TY  - JOUR
KW  - Energy efficiency; Heat convection; Heat exchangers; Nusselt number; Recycling
KW  -  Concentric circular heat exchanger; Conjugated Graetz problem; Double pass; External recycle; Fluid flowing; Heat transfer efficiency; Impermeable sheets; Power law fluid; Single pass; Sinusoidal wall flux
KW  -  Flow patterns
KW  -  article; feasibility study; flow rate; heat transfer; heating; prediction; recycling; thickness
ID  - scholars17615
N2  - Effect of external-recycle operations on the heat-transfer efficiency, specifically for the power-law fluid flowing in double-pass concentric circular heat exchanger under sinusoidal wall fluxes, is investigated theoretically in the developed countries. Given that the fluid is heated twice on both sides of the impermeable sheet, four flow patterns proposed in recycling double-pass operations are expected to make substantial improvements in the performance of heat exchanger device in this study. Theoretical predictions point out that the heat-transfer efficiency increases with the ratio of channel thickness of double-pass concentric circular heat exchanger for all new designs under the same working dimension and the operational condition. The fluid velocity within the double-pass heat exchanger is increased by the fluids flowing through divided subchannels, which contributed to the higher convective heat-transfer efficiency. A simplified mathematical formulation was derived for double-pass concentric circular heat exchangers and would be a significant contribution to analyze heat transfer problems with sinusoidal wall fluxes at boundaries. The results deliver the optimal performance for the proposed four configurations with the use of external recycle compared to those conducted in single-pass, where an impermeable sheet is not inserted. The influences of power-law index and impermeable-sheet position on average Nusselt numbers under various flow patterns are also delineated. The distribution of dimensionless wall temperature was lower at the level of relative smaller thickness of annular channel, and the average Nusselt numbers for four external-recycle configurations and single-pass device were more suitable for operating under same condition. The ratio of the power consumption increment to heat-transfer efficiency enhancement demonstrates the economic feasibility among various configurations of double-pass concentric circular heat exchanger. The results also show that the external-recycle configuration (say Type B in the present study) serves as an important economic advantage in designing concentric circular heat exchangers for heating power-law fluids due to the smaller volumetric flow rate in annular channel with exiting outlet temperature. ©2022 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press.
IS  - 9
VL  - 19
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85132218377&doi=10.3934%2fmbe.2022401&partnerID=40&md5=77ccb6e7c89ec923a29e8f4d9b258f16
A1  - Ho, C.-D.
A1  - Tu, J.-W.
A1  - Chang, H.
A1  - Lin, L.-P.
A1  - Chew, T.L.
JF  - Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
Y1  - 2022///
TI  - Optimizing thermal efficiencies of power-law fluids in double-pass concentric circular heat exchangers with sinusoidal wall fluxes
SP  - 8648
N1  - cited By 0
AV  - none
EP  - 8670
SN  - 15471063
PB  - American Institute of Mathematical Sciences
ER  -