• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.52-60
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• 2009

The purpose of this research is to develop high efficiency plastic plate heat exchangers which can be substituted for conventional aluminum plate heat exchangers. Four simulation models of plastic plate heat exchangers are designed and simulated: that is, flat plate type, turbulent promoter type, corrugate type and dimple type heat exchanger. The flat plate type is designed as the reference model in order to evaluate how much thermal performance increases. The turbulent promoter type is fabricated with cylindrical-type vortex generators and rib-type turbulent promoters. The corrugate type is obtained from the conventional stainless steel compact heat exchangers, which are called the herringbone-type compact heat exchangers. The dimple type has a number of dimples on its surface. In this study, the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the plastic plate heat exchanger are investigated using numerical simulation and compared with experimental results. Numerical simulation is carried out using the FLUENT code. The flows are assumed as a three-dimensional, incompressible and turbulent model. The computational analysis and experimental results both show that the friction coefficient and Nu number is highest in the corrugate type. The tendency of numerical simulation results is in good agreement with that of the experimental results.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 1997

Heat-transfer enhancement is seeked through modifications of fin surface. Real life plate-fin heat exchangers have complex three-dimensional geometries. Fins can have arrays of dimples and are attached to rows of penetrating tubes. To isolate the effect of surface modification, we model the real flow by a two-dimensional channel flow with a dimple on one side. The flow is analysed by solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation by a finite volume method on a generalized boundary-fitted coordinate. Results show a trapped vortex inside the dimple for all cases computed. Local maximum of Nusselt number occurs near the downstream end of the dimple, due to such a vortex. Location of the vortex does not change with respect to the wall temperature change, but moved downstream when Reynolds number increases. This, together with the results that in all cases vortex core is somewhat downstream of the dimple center, suggests that the mean flow above continuously feeds the kinetic energy to the recirculating flow. Heat transfer enhancement and pressure losses are studied through analysing the relevant dimensionless parameters like, Nusselt number and friction factor. In all cases computed, dimpled channel flow experiences less pressure loss than two-dimensional Poiseuille flow.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.1366-1371
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• 2008

Four simulation models of plastic plate heat exchangers are designed and simulated. The flat plate type heat exchanger is designed as the reference model in order to evaluate how much thermal performance increases. The turbulence promoter type heat exchanger is fabricated with cylindrical-type vortex generators and rib-type turbulence promoters. The corrugate type is obtained from the conventional stainless steel compact heat exchangers, which are called the herringbone-type compact heat exchangers. The dimple type heat exchanger has a number of dimples on its surface. In this study, the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the plastic plate heat exchanger are investigated using numerical simulation and compared with experimental results. The flows are assumed as a three-dimensional, incompressible and turbulent model. The standard k-$\varepsilon$ model is used as the turbulent flow modeling, the SIMPLE algorithm is used to treat the coupling between pressure and velocity, and first order upwind scheme is used for discretization of momentum, turbulent and energy. The computational analysis and experimental results both show that the friction coefficient and Nu number is highest in the corrugate type.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.913-914
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• 2010

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 12th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
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• pp.75.5-75.5
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• 2008

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.453-460
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• 2013

평판형 태양열 집열기의 효율을 높이기 위한 방법으로 열전달 향상 장치의 삽입, 표면 거칠기의 변화 등 다양한 방법들이 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 실험을 통해 다양한 열전달 향상 장치를 제작하고 이를 덕트에 삽입해 실험을 수행하였다. 실험은 기본적으로 덕트 윗 평판에 일정한 열유속을 가하였고, 삽입된 모델은 매끈한 덕트 형상(Base case)과 Chamfered rib $10^{\circ}$, Chamfered rib $20^{\circ}$, Rib & Groove, Rib & Dimple 모델이다. 실험은 Reynolds 수가 2,300~22,000의 범위에서 이루어졌으며 이는 난류영역에 해당한다. 열전달 향상 장치를 삽입하면 면적의 증가와 2차 유동으로 인하여 열전달이 향상되고, Reynolds 수가 증가할수록 열전달이 향상되었으며 압력강하도 증가하였다. 열전달 측면에서는 Rib & Dimple 모델이 열전달 향상 효과가 가장 좋았으며, 압력강하는 Chamfered rib $10^{\circ}$ 모델이 가장 낮았으며, 성능계수 측면에서도 Chamfered rib $10^{\circ}$ 모델이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.333-339
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• 2012

The main objective of the present study is to investigate the roles of the micro-dimpled surface on the drag reduction. To investigate the effectiveness of the micro-dimpled surface, the flat plates are prepared. The micro-size dimples are directly carved on the metal surface by ultrasonic nano-crystal surface modification (UNSM) method. Momentum of the main flow is increased by the dimple patterns within the turbulent boundary layer (TBL), however, there is no significant change in the turbulence intensity in the TBL. The influence of dimple patterns is examined through the flow field survey near the flat plate trailing edge in terms of the profile drag. The wake flow velocities in the flat plate are measured by PIV technique. The maximum drag reduction rate is 4.6% at the Reynolds number of $10^6{\sim}10^7$. The dimples tend to increase the drag reduction rate consistently even at high Reynolds number range.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.6072-6081
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 냉각탑 출구의 상대습도를 낮춰 백연을 저감하기 위한 목적으로 쉐브론형, 웨이브형 그리고 딤플형 공기가열기 시료에 대한 성능시험을 수행하였다. 실험은 시료의 전방풍속 1~3 m/s, 물 유량 0.19~0.33 kg/s 범위에서 수행되었다. 실험 결과 모든 시료에서 전열량은 전방풍속과 물 유량이 증가할수록 증가하였다. 공기측 압력손실도 풍속이 증가할수록 증가하였다. 동일 풍속에서 전열량은 쉐브론 형상에서 가장 크고 (평판의 1.5~1.7배) 딤플, 웨이브, 평판 순으로 나타났다. 소비동력 대비 전열량도 쉐브론 형상에서 딤플 형상보다 15% 정도 크게 나타났다. 하지만 다른 세 종류의 형상에서는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.127-136
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• 2006

Metallic sandwich plates with inner dimpled shell subject to 3-point bending have been analyzed and then optimized for minimum weight. Inner dimpled shells can be easily fabricated by press or roll with high precision and bonded with same material skin sheets by resistance welding or adhesive bonding. Metallic sandwich plates with inner dimpled shell structure can be optimally designed for minimum weight subject to prescribed combination of bending and transverse shear loads. Fundamental findings for lightweight design are presented through constrained optimization. Failure responses of sandwich plates are predicted and formulated with an assumption of narrow sandwich beam theory. Failure is attributed to four kinds of mechanisms: face yielding, face buckling, dimple buckling and dimple collapse. Optimized shape of inner dimpled shell structure is a hemispherical shell to minimize weight without failure. It is demonstrated that bending stiffness of sandwich plate is 2 or 3 times larger than solid plates with the same strength. Failure mode boundaries and iso-strength lines dependent upon the geometry and yield strain of the material are plotted with respect to geometric parameters on the failure map. Because optimal parameters of maximum strength for given material weight can be selected from the map, analytic solutions for maximum strength are expressed as a function of only material property and proposed strength. These optimal parameters match well with numerical optimal parameters.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.121-125
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• 2008

In this study, the characteristics of internal flow and the heat transfer performance of dimpled plate heat exchanger were numerically investigated. For the numerical analysis, conjugate heat transfer method between cold fluid - plate - hot fluid was studied with appropriate boundary conditions. Velocity magnitude, temperature and pressure distribution were obtained from the simulation. Correlations for fanning f-factor and Colburn j-factor were obtained from numerical results and compared to the experimented data.