Study of carbon dioxide condensation in chevron plate exchangers; pressure drop analysis

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• 作者：Niel Hayes^a ; Amir Jokar^b ; ^{Amir.Jokar@Gmail.com} ; Zahid H. Ayub^c
• 关键词：Carbon dioxide ; Cascade condensers ; Environmentally-friendly refrigerant ; Global warming ; Plate heat exchanger ; Pressure drop
• 刊名：International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：55
• 期：11-12
• 页码：2916-2925
• 全文大小：1566 K

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Condensation pressure drop of carbon dioxide in brazed plate heat exchangers was investigated, and is presented in this paper. Carbon dioxide is known as an environmental friendly refrigerant with an Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) equal to zero and Global Warming Potential (GWP) equal to unity, and has favorable thermodynamic and transport properties though it requires higher operating pressures (?5-30 bar). Brazed-type plate heat exchangers that can withstand high pressure are a good choice for such applications. This paper presents the procedure, data collection, and results for three brazed plate heat exchangers with different inner geometries. The test exchangers showed good performance at high system pressures with reasonable pressure drops (less than 8 % ). The collected experimental data that covered real world operating conditions are valuable for the design of cascade condensers with carbon dioxide as the low-side refrigerant.