Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering (설비공학논문집)

The Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea (대한설비공학회)
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A Study on the Factors Affecting the Performance of Plastic Plate Heat Exchanger

플라스틱 판형 열교환기의 성능에 영향을 미치는 인자에 관한 연구

  • Yoo Seong-Yeon (Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Chung Min-Ho (Unutilized energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Lee Yong-Moon (Graduate School, Chungnam National University)
  • 유성연 (충남대학교 기계설계공학과) ;
  • 정민호 (한국에너지기술연구원 미활용에너지연구센터) ;
  • 이용문 (충남대학교 대학원)
  • Published : 2005.09.01
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Abstract

Plastic plate heat exchangers have many advantages over the conventional heat exchangers such as aluminum plate heat exchangers, rotary wheel heat exchangers and heat pipe heat exchangers which have been used for ventilation heat recovery in the air-conditioning systems. In the present study, pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of plastic plate heat exchangers are investigated for various design parameters and operating conditions which affect the performance of the plastic plate heat exchangers. In flat plate type heat exchanger, material thickness and channel height of heat exchanger are considered, and corrugate size and heat transfer area are considered in case of corrugate type heat exchanger. Pressure drop and effectiveness of the corrugate type heat exchanger increase as the corrugate size decreases.

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