CFD Modelling and Analysis of Different Designs Plate Heat Exchangers
- Publisher:
- Queensland University of Technology
- Publication Type:
- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 2016, pp. 145 - 152
- Issue Date:
- 2016-08-01
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The indirect evaporative cooling system and heat recovery system utilize the return (secondary) air to condition the fresh (primary) air by means of air-to-air heat exchange between the two streams. The temperature difference between the primary and secondary air streams in indirect evaporative cooling system is relatively small. Therefore, efficient heat exchangers should be used since they play a major role in the overall system performance and economics. The parallel plate type heat exchangers have been widely adopted in Indirect Evaporative Cooling (IEC) systems due to their high efficiency in operating at small temperature difference. In this paper we present a theoretical analysis of different designs of counter flow aluminium plate type heat exchanger and results of CFD analysis of pressure drop, flow velocity and thermal effectiveness. For improving the heat transfer between the plates and minimizing the energy loss, the analysis proves useful in the optimization method for selecting parameters of the plate heat exchangers.
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