Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy (한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집)

Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy (한국지열·수열에너지학회)
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Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristic of Plate Heat Exchanger with Corrugation Height for District Cooling System

지역냉방 시스템용 판형 열교환기의 주름높이에 따른 열전달 및 압력강하 특성

  • Kwon, Oh-Kyung (Energy System R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology) ;
  • Kim, Hyeon-Joong (Energy System R&D Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
  • 권오경 (한국생산기술연구원 에너지시스템연구그룹) ;
  • 김현중 (한국생산기술연구원 에너지시스템연구그룹)
  • Received : 2011.10.11
  • Accepted : 2011.11.21
  • Published : 2011.12.01
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Abstract

The objectives of this paper are to study the characteristics of heat transfer and pressure drop of the plate heat exchanger with corrugation height by numerical analysis. Plate heat exchanger of three types was designed, which was corrugation height 3.1mm, 2.8mm and 2.5mm. The plate heat exchanger was numerically investigated for Reynolds number in a range of 950~3,380. The temperatures of the hot side were performed at $14.5^{\circ}C$ while that of the cold side was conducted at $4.5^{\circ}C$. The results show that the performance of heat transfer coefficient for corrugation height 2.5mm increases about 9.5~17.1% compared to that of corrugation height 3.1mm. On the other hand, the performance of pressure drop for corrugation height 2.5mm is remarkably higher than that of corrugation height 3.1mm, about 65.7~86.0%.

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