Proceedings of the SAREK Conference (대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집)

The Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea (대한설비공학회)
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Development of an Cross Flow Air-Cooled Plate Heat Exchanger

직교류 공랭식 판형열교환기의 성능평가

  • Kim, Min-Sung (Geothermal Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Hoon (Geothermal Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Park, Seong-Ryong (Geothermal Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Ra, Ho-Sang (Geothermal Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Jeong, Jae-Hoon (Research and Development Center, LHE Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Lim, Hyug (Research and Development Center, LHE Co., Ltd.)
  • 김민성 (한국에너지기술연구원 지열에너지연구센터) ;
  • 이재훈 (한국에너지기술연구원 지열에너지연구센터) ;
  • 박성룡 (한국에너지기술연구원 지열에너지연구센터) ;
  • 나호상 (한국에너지기술연구원 지열에너지연구센터) ;
  • 정재훈 ((주)엘에치이 기술연구소) ;
  • 임혁 ((주)엘에치이 기술연구소)
  • Published : 2007.11.30
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Abstract

Performance of an air-cooled plate heat exchanger (PHE) was evaluated in this study. The PHE was manufactured in two types of single-wave and double-wave plates in parallel assembly. The heat exchanger aims to substitute open-loop cooling towers with closed-loop water circulation, which guarantees cleanliness and compactness. In this study, prototype single-wave and double-wave PHEs were designed and tested in a laboratory scale experiments. From the tests, the double-wave PHE shows approximately 50% enhanced heat transfer performance compared to the single-wave PHE. However, the double-wave PHE costs 30% additional pressure drop. For the commercialization, a wide channel design for air flow would be essential for performance and reliability.

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