CHAOTISED POLYMERIC HOLLOW FIBRE BUNDLE AS A CROSSFLOW HEAT EXCHANGER IN AIR-WATER APPLICATION

Authors

  • Tereza Kroulíková Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6112-8724
  • Ilya Astrouski Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory, Technická 2896/2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic
  • Miroslav Raudenský Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Laboratory, Technická 2896/2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2020.60.0318

Keywords:

Polymer hollow fibre, chaotic structure, cross-flow heat exchanger, gas-liquid application

Abstract

Fifteen years ago, polymeric hollow fibre heat exchangers were presented for the first time. Nowadays there are not only the shell-and-tube types as there were at the beginning. In this paper, six chaotised polymeric hollow fibre bundles with a different number of fibres were studied. The bundles presented varied in their fibre diameter, number and shape. These bundles were fixed into the module in such a way that the middle part serves as a cross-flow heat exchanger in an air tunnel. They were tested for air-water application with three different airflow rates. The overall heat transfer coefficients were determined, and the inner and outer heat transfer coefficients were derived. The modules presented achieved a heat transfer rate of up to 1309 W. The overall heat transfer coefficient reached a maximum of 339 Wm−2 K−1.

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Published

2020-09-01

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 4 (2020)

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How to Cite

Kroulíková, T., Astrouski, I., & Raudenský, M. (2020). CHAOTISED POLYMERIC HOLLOW FIBRE BUNDLE AS A CROSSFLOW HEAT EXCHANGER IN AIR-WATER APPLICATION. Acta Polytechnica, 60(4), 318-323. https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2020.60.0318