Innovative Heat Exchangers

Description

This accessible book presents unconventional technologies in heat exchanger design that have the capacity to provide solutions to major concerns within the process and power-generating industries. Demonstrating the advantages and limits of these innovative heat exchangers, it also discusses micro- and nanostructure surfaces and micro-scale equipment, and introduces pillow-plate, helical and expanded metal baffle concepts. It offers step-by-step worked examples, which provide instructions for developing an initial configuration and are supported by clear, detailed drawings and pictures. Various types of heat exchangers are available, and they are widely used in all fields of industry for cooling or heating purposes, including in combustion engines. The market in 2012 was estimated to be U$ 42.7 billion and the global demand for heat exchangers is experiencing an annual growth of about 7.8 %. The market value is expected to reach U$ 57.9 billion in 2016, and approach U$ 78.16 billion in 2020. Providing a valuable introduction to students and researchers, this book offers clear and concise information to thermal engineers, mechanical engineers, process engineers and heat exchanger specialists. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Polymer Film Heat Exchangers (Hans-Jörg Bart, Christian Dreiser, Dmitrij Laaber)....Pages 1-52 Polymer Composite Heat Exchangers (Heike Glade, Dirk Moses, Thomas Orth)....Pages 53-116 Innovative Design of Microstructured Plate-and-Frame Heat Exchangers (Gunther Kolb)....Pages 117-134 Heat Transfer in Evaporation on Micro- and Macrostructured Tubes (Andrea Luke)....Pages 135-166 Multi-stream Plate-and-Frame Heat Exchangers for Condensation and Evaporation (Arne Müller, Anja-Elsa Polzin, Stephan Kabelac)....Pages 167-187 Low-Finned Tubes for Condensation (Harald Klein, Alexander Büchner)....Pages 189-231 Pillow-Plate Heat Exchangers: Fundamental Characteristics (Julian M. Tran, Mark Piper, Eugeny Y. Kenig, Stephan Scholl)....Pages 233-245 Single-Phase Flow and Condensation in Pillow-Plate Condensers (Julian M. Tran, Mark Piper, Eugeny Y. Kenig)....Pages 247-265 Pillow Plate Heat Exchangers as Falling Film Evaporator or Thermosiphon Reboiler (Stephan Scholl)....Pages 267-294 hiTRAN® Thermal Systems in Tubular Heat Exchanger Design (Peter Drögemüller)....Pages 295-339 EMbaffle® Heat Exchange Technology (Marco Rottoli, Thomas Odry, Daniele Agazzi, Ettore Notarbartolo)....Pages 341-361 Innovative Adsorbent Heat Exchangers: Design and Evaluation (Lena Schnabel, Gerrit Füldner, Andreas Velte, Eric Laurenz, Philip Bendix, Harry Kummer et al.)....Pages 363-394