Application of plate heat exchanger in air energy storage field

What are plate heat exchangers used for?

In this article we’ll be discussing the application of plate heat exchangers. Looking at the different types from gasket type, brazed plate type, welded type and micro plate type as well as their applications such as chillers, heat pumps, HVAC, industrial, district energy, heat interface units etc.

What is plate heat exchanger (PHE)?

1. Introduction Plate heat exchanger (PHE) is now commonly used in a wide range of chemical process and other industrial applications with a particular attention from the food industry due to several reasons such as: suitability in hygienic applications, ease of cleaning and the thermal control required for sterilization and pasteurization.

What are the different types of plate heat exchangers?

The fluids must be at different temperatures to transfer heat and heat always flows from hot to cold. There are two main types of plate heat exchangers. Gasket type and brazed plate type. Lets look at Gasket type first. Gasket type heat exchangers consist of multiple sheets of thin metal arranged to create channels.

What is air-to-air fixed plate heat exchanger?

For such systems, it is essential to utilize energy recovery devices to reduce this load. Therefore, air-to-air fixed plate heat exchanger is used in buildings where the room exhaust air is passed in one stream and ambient fresh air is passed in the other stream of the heat exchanger.

What is a micro plate heat exchanger?

Micro plate heat exchangers can be either gasket or brazed plate. They are the next evolution of plate heat exchangers providing the greatest heat exchanger efficiency to date. They come in both gasket as well as brazed plate type, it’s actually the plate which characterises this type of heat exchanger.

Are welded type plate heat exchangers better than Chevron plate?

Recently, the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of welded type plate heat exchangers for absorption application using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique was examined and showed that the plate with the elliptical shape gave better performance than the plate of the chevron shape . 6. Other related areas