A review on transient test techniques for obtaining heat transfer design data of compact heat exchanger surfaces |
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Authors: | K KrishnakumarAnish K John G Venkatarathnam |
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Institution: | a Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Kerala 695 016, India b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India |
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Abstract: | Accurate and reliable dimensionless heat transfer characteristic is very essential for the analysis of heat exchangers. It is also required for the rating and sizing problems of heat exchangers. One of the important experimental methods used to determine the heat transfer coefficient between the heat transfer surface of the heat exchanger and the flowing fluid is transient test techniques. The transient test techniques are usually employed to establish Colburn factor versus Reynolds number characteristics of a high NTU heat exchanger surfaces like compact or matrix heat exchangers. In those situations, a single-blow test, where only one fluid is used, is employed to conduct the transient test. The transient technique may have the fluid inlet temperature having a step change, periodic or an arbitrary rise/drop. In this paper, various transient test techniques that are used for the determination of heat transfer characteristics of high NTU heat exchanger surfaces are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Transient test Single-blow test Compact heat exchangers Matrix heat exchangers |
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