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Heat Transfer through Wire Cloth Micro Heat Exchanger

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  • Christian Walter

    (ICVT—Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Böblinger Str.78, 70199 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Sebastian Martens

    (IMVT—Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Böblinger Str.72, 70199 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Christian Zander

    (ICVT—Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Böblinger Str.78, 70199 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Carsten Mehring

    (IMVT—Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Böblinger Str.72, 70199 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • Ulrich Nieken

    (ICVT—Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Böblinger Str.78, 70199 Stuttgart, Germany)

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to calculate and determine design parameters for a novel wire cloth micro heat exchanger. Wire cloth micro heat exchangers offer a range of promising applications in the chemical industry, plastics technology, the recycling industry and energy technology. We derived correlations to calculate the heat transfer rate, pressure drop and temperature distributions through the woven structure in order to design wire cloth heat exchangers for different applications. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations have been carried out to determine correlations for the dimensionless Euler and Nusselt numbers. Based on these correlations, we have developed a simplified model in which the correlations can be used to calculate temperature distributions and heat exchanger performance. This allows a wire cloth micro heat exchanger to be virtually designed for different applications.

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  • Christian Walter & Sebastian Martens & Christian Zander & Carsten Mehring & Ulrich Nieken, 2020. "Heat Transfer through Wire Cloth Micro Heat Exchanger," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-20, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:14:p:3567-:d:383015
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    1. Hannes Fugmann & Sebastian Martens & Richard Balzer & Martin Brenner & Lena Schnabel & Carsten Mehring, 2020. "Performance Evaluation of Wire Cloth Micro Heat Exchangers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-16, February.
    2. Dixit, Tisha & Ghosh, Indranil, 2015. "Review of micro- and mini-channel heat sinks and heat exchangers for single phase fluids," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 1298-1311.
    3. Hannes Fugmann & Eric Laurenz & Lena Schnabel, 2017. "Wire Structure Heat Exchangers—New Designs for Efficient Heat Transfer," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-17, September.
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