Significance of heat exchangers. Recuperators: temperature profile across the exchanger heat transfer area, mean temperature difference, heat transfer coefficient, heat transfer rate, temperature of heat transfer surface, heat transfer effectiveness of parallel flow and counter-flow, hydraulic calculation. Metal and ceramic recuperator types. Heat pipes: working fluids, temperature distributions, heat transfer rate. Regenerators: Thermal calculation. Heat transfer quantity. Heat transfer coefficient. Hydraulic calculation. Regenerator types.
Povinná literatura
[1] LIENHARD IV, J. H., LIENHARD V, J. H. A Heat Transfer Textbook. 4th ed. Cambridge: Phlogiston Press, 2012. http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html (Chapter 3).
Doporučená literatura
[1] KUPPAN, T. Heat Exchanger Design Handbook. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000. ISBN 0-8247-9787-6.
[2] HEWITT, G. F. Heat Exchanger Design Handbook 2008. New York: Begell House, 2009. ISBN 1567002595.
[3] WANG, L. SUNDÉN, B., MANGLIK, R. M. Plate Heat Exchangers: Design, Applications and Performance. Southampton: WIT Press, 2007. ISBN 185312737X.