Publication detail

Air-side pressure drop of polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers

KROULÍKOVÁ, T. ASTROUSKI, I. KŮDELOVÁ, T.

English title

Air-side pressure drop of polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers

Type

journal article - other

Language

en

Original abstract

Polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers are an alternative to common metal heat exchangers in low-temperature applications. Their advantages are low cost, low weight, and corrosion resistance. The heat transfer surface consists of hundreds or even thousands of fibres of small diameter. There are several studies on thermal performance of the polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers, but the pressure drop is also a crucial part of the design. The arrangement, known as the bank of tubes, is common for the heat exchangers and there are relations used to estimate the pressure drop of flow passing the bank of tubes. Those are based on extensive experimental research with steel tubes. The tubes of polymeric hollow fibre are flexible. The pressure drop predicted by the known relations are underestimated.

English abstract

Polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers are an alternative to common metal heat exchangers in low-temperature applications. Their advantages are low cost, low weight, and corrosion resistance. The heat transfer surface consists of hundreds or even thousands of fibres of small diameter. There are several studies on thermal performance of the polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers, but the pressure drop is also a crucial part of the design. The arrangement, known as the bank of tubes, is common for the heat exchangers and there are relations used to estimate the pressure drop of flow passing the bank of tubes. Those are based on extensive experimental research with steel tubes. The tubes of polymeric hollow fibre are flexible. The pressure drop predicted by the known relations are underestimated.

Keywords in English

Polymeric hollow fibre, Heat exhanger, Bank of tubes, Pressure drop

Released

13.01.2020

Publisher

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice

Location

Košice

ISSN

1335-2393

Volume

24

Number

2

Pages from–to

14–18

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@article{BUT167714,
  author="Tereza {Kroulíková} and Ilja {Astrouski} and Tereza {Kůdelová},
  title="Air-side pressure drop of polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers",
  year="2020",
  volume="24",
  number="2",
  month="January",
  pages="14--18",
  publisher="Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice",
  address="Košice",
  issn="1335-2393"
}