from medium of one fluid to another fluid. In this paper, an experimental setup for testing a chevron type brazed plate heat exchanger is utilized to investigate the thermal characteristics of the fluid. A numerical simulation as carried out a local element-by-element analysis utilizing e-NTU method as employed for simulating the heat exchanger. In this approach, Nusselt number is expressed in terms of friction factor which in turn, is given as a function of chevron angle of the heat exchanger. The experiment is performed by using various no of plates, several fluid flow rate and inlet &outlet temperature values. The experimental results are validated to numerical result of a brazed plate type heat exchanger. In a chevron type plate heat exchanger looks like compactness, so increased the overall heat transfer coefficient of fluid as compared to normal plate type heat exchanger. The main advantages of a chevron brazed type plate heat exchanger as occupy less space and cost wise reduced and then increase the heat transfer coefficient of a fluid, though with increased pressure drop.
Other Details:
| Manuscript Id | : | IJSTEV1I12001
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| Published in | : | Volume : 1, Issue : 12
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| Publication Date | : | 01/07/2015
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| Page(s) | : | 1-7
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