TY - JOUR
TI - Comparative study of Nusselt number for a single phase fluid flow using plate heat exchanger
AU - Shanmugam Rajasekaran
AU - William Christ Raj
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 14
SP - 929
EP - 935
PT - Article
AB - In this study, the plate heat exchangers are used for various applications in  the industries for heat exchange process such as heating, cooling and  condensation. The performance of plate heat exchanger depends on many factors  such as flow arrangements, plate design, chevron angle, enlargement factor,  type of fluid used, etc. The various Nusselt number correlations are  developed by considering that the water as a working fluid. The main  objective of the present work is to design the experimental set-up for a  single phase fluid flow using plate heat exchanger and studied the heat  transfer performance. The experiments are carried out for various Reynolds  number between 500 and 2200, the heat transfer coefficients are estimated.  Based on the experimental results the new correlation is developed for  Nusselt number and compared with an existing correlation.