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Rajasekaran Shanmugam

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Christ Raj William

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NUSSELT NUMBER FOR A SINGLE PHASE FLUID FLOW USING PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER

ABSTRACT
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.
KEYWORDS
nusselt number, Reynolds number, chevron angle, plate heat exchanger
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2015-10-04
PAPER REVISED: 2015-11-02
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2015-11-21
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2016-11-13
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI16S4929S
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2016, VOLUME 20, ISSUE Supplement 4, PAGES [S929 - S935]
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Comparative study of Nusselt number for a single phase fluid flow using plate heat exchanger

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