Characteristics of heat and mass transfer of the plate evaporative condenser

Author

Yuanxi Li ; He Huang ; Liang Hu ; Xiang Jiang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Electr. Eng., Guangdong Constr. Vocational Technol. Inst., Guangzhou, China

Volume

3

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

708

Lastpage

711

Abstract

This paper presents a simulation of two operations-upwind, downwind with two-phase flowing in the plate bundles of the plate evaporative condenser, by means of the FLUENT software, which provide a direct illustration of the influence of the water film flowing on spray water flow, air velocity, air direction in the plate bundles. The result of simulation demonstrates the advantages of air-water parallel-flow over countercurrent in making use of enhanced heat and mass transfer of fluid film.

Keywords

condensation; evaporation; heat transfer; mass transfer; sprays; two-phase flow; water; FLUENT software; air direction; air velocity; downwind operation; heat transfer; mass transfer; plate bundle; plate evaporative condenser; spray water flow; two phase flow; upwind operation; water film flow; Atmospheric modeling; Films; Fluids; Heat transfer; Resistance heating; Shearing; Water heating; CFD simulation; Condenser; Heat transfer enhancement; corrugated plates; plate bundle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Materials for Renewable Energy and Environment (ICMREE), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3335-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMREE.2013.6893775

Filename

6893775