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The effect of heat conduction in the wall on temperature distribution along a heat exchanger with parallel flow of heat carriers and on heat exchanger effectiveness has been investigated. The problem was solved based on a system of one-dimensional (cross-section averaged) energy equations for two heat carriers and the heat conduction equation for the wall. The wall ends were assumed to be heat insulated. The system was solved using the finite-difference technique. For the special cases, the system was solved analytically. The parameter determining the effect of the wall axial conduction on the heat exchanger effectiveness and the value of this parameter at which this effect can be neglected have been found. This dimensionless parameter is proportional to the heat transfer coefficient, thermal resistance of the wall, and square of the heat-exchanger length to the tube wall thickness ratio. Besides the parameter describing the effect of axial heat conduction, the solution depends on the number of heat transfer units and the ratios of thermal equivalents of the heat carriers and heat transfer coefficients on the hot and cold sides. For a cocurrent flow of the heat carriers, the best result is attained when the value of these two ratios is 1. In this case, the effectiveness of the heat exchanger does not change as compared to that with no effect of the axial heat conduction of the wall. For a countercurrent heat exchanger, the effect of axial heat conduction on the heat exchanger effectiveness is at a minimum when the ratios of thermal equivalents of the heat carriers and heat transfer coefficients on the cold and hot sides are equal. The estimations based on the results of calculations demonstrate that, in case of microchannel heat removal, the effect of axial heat conduction in the heat exchanger wall can considerably reduce the heat exchanger effectiveness.
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Valueva, E.P., Zyukin, V.S. The Effect of Axial Conduction of the Wall on Temperature Conditions and Effectiveness of Heat Exchangers with Parallel Flow of Heat Carriers. Therm. Eng. 66, 652–661 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601519090076
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