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ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS
卷 155, 期 -, 页码 814-825出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2023.07.007
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Pillow-plate heat exchanger; Nanofluid; Two-phase model; Forced convection
One of the key considerations in process industries is reducing energy waste. This study aims to evaluate fluid flow and heat transfer in pillow-plate heat exchangers (PPHEs) using nanofluids for the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) power plants. The study examines the thermal performance and hydraulic features of PPHEs using a two-phase numerical modeling approach and investigates the effect of different boundary conditions on temperature distribution. The results highlight the strong correlation between velocity field and temperature and demonstrate the significant impact of inlet velocity and volume fraction on heat transfer coefficient improvements.
One of the key considerations in the design and operation of process industries nowadays is reducing energy waste. The purpose of this research is to assess fluid flow and heat transfer in pillow-plate heat exchangers (PPHEs) using nanofluids for the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) power plants. The thermal performance and hydraulic features of the PPHE were investigated using a two-phase numerical modeling approach. three nanoparticles of Cu, TiO2, and Al2O3 were examined. To precisely determine the temperature distribution within the heat exchanger, various boundary conditions were used. The results demonstrate a strong correlation between the velocity field and temperature, underlining the importance of boundary conditions in determining the temperature profile. Furthermore, the two-phase model illustrates that nanofluids are extremely reliant on inlet velocity and volume fraction. such that at a 2 m/s inlet velocity, increasing the volume percentage to 12.8% contributes to heat transfer coefficient improvements of 7.57%, 12.15%, and 2.71% for water_TiO2, water_Al2O3, and water_Cu, respectively. These findings give significant insight into the fluid flow and heat transfer properties of PPHEs, as well as prospective pathways for increasing thermal performance and decreasing pump power in ORC systems using nanofluids in MSW-generating plants.
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