IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v282y2023ics0360544223022004.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Assessment of flow and heat transfer of triply periodic minimal surface based heat exchangers

Author

Listed:
  • Wang, Jinghan
  • Chen, Kai
  • Zeng, Min
  • Ma, Ting
  • Wang, Qiuwang
  • Cheng, Zhilong

Abstract

An efficient intermediate heat exchanger is crucial for ensuring the safe operation, lifespan and energy efficiency of the advanced nuclear systems. Benefiting from the development of additive manufacturing technology, it is possible to design and optimize heat exchangers by introducing triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures. With the excellent mechanical and thermal performance of TPMS, further improvements in the energy efficiency of advanced nuclear systems are achievable. In this study, I-WP surface, Primitive surface based heat exchangers and a printed circuit heat exchanger for accelerator driven subcritical systems are constructed in three dimensions. In order to obtain the potential enhancement of thermal performance of TPMS-based heat exchangers, the fluid flow and conjugate heat transfer characteristics in TPMS heat exchangers, especially for the specific working medium of lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) are investigated. A parametric analysis is conducted on the key design variables including the solid volume fraction and hydraulic diameter. The results indicate that TPMS-based heat exchangers could achieve about 2–3 times the total heat transfer rate with half the volume of a printed circuit heat exchanger. The TPMS topologies contribute greater heat transfer enhancement on the Helium side than the LBE side, which helps to optimize the thermal resistance allocation in Helium-LBE heat exchangers. An increase of solid volume fraction enhances the convective heat transfer of Helium in I-WP heat exchanger, while homogenizing the local thermal performance. This study provides a database for the design and optimization of TPMS-based heat exchangers, which contributes to the sustainable future target.

Suggested Citation

  • Wang, Jinghan & Chen, Kai & Zeng, Min & Ma, Ting & Wang, Qiuwang & Cheng, Zhilong, 2023. "Assessment of flow and heat transfer of triply periodic minimal surface based heat exchangers," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:282:y:2023:i:c:s0360544223022004
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.128806
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544223022004
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128806?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Lesmana, Luthfan Adhy & Aziz, Muhammad, 2023. "Adoption of triply periodic minimal surface structure for effective metal hydride-based hydrogen storage," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 262(PA).
    2. Kirttayoth Yeranee & Yu Rao, 2022. "A Review of Recent Investigations on Flow and Heat Transfer Enhancement in Cooling Channels Embedded with Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS)," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-29, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:282:y:2023:i:c:s0360544223022004. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.