Abstract
A new methodology is presented for the thermal and mechanical design of a two-phase flow thermosiphon heat exchanger, using water as the working fluid. The thermal design is made by applying a computer program and taking some experimental input data from exhaust gases of a gas turbine, which are used to heat the inlet air in the turbine. A conceptual mechanical design was produced for the heat exchanger which consisted basically of a rectangular metallic plate to hold up the thermosiphons and to separate the heat exchange zones. A calculation methodology based on the determination of the thickness of the plate, with a fixed number of perforations, was used. It is concluded that the methodology presented, allows adequate thermal and mechanical design of heat exchangers employing two-phase thermosiphon tubes.
Translated title of the contribution | Thermal and mechanical design of a two phase flow thermosiphon heat exchanger |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 63-70 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Informacion Tecnologica |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 2001 |