Application of porous-embedded shell and tube heat exchangers for the waste heat recovery systems

MH Zolfagharnasab, MZ Pedram… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the techniques offered to improve the efficiency of Waste Heat Recovery Shell and
Tube Heat Exchangers (WHR-STHX), the porous-filling is reported as an effective technique …

Shape optimization of segmental porous baffles for enhanced thermo-hydraulic performance of shell-and-tube heat exchanger

HR Abbasi, ES Sedeh, H Pourrahmani… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents the development and evaluation of a novel shell-and-tube heat
exchanger (STHX) design with segmental porous baffles. Computational fluid dynamics …

Heat transfer enhancement in shell-and-tube heat exchangers using porous media

SE Rad, H Afshin, B Farhanieh - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A numerical simulation has been carried out to investigate the heat transfer enhancement in
a shell-and-tube heat exchanger using a porous medium inside its shell and tubes …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical analysis of thermal performance of waste heat recovery shell and tube heat exchangers on counter-flow with different tube configurations

IA Fetuga, OT Olakoyejo, SM Abolarin… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of tube layout configurations on the hydraulic-thermal
performance of shell-and-tube heat exchangers (STHXs) as waste heat recovery systems …

Thermal analysis on metal-foam filled heat exchangers. Part II: Tube heat exchangers

CY Zhao, W Lu, SA Tassou - International journal of heat and mass transfer, 2006 - Elsevier
The forced convection heat transfer characteristics in high porosity open-cell metal-foam
filled tube heat exchangers are analysed in this paper. The Brinkman-extended Darcy …

A synthesis of fluid and thermal transport models for metal foam heat exchangers

S Mahjoob, K Vafai - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008 - Elsevier
Metal foam heat exchangers have considerable advantages in thermal management and
heat recovery over several commercially available heat exchangers. In this work, the effects …

Optimal distribution of metal foam inserts in a double-pipe heat exchanger

H Arasteh, MR Salimpour, MR Tavakoli - International Journal of …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose In the present research, a numerical investigation is carried out to study the fluid
flow and heat transfer in a double-pipe, counter-flow heat exchanger exploiting metal foam …

Conjugated heat transfer analysis of a foam filled double-pipe heat exchanger for high-temperature application

X Chen, C Sun, X Xia, R Liu, F Wang - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
A numerical investigation is performed to analyze the high-temperature heat transfer
behavior in a double-pipe heat exchanger filled with open-cell porous foam. The …

Metal foam heat exchangers for heat transfer augmentation from a tube bank

M Odabaee, K Hooman - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
A numerical study has been conducted to examine the heat transfer from a metal foam-
wrapped tube bundle. Effects of key parameters, including the free stream velocity …

Experimental study on heat transfer and pressure drop of recuperative heat exchangers using carbon foam

YR Lin, JH Du, W Wu, LC Chow, W Notardonato - 2010 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This work focuses on the development of high-effectiveness recuperative heat exchangers
using solid and corrugated carbon foam blocks. Characterization tests were conducted on …