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Combined Energetic and Exergetic Performance Analysis of Air Bubbles Injection into a Plate Heat Exchanger: An Experimental Study

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  • Zakaria M. Marouf

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo 11835, Egypt)

  • Mahmoud A. Fouad

    (Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt)

Abstract

This paper aims to give a comprehensive energetic-exergetic performance analysis on the impacts of injecting-submillimeter of air bubbles into both sides of cold and hot water streams before the entrance port of a corrugated plate heat exchanger (C-PHE) having ten plates within counterflow configuration. Hence, optimize the energy and exergy effectiveness at different operating conditions for counter and parallel fluid flow configurations. Hot streams were studied in seven flow rates ranging from 280 L/h to 880 L/h with a regular step of 100 L/h, and constant hot water temperature and cold-water stream of 50 °C and 290 L/h, respectively. Hence, the air was discharged with four flow rates ranging between 150 and 840 L/h. The obtained results showed the vital role of the ABI technique in enhancing the NTU and effectiveness by 59% and 18.6%, respectively, for CWS. The entropy generation was reduced to 0.038 W/K and the augmentation entropy generation number to 0.087 at the low airflow rate for CWS, which are the main parameters for evaluating the EGM. These two parameters increase the Witte-Shamsundar-efficiency to a maximum value of 98.6% at the same operating conditions. Moreover, the exergy effectiveness was enhanced to a maximum value of 80.9% at a high ABI flow rate and low volumetric rate of the hot stream at CWS. The thermo-economic assessment has been carried out, which revelers the positive effects of ABI on the combined energetic and exergetic performance on both sides, i.e., hot and cold sides.

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  • Zakaria M. Marouf & Mahmoud A. Fouad, 2023. "Combined Energetic and Exergetic Performance Analysis of Air Bubbles Injection into a Plate Heat Exchanger: An Experimental Study," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-23, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:3:p:1164-:d:1042774
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    1. Pandey, Shive Dayal & Nema, V.K., 2011. "An experimental investigation of exergy loss reduction in corrugated plate heat exchanger," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(5), pages 2997-3001.
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