This paper presents an optimisation model for the synthesis of heat exchanger networks (HEN) including the detailed design of the equipments formulated as a decomposition method. Shell and tube pressure drops and fouling are considered, as well as mechanical aspects, like shell and tube bundle diameters, internal and external diameter of tubes, number of tubes, number of baffles, number of shel...

The single-phase flow and thermal performance of a double pipe heat exchanger are examined by experimental methods. The working fluid is water at atmospheric pressure. Temperature measurements at the inlet and outlet of the two streams and also at an intermediate point half way between the inlet and outlet is made, using copper-constantan thermocouple wires. Mass flow rates for each stream are ...

In this study, a coil heat exchanger with an ice storage system is analyzed by theoretical analysis, numerical analysis, and experimental analysis. The dynamic characteristics of ice thickness variation is studied by means of unstable heat conduction theory in cylindrical coordinates, and the change rule of the ice layer thickness is obtained. The computational fluid dynamics method is employed...

Several techniques and metrics based on the Second Law of Thermodynamics have been used in the past for the analysis of heat exchangers. The terms used for these techniques include irreversibility analysis, entropy generation minimization, exergy analysis and thermodynamic efficiency. Entransy is a recently developed concept reflecting the heat transfer potential, rather than the ability to con...

A new class of helium-cooled high heat-flux plasma facing heat exchanger (HX) concept is presented. These unique “Foam-In-Tube” HX concepts are composed of a thin tungsten shell integrally bonded to an open-cell tungsten foam core. High heat flux tests show maximum heat loads of 22.4 MW/m using 4 MPa helium at a flow rate of 27 g/s. Based on these impressive performance results, a unique and sc...

The principle of heat transfer enhancement in the core flow of a tube has been proposed, in this paper, to make fluid temperature uniform in the core region of a tube and decrease flow resistance, which is different from heat transfer enhancement in the boundary flow of a tube. Two new models, representing heat transfer enhancement in the laminar and turbulent tube flow, have been established a...

The forced convection heat transfer in high porosity metal-foam filled tube heat exchangers are studied in this paper. The Brinkman Darcy momentum model and two energy equations for both solid and fluid phases in porous media are employed .The study shows that using metal-foams can significantly improve the heat transfer in heat exchangers. Keywords—metal foam, Nusselt number, heat exchanger, h...

This study investigates the heat transfer performance of a novel ZA27 metal foam exchanger. An open-celled is combined with thin-walled copper tube in single-step casting process. The between two separated water streams flowing through and foam, respectively, measured compared to an equivalent shell exchanger arrangement. Heat enhancement up 71% rate exceeding 30 kW are observed attributed incr...