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Heat Exchangers

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-3036/01
Abbreviation VT
Course title Heat Exchangers
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• Classification of heat exchangers. The importance of heat exchangers, energy saving, fuel savings, the degree of recuperation, increasing combustion temperature, increase performance aggregate.
• Thermal calculation of recuperator. The differential equation for the relationship between medium temperature and the size heat transfer surface. Solving equations for various cases boundary conditions.
• Dependence of temperature difference between the hot and cold streams on the size of the heat transfer surface. Calculation of the mean temperature difference.
• Overall heat transfer coefficient for the ceramic and metal recuperators. Influence of heat transfer coefficients on the overall heat transfer coefficient
• Heat rate of recuperator. Temperature heat transfer surfaces in the consideration or neglecting the thermal resistance of heat transfer surfaces, a criteria expression.
• The definition of heat exchanger effectiveness. Determination of heat exchanger effectiveness for the parallel-flow and counter-flow for different ratios between total heat capacities.
• Hydraulic calculation. Pressure loss by friction, local, geometric. Pressure losses resulting from non-isothermal flow mediums.
• Types of recuperators. Operating conditions.
• Plastic recuperators: material, overall heat transfer coefficient, pressure loss, advantages, failings.
• Plate recuperators: types, overall heat transfer coefficient, advantages, failings.
• Heat pipes: the working fluid, process temperature and radial heat flow.
• Regenerators: Thermal calculation. The amount of heat transmitted. The coefficient of heat transfer. Hydraulic calculation. Pressure losses. Types of regenerators.

E-learning

www.vsb.cz/e-vyuka/cs/subject/635-3036/01

Literature

[1] KUPPAN, T. Heat Exchanger Design Handbook. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000. ISBN 0-8247-9787-6.
[2] WANG, L. SUNDÉN, B., MANGLIK, R. M. Plate Heat Exchangers: Design, Applications and Performance. Southampton: WIT Press, 2007. ISBN 185312737X .
[3] HEWITT, G. F. Heat Exchanger Design Handbook 2008. New York: Begell House, 2009. ISBN 1567002595 .
[4] BEJAN, A., KRAUS, A. D. Heat Transfer Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 978-0-471-39015-2 .

Advised literature

[1] WATKINS, D. E. Heating services in buildings: design, installation, commissioning & maintenance. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN 978-0-4706-5603-7.
[2] MacKAY, D. J. C. Sustainable Energy - without the hot air. Cambridge: UIT, 2008.
[3] HENS, H. Building physics: heat, air and moisture: fundamentals and engineering methods with examples and exercises. 2nd ed. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn, 2012. ISBN 978-3-433-03027-1.