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Second‐Law Based Thermodynamic Analysis of a Novel Heat Exchanger
Author(s) -
He Y.L.,
Lei Y.G.,
Tao W.Q.,
Zhang J.F.,
Chu P.,
Li R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200800396
Subject(s) - baffle , shell and tube heat exchanger , heat exchanger , thermodynamics , plate heat exchanger , mechanics , exergy , pressure drop , concentric tube heat exchanger , plate fin heat exchanger , heat transfer , dynamic scraped surface heat exchanger , materials science , chemistry , heat transfer coefficient , physics , critical heat flux
In the present investigation, second‐law based thermodynamics analysis was applied to a new heat exchanger with helical baffles. The helical baffles are designed as quadrant ellipses and each baffle occupies one quadrant of the cross‐section of the shell side. Experimental tests were carried out with cold water in the tube side with a constant flow rate, and hot oil on the shell side with flow rate range from 4–24 m 3 /h. The temperatures and pressures for the inlet and outlet of both sides were measured. The heat transfer, pressure drop, entropy generation, and exergy loss of the new heat exchanger were investigated and compared with the results for a conventional shell‐and‐tube heat exchanger with segmental baffles. The computed results indicated that both the entropy generation number and exergy losses of the new heat exchanger design are lower than those of the heat exchanger with segmental baffles, which means that the novel heat exchanger has a higher efficiency than the heat exchanger with segmental baffles, from the second‐law based thermodynamics viewpoint.