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Experimental investigations and modelling of the working fluid distribution in minichannel and minigap plate heat exchangers

2017/27/N/ST8/02785

Keywords:

minichannel manifold minigap flow maldistribution pressure drop micro heat exchanger

Descriptors:

  • ST8_4: Fluid mechanics, technical thermodynamics
  • ST8_5: Power systems (production, distribution)

Panel:

ST8 - Production and processes engineering: modelling, product design, process design and control, construction methods and engineering, power units and systems

Host institution :

Politechnika Gdańska, Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej i Okrętownictwa

woj. pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Paweł Dąbrowski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: PRELUDIUM 14 - announced on 2017-09-15

Amount awarded: 139 290 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2018-07-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-01-15

Project duration:: 30 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Termopary płaszczowe typu T, izolowane, z przewodem kompensacyjnym (10 szt.) (1 700 PLN)
  2. Przepływomierze ultradźwiękowe o zakresach 0.002 - 0.5 l/min i 0.01- 1.7 l/min (np. z serii AT700 z oferty firmy Neglap) (2 szt.) (13 640 PLN)
  3. Elementy konstrukcyjne stanowiska pomiarowego (elementy hydrauliczne, elementy elektryczne, konstrukcja nośna, elementy modelowych wymienników ciepła, itp.) (2 428 PLN)
  4. Komputer stacjonarny PC (1 376 PLN)
  5. Przetworniki ciśnienia (dwie pary na dwa zakresy ciśnień, np. 0-5 kPa i 0-20 kPa) (4 szt.) (7 000 PLN)
  6. Mikro pompa zębatą z wyświetlaczem (9 700 PLN)
  7. Przenośna kamera termowizyjna (np. FLIR C3) (3 550 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Thermohydraulic maldistribution reduction in mini heat exchangers
    Authors:
    Paweł Dąbrowski
    Academic press:
    Applied Thermal Engineering (rok: 2020, tom: 173, strony: 115271), Wydawca: Elsevier Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115271 - link to the publication
  2. Channel Blockage and Flow Maldistribution during Unsteady Flow in a Model Microchannel Plate heat Exchanger
    Authors:
    Paweł Dąbrowski; Michał Klugmann; Dariusz Mikielewicz
    Academic press:
    Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (rok: 2019, tom: 12 (4), strony: 1023-1035), Wydawca: Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.29252/jafm.12.04.29316 - link to the publication
  3. Flow distribution and heat transfer in minigap and minichannel heat exchangers during flow boiling
    Authors:
    Michał Klugmann, Paweł Dąbrowski, Dariusz Mikielewicz
    Academic press:
    Applied Thermal Engineering (rok: 2020, tom: 181, strony: 116034), Wydawca: Elsevier Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116034 - link to the publication
  4. Mitigation of Flow Maldistribution in Minichannel and Minigap Heat Exchangers by Introducing Threshold in Manifolds
    Authors:
    Paweł Dąbrowski
    Academic press:
    Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (rok: 2020, tom: 13 (3), strony: 815-826), Wydawca: Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.29252/jafm.13.03.30454 - link to the publication
  1. Flow maldistribution and its mitigation in mini heat exchangers
    Authors:
    Paweł Dąbrowski; Michał Klugmann; Dariusz Mikielewicz
    Book:
    Contemporary Issues of Heat and Mass Transfer (rok: 2019, tom: 1, strony: 83-109), Wydawca: Politechnika Koszalińska
    Status:
    Published