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Mar 13, 2022

Numerical analysis of the flow parameters on the heat transfer performance of a two-stage spiral casing heat exchanger

The study of the performance of high-efficiency heat pump systems has been a hot issue of general interest in the field of heat pump air conditioning. For the designed and developed two-stage casing tandem heat exchanger of heat pump system, the 3D finite volume method and the realizable k-ε model are used to numerically analyze the influence law of inlet fluid temperature and flow velocity on the overall heat transfer coefficient as well as the Nussle number of inner and outer tubes. The results show that decreasing the inlet water temperature or increasing the inlet refrigerant temperature can improve the overall heat transfer performance; Nu_in increases with the increase of water and refrigerant flow rates, while Nu_out increases with the increase of water flow rate but decreases with the increase of refrigerant flow rate; Nu_in and Nu_out both increase with the decrease of water temperature or refrigerant temperature increases.

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Sept 10, 2021

Study on heat transfer characteristics of flow heat coupling of horizontal spiral tube heat exchanger

In view of the complex structural characteristics and special operating environment of the horizontal spiral tube heat exchanger of the shaft sealed nuclear main pump, the numerical simulation method of flow heat coupling is used to analyze the influence of the flow and temperature changes of the fluid on the shell side on the flow field and temperature field of the heat exchanger, explore the influence rules of the inlet parameters on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the fluid in the heat exchanger, and analyze the enhanced heat transfer performance of the heat exchanger by using the relevant heat transfer criteria. The results show that the horizontal spiral tube fluid generates centrifugal force under the influence of curvature, forming a secondary flow which is different from the straight tube flow heat transfer, and the velocity distribution is concave arc, which will enhance the heat transfer efficiency of the heat exchanger; with the increase of shell side velocity, the degree of fluid disturbance and turbulence increases, while the pressure loss does not change significantly, and the heat transfer performance of the heat exchanger increases; under the given structure and size, the heat transfer performance curve of the heat exchanger shows that the increase of shell side flow and Reynolds number has a significant impact on the enhanced heat transfer of the spiral tube. In practical engineering applications, the heat transfer can be strengthened by appropriately increasing the shell side flow of the heat exchanger.

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May 18, 2021

Determination of overall heat transfer coefficients comparing LMTD and ε-NTU methods

Thermal energy transfer processes are important problems to be solved in the field of engineering. In this field, heat exchangers are one of the most used equipment in the industry. The present investigation was carried out in an operating hydrogen sulfide cooler system, with the objective of determining the overall heat transfer coefficients by two methods, applying the passive experimentation procedure. With the Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD)

method, values ranging from 11.1 to 73.3 W/(m² ·K) were obtained, compared to 11.0 to 58.9 W/(m² ·K) when applying the Effectiveness-Number of Transfer Units (ε-NTU) method. Although the results obtained were similar, for the thermal evaluation of the chiller system studied, it was recommended to employ the LMTD approach, used by most researchers.

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May 18, 2022

Study on the hydrothermal recovery characteristics of nano-ceramic membranes on regenerative gas

In view of the large energy consumption of the regeneration process in the chemical absorption decarburization process, on the basis of the enrichment classification flow process, the nanoscale ceramic film is used as a new heat exchanger between the enriched liquid and the regeneration gas. The porous ceramic film is capable of coupling thermal-mass transfer to effectively recover part of the water vapor and the heat carried in the regeneration gas, so as to reduce the regenerative energy consumption of the system. The effects of parameters such as regeneration temperature, flow rate, molar fraction of water vapor, and MEA enrichment temperature, flow rate, and MEA concentration of shunt on the hydrothermal recovery effect of ceramic membranes of different pore sizes and lengths were studied by using the heat recovery flux and water recovery rate as the indicators. The results show that the hydrothermal recovery performance of the ceramic membrane increases with the increase of MEA enrichment flow, but decreases significantly with the increase of the enrichment temperature. At the same time, with the increase of regenerative gas velocity and the molar fraction of water vapor in the regenerative gas, the heat recovery flux will increase. The heat recovery performance of the 10 nm ceramic membrane is better than that of the 20 nm ceramic membrane.

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Feb 7, 2018

Experimental Study on the Effect of Solar Radiation on Heat Transfer Performance of Flat panel Solar Water Heater

The development status of flat panel solar water heater and the composition of water heater are described. The solar radiation in three typical weather conditions of sunny, cloudy and rainy days is studied. The hot water temperature, heat and heat collector eﬃciency are studied. The results show that the influence of the weather on the solar irradiance is large, and the irradiance has a great influence on the water temperature.

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Oct 8, 2021

Study on heat transfer characteristics of regenerative shell-and-tube heat exchangers

A new type of regenerative shell-and-tube heat exchanger is designed to solve the problems that the generation load of cogeneration units is limited by the amount of heat supply during the heating period, the peak shaving capacity of units decreases, and the phenomenon of wind and light abandonment in the power system is serious. Considering the advantages of nearly constant temperature and large potential heat release during the heat storage/release process of

phase change materials, paraffin is selected as the phase change material, and the phase change area of the heat exchanger is selected as the heat exchange unit. The control variates method is used to simulate the heat storage/release process of the heat exchange unit according to the key factors such as the flow rate of heat transfer fluid, the thermal conductivity of phase change materials and the thickness of phase change layer. The results show that increasing the flow rate of heat transfer fluid can enhance the heat storage capacity of the heat exchange unit and shorten the complete melting time of phase change materials. In order to control the heat at the output end of the heat exchanger during the heat release process, the flow rate of heat transfer fluid should be appropriately selected; using composite materials to improve the thermal conductivity of phase change materials can enhance the heat transfer capacity of the heat exchange unit, and the average heat transfer coefficient of the heat exchange unit is more than 2 times higher than that of pure paraffin at the same heat transfer fluid flow rate; increasing the thickness of phase change layer can prolong the time of maintaining the outlet temperature of heat transfer fluid in the process of heat release.

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