Flow maldistribution in plate heat exchangers–Impact, analysis, and solutions

M Muneeshwaran, HJ Kim, M Tayyab, W Li… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Plate heat exchangers are commonly used in various industrial applications, such as
refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pumps, powerplants, and chemical industries. Plate heat …

[HTML][HTML] Heat transfer and frictional pressure drop during condensation in plate heat exchangers: Assessment of correlations and a new method

X Tao, CAI Ferreira - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
The corrugation channels of plate heat exchangers enhance the heat transfer and
complicate the prediction of heat transfer coefficients and frictional pressure drop. This paper …

Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of R1234yf during evaporation in a plate heat exchanger with offset strip fins: An experimental study

R Prabakaran, M Salman, PG Kumar, D Lee… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plate heat exchangers (PHEs) have been suggested for use in secondary loop air
conditioning systems in automobiles operated with flammable refrigerants, such as R1234yf …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental analysis of high temperature flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop in a plate heat exchanger

J Zhang, F Haglind - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic Rankine cycle technology has gained worldwide acceptance as an efficient way to
utilize low-grade heat sources. Plate heat exchangers are the most common type of heat …

Numerical investigation of the effect of chevron angle on thermofluids characteristics of non-mixed and mixed brazed plate heat exchangers with experimental …

A Sadeghianjahromi, A Jafari, CC Wang - International Journal of Heat and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Effect of chevron angle on thermofluids characteristics of Brazed Plate Heat
Exchangers (BPHEs) are studied experimentally and numerically. The simulations include …

Thermal-hydraulic characteristics of gasketed plate heat exchangers as a preheater for thermal desalination systems

MA Jamil, ZU Din, TS Goraya, H Yaqoob… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gasketed plate heat exchangers (PHXs) are frequently used as preheaters in thermal water
desalination systems to preheat the intake seawater by recovering heat from the brine and …

[HTML][HTML] Flow boiling in a rectangular micro/mini channel with self-rewetting and non-rewetting fluids

M Venter, A Widyatama, J Dirker, K Sefiane - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this experimental investigation the influence of self-rewetting during flow boiling was
studied in a horizontal microchannel during one-sided uniform heating. The channel had a …

Boiling of the new low-GWP refrigerants R1234ze (Z) and R1233zd (E) inside a small commercial brazed plate heat exchanger

GA Longo, S Mancin, G Righetti, C Zilio - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents the heat transfer coefficients and the frictional pressure drops of
R1234ze (Z) and R1233zd (E) boiling inside a commercial Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger …

Empirical modeling and meta-analysis of heat transfer in plate heat exchangers

Y Mukkamala, J Dirker - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Plate heat exchangers provide a compact and efficient alternative to bulky and spacious
shell-and-tube heat exchangers. With numerous plates and flow passages, plate heat …

Flow visualization of two-phase R-245fa at low mass flux in a plate heat exchanger near the micro-macroscale transition

HJ Kim, L Liebenberg, AM Jacobi - Science and Technology for the …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Two-phase R-245fa flow in a plate heat exchanger (PHE) is experimentally investigated to
understand the unique flow regimes found during adiabatic operation at low mass flux. A …