PHE (plate heat exchanger) for condensing duties: recent advances and future prospects

P Kapustenko, JJ Klemeš, O Arsenyeva… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing energy usage efficiency requires enhanced heat energy recuperation between
process streams in the industry and civic sector with waste heat utilization. The …

Condensation of R1234yf in a plate heat exchanger with an offset strip fin flow structure for electric vehicle heat pumps

R Prabakaran, M Salman, D Lee, SC Kim - … Communications in Heat and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy-efficient plate heat exchanger (PHE) and refrigerant R1234yf, which has a low
global warming potential (GWP), can be used to realize an energy efficient heat pump (HP) …

Condensation of R290+ R13I1 zeotropic mixture in a plate heat exchanger with offset-strip fin geometry

R Prabakaran, M Salman, D Lee, SC Kim - … Communications in Heat and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy-efficient refrigerants with a low global-warming potential (GWP) is becoming
increasingly popular, particularly in the automobile sector. In this sense, despite its higher …

Condensation heat transfer performance of R290 in a plate heat exchanger for electric vehicle heat pumps

M Salman, P Dhamodharan, R Prabakaran… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the continuous improvement of electric vehicles driving range, a heat pump system with
low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant is a promising solution. In the present work …

Comparisons of two-phase condensation and single-phase heat transfer and frictional pressure drop characteristics and energy-saving performance analysis of R-32 …

JY Song, DH Kim, CH Song, YT Kang - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the heat transfer and frictional pressure drop characteristics of R-32 and R-
410A in a plate heat exchanger are experimentally evaluated. The study comprises two …

Comparative analysis of condensation heat transfer and pressure drop of low GWP near-Azeotropic mixture and R-290 in a plate heat exchanger

M Salman, P Dhamodharan, R Prabakaran… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
Downward condensation of a near-azeotropic low GWP refrigerant mixture of R290/R1270
(65%/35% wt.), named HC01, was investigated inside an offset strip-fin (OSF) flow …

Thermal− hydraulic characteristics of R32 and R410A condensation in plate heat exchangers with 1 mm chevron depth

W Wei, K Lin, Y Du, C Xu, X Li - International Journal of Refrigeration, 2024 - Elsevier
Compact brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs) with low chevron depths are widely used in
new heat pumps and air-conditioners for reducing inventory and improving efficiency. This …

Condensation heat transfer characteristics and generalized correlations of R404A, R448A, and R454C in a plate heat exchanger

J Yang, D Lee, S Lee, C Han, Y Kim - International Communications in Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although numerous studies have been carried out on alternatives to R134a and R410A to
cope with regulations, the heat transfer characteristics of refrigerants with a low-global …

Experimental investigation of condensation pressure drop of zeotropic refrigerant/oil mixtures in plate heat exchanger

Z Wang, Z Xu, L Luo, X **a, D Peng, X Li - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The condensation pressure drop characteristics of zeotropic refrigerant/oil mixture and its
accurate prediction are fundamental to the design of condensers in ORC systems. This …

Enhancing the vertical downward condensation heat transfer of a plate heat exchanger by electrochemical etching

DH Nguyen, TJ Kim, JM Kim, T Kim… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research employed electrochemical etching to generate microscale roughness on a
plate heat exchanger (PHE) thereby enhancing condensation heat transfer in a vertical …