Comprehensive review on exergy analysis of shell and tube heat exchangers

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Heat exchangers (HEs) are used for several applications including chemical processes, power plants, air conditioning systems, etc. The performance of...     

Iteration-free calculation of heat transfer coefficients in heat exchangers

If a heat transfer coefficient is dependent on the wall temperature it is usually calculated by an iterative technique. Starting from an earlier iteration-free method which was developed for air-cooled heat exchangers and the cooling of viscous oils, an improved procedure is derived for convective cooling or heating of liquids. Furthermore, it is shown how the local heat transfer coefficient can also be calculated without iteration in the corresponding cases of combined radiation and convection.     

Turbulent heat transfer in tubular heat exchangers with twisted tape

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Enhancing heat transfer in heat exchangers has gained attention of researchers for many years because of reduction in costs of generating heat...     

Thermo-hydraulic analysis and optimization of CuO/water nanofluid inside helically dimpled heat exchangers

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The use of dimple technology and the use of nanofluids in different heat exchanging systems are known as powerful tools for improving heat transfer and...     

State of the art on flow and heat transfer performance of compact fin-and-tube heat exchangers

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The need for better thermal–hydraulic performance of heat exchangers remains the primary reason for further improving the design of heat...     

Performance of tubular aluminum foam heat exchangers in multiple row bundles

Two sets of aluminum foam cylinders, 5 and 15 mm thick, are being tested in two-row and three-row bundles for their thermo-hydraulic performance. The bundles are formed using fixed transversal and longitudinal pitch distances and subject to airflow between 0.5 and 5.0 at 0.5 m s^?1 interval under cross-flow. The effects of foam layer thickness and the number of row under staggered configuration are investigated. Thermo-hydraulic results are benchmarking against those of a conventional finned tube bundle of similar dimensions with pre-determined number of fins and assembled using the same pitch distances.

     

Applications of intelligent methods in various types of heat exchangers: a review

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Heat exchangers are applicable in different industries and technologies, and their performance is influenced by different parameters. In addition to...     

Recent uses of liquid ion exchangers in inorganic analysis

A review of recent uses of liquid ion exchangers in inorganic analysis is presented.     

Chemical analysis of sulfur species in geothermal waters

Analytical methods have been developed to determine sulfur species concentrations in natural geothermal waters using Reagent-Free™ Ion Chromatography (RF™-IC), titrations and spectrophotometry. The sulfur species include SO₄²⁻, S₂O₃²⁻, and ∑S²⁻ with additional determination of SO₃²⁻ and S_xO₆²⁻ that remains somewhat semiquantitative. The observed workable limits of detections were ≤0.5 μM depending on sample matrix and the analytical detection limits were 0.1 μM. Due to changes in sulfur species concentrations upon storage, on-site analyses of natural water samples were preferred. Alternatively, the samples may be stabilized on resin for later elution and analysis in the laboratory. The analytical method further allowed simultaneous determination of other anions including F⁻, Cl⁻, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and NO₃⁻ without sample preservation or stabilization. The power of the newly developed methods relies in routine analysis of sulfur speciation of importance in natural waters using techniques and facilities available in most laboratories doing water sample analysis. The new methods were successfully applied for the determination of sulfur species concentrations in samples of natural and synthetic waters.     

Elution and analysis of residual chloride from anion exchangers

Summary Strong anion exchangers can be transformed to the hydroxyl forms by elution with analytical grade sodium hydroxide. The residual chloride contents remain above the 0.1% level. Such chloride amounts can rapidly and easily be determined with a radiochemical method using ^110mAg as tracer. This method was compared with neutron activation and potentiometric titration methods.

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Zusammenfassung Starke Anionenaustauscher können durch Spülen mit Natronlauge in die Hydroxylform übergeführt werden. Der Rest-Chloridgehalt bleibt jedoch immer über 0.1%. Diese Chloridgehalte können unter Zuhilfenahme des Isotopes ^110mAg mit einer radiochemischen Methode bestimmt werden. Vergleiche mit potentiometrischen Titrationen und Neutronenaktivierungsanalysen werden gegeben.

     

Improving the flow uniformity in compact parallel-flow heat exchangers manifold using porous distributors

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The present study deals with the numerical simulation of turbulent flow in a Z-type manifold in which the fluid is distributed via nine distribution...     

Numerical investigation of MHD effects on nanofluid heat transfer in a baffled U-shaped enclosure using lattice Boltzmann method

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) was carried out to investigate the effects of magnetic field and nanofluid on the natural convection heat transfer in a...     

Hydrothermal synthesis and thermodynamic analysis of dawsonite-type compounds

Dawsonite-type compounds of formula MAl(OH)₂CO₃ (M=Na,K,NH₄) were hydrothermally synthesized. The influences of the composition of starting materials, reaction temperature, acidity of the reaction medium on the formation, morphology and particle size of MAl(OH)₂CO₃ powders were systematically investigated. The experiment results show that increase in the amount of MHCO₃ favors the formation of MAl(OH)₂CO₃ phase with more slender particle morphology. The higher the reaction temperature, the grosser the particle is. It was also demonstrated that the particle size of the MAl(OH)₂CO₃ phase are most uniform when the pH value of reaction system is 10.3 for sodium dawsonite and potassium dawsonite, but it is 9.79 for that of ammonium dawsonite. The thermodynamics of the formation of dawsonite-type compounds have also been analyzed in details.     

高亲水性强阳离子交换色谱填料的制备及其在蛋白质分析中的应用

以具有双孔结构的聚甲基丙烯酸环氧丙酯(PGMA)微球为基质,以葡萄糖进行表面亲水改性,制备了强阳离子交换色谱填料,并将其用于复杂生命体系中生物大分子的快速而高效的分离、分析与纯化。葡萄糖亲水改性增进了填料的生物相容性,提高了蛋白质样品的回收率;双孔结构及较高的比表面积赋予填料良好的柱渗透性和样品负载量。以标准蛋白质为样品,考察了该填料对生物样品的分离性能。以100 mm×4.6 mm的色谱柱分离4种蛋白质,在6 min内实现了基线分离;以溶菌酶为样品,填料的吸附容量为39.5 g/L,在蛋白质快速分离纯化分析中显示了良好的应用前景。     

Experimental investigation on the heat transfer characteristics of novel rectangle radial microchannel heat exchangers in two-phase flow cooling system for data centers

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Biobased odd–odd poly(propylene dicarboxylate)s, based on 1,3-propanediol and three odd diacids [i.e., glutaric acid (C5), pimelic acid (C7) or...     

A GC-system for the analysis of residual geothermal gases

Summary The gases evolved from geothermal fields, after condensation of H₂O, CO₂, H₂S and NH₃ in caustic solution, contain He, H₂, Ar, O₂, N₂, CH₄ and higher hydrocarbons. The analysis for the major components in these residual gas mixtures can be achieved by use of two simple gas chromatographs in parallel, and using 5Å molecular sieve. The separation of He and H₂ to baseline is achieved by using low temperatures (30°C) coupled with a relatively long column; and the difficult separation of Ar and O₂ is achieved by use of a cryogenically cooled column. The use of switching valves to backflush and bypass columns ensures that a minimum time for analysis can be achieved whilst retaining baseline separations of the He/H₂ and Ar/O₂ pairs.     

Comparison of nonporous silica-based ion exchangers and monolithic ion exchangers in separations of inorganic anions

Low capacity anion exchangers for IC have been prepared by modification of nonporous uniformed silica MICRA microbeads and by modification of the organic polymeric monolithic matrixes prepared in situ in quarz capillary. Due to the small particle size (1.5 microm) high-performance adsorbents were prepared allowing to obtain up to 190,000 tp/m. However, the column possesses a very high back-pressure and can be used in a short length up to 50 mm only to meet the requirements of conventional chromatographic equipment. An analysis of a test mixture of seven anions was completed within 3 min with a back column pressure of about 350 bar (HETP of about 5.5 microm, where HETP is the height equivalent to the theoretical plate). Monolithic capillary columns provide lower efficiency per column unit length than MICRA columns; however, they can be used at a longer length because of their low flow resistance. Monolithic column of ca. 40 cm length has workable pressure below 10 bar and allows separation of a five anions test mixture within less than 10 min. A better efficiency of monolithic column (HETP approximately 75 microm) can be achieved at reduced flow rates when the analysis time is not a critical parameter.     

Investigation of the effect of using various HFC refrigerants in geothermal heat pump with residential heating applications

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In the present investigation, the impact of various refrigerants on the efficiency of the geothermal heat pump operation is investigated. Appropriate...