Plate heat exchangers have been widely applied in numerous industrial applications since
their first commercial exploitation in the 1920s. Enhancing the thermal-hydraulic …

The growing demand for energy and the necessity to enhance the efficiency of heat
exchangers have triggered numerous studies aimed at improving convective heat transfer …

Integration of energy recovery section with thermal desalination systems improves their
performance from thermodynamics, economics, and environmental viewpoints. This is …

In the present work, thermal-hydraulic optimization of plate heat exchanger is investigated.
Maximization of overall heat transfer coefficient and minimization of total pressure drop …

This paper presents a comparative study for optimization of gasket-plate and shell and tube
heat exchangers. Total cost of the system (the capital and operating costs) is selected as …

Plate heat exchanger (PHE) has been extensively utilized in cooling systems of commercial
electric vehicles (CEVs). To enhance comprehensive performance, it is crucial to optimize …

Thermoeconomic optimization of plate fin heat exchanger with similar (SF) and different (DF)
or non-similar fin in each side is presented in this work. For this purpose, both heat …

In this article, we present for the first time, a globally optimal design procedure of gasketed-
plate heat exchangers using a new proposed technique: Set Trimming. Set Trimming is a …

Computational fluid dynamics is critical for promoting understanding of evaporation heat
transfer in chevron plate heat exchangers. In this study, the volume of fluid method is …

In this study, thermal and hydraulic optimization of plate heat exchanger is presented. In the
thermal modeling of the plate heat exchanger, the effects of flow maldistribution for each …