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Heat transfer by plate spacers in plate-fin heat exchangers

Wärmetransport durch Abstandshalter in Platten-Rippen-Wärmeübertragern

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This paper is concerned with heat transfer by plate spacers in plate-fin heat exchangers. The spacers are considered as fins attached to the plates and are exposed to certain boundary conditions. The thermal resistances at the contact surfaces between the plates and the fins are assumed to be different from one another. Based on this model, equations for heat fluxes at contact surfaces are derived. Calculations from these equations reveal a considerable influence of the thermal resistances at the contact surfaces on the heat transfer.

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In der Arbeit wird der Wärmetransport durch Abstandshalter in Platten-Rippen-Wärmeübertragern behandelt. Die Abstandshalter werden wie Rippen betrachtet, die an den Platten befestigt und bestimmten Randbedingungen ausgesetzt sind. An den Kontaktstellen zwischen Platten und Rippen werden unterschiedliche Wärmewiderstände angenommen. Aufgrund dieses Modells lassen sich Gleichungen zur Berechnung der Wärmeströme an den Kontaktflächen herleiten. Die nach diesen Gleichungen vorgenommenen Berechnungen zeigen einen deutlichen Einfluß des thermischen Widerstandes an den Kontaktflächen auf den Wärmetransport in den Abstandshaltern.

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Abbreviations

L :

plate spacing, spacer length

m :

fin parameter

\(\dot Q\) :

heat flux

r :

thermal contact resistance

S :

cross-sectional area of spacer

U :

circumference

z :

coordinate along spacer

α:

heat transfer coefficient

δ:

thickness of spacer

λ:

thermal conductivity

ϑ:

temperature

θ:

temperature difference

F :

fluid

M :

maximum

O :

plate

R :

finR

W :

finW

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Mitrovic, J. Heat transfer by plate spacers in plate-fin heat exchangers. Heat and Mass Transfer 30, 461–465 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01647452

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