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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. Mikro pompa zębatą z wyświetlaczem (9 700 PLN)
  2. Termopary płaszczowe typu T, izolowane, z przewodem kompensacyjnym (10 szt.) (1 700 PLN)
  3. Komputer stacjonarny PC (1 376 PLN)
  4. 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)
  5. Przenośna kamera termowizyjna (np. FLIR C3) (3 550 PLN)
  6. Przetworniki ciśnienia (dwie pary na dwa zakresy ciśnień, np. 0-5 kPa i 0-20 kPa) (4 szt.) (7 000 PLN)
  7. Elementy konstrukcyjne stanowiska pomiarowego (elementy hydrauliczne, elementy elektryczne, konstrukcja nośna, elementy modelowych wymienników ciepła, itp.) (2 428 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. 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
  4. 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
  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