An Experimental Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics and Pressure Drop in Micro Plated Heat Exchangers with S-shape of Microchannel

S 형상의 마이크로 채널을 가진 마이크로 판형 열교환기의 열전달 특성 및 압력강하에 관한 실험적 연구

The micro plated heat exchangers were designed to transfer more heat/volume or mass than previous heat exchangers within the context of the design constraints specified. The increase of the surface-to-volume ratio results in an increase of the interfacial area. This enhances considerably the performance of a heat exchanger. This can be an important component in a wide range of applications fuel cell, aerospace, automotive, electronic system and home heating, etc). In this study, the performance evaluation of micro plated heat exchangers under the counter flows with straight and S-shaped channel are carried out. The pressure drop as well as inlet and outlet fluid temperature were measured at steady state under various operating conditions and the total heat transfer rate were also calculated.