Air-cooled heat exchangers are increasingly found in a wide spectrum of applications. In view of the increased size and cost of these units in large plants and the competitive nature of the industry, improved and more sophisticated designs are essential to satisfy the needs of clients and society. T
Measurement of heat transfer coefficient and axial dispersion coefficient using temperature oscillations
โ Scribed by Wilfried Roetzel; Xing Luo; Yimin Xuan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 717 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-1777
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โฆ Synopsis
A periodic transient test technique based on the axial dispersion model is proposed for the determination of both heat transfer coefficients and axial dispersion coefficients in heat exchangers. The model uses a parameter called the axial dispersive Peclet number to account for the deviation of the flow pattern from ideal plug flow. It takes both axial dispersion in the fluid and axial heat conduction in the wall into account and is solved analytically by means of a complex Fourier transform. Experiments conducted on dented copper tubes show that axial dispersion has a significant effect on the dynamic temperature response of a heat exchanger.
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