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Experimental and numerical investigation of pressure drop and heat transfer in evaporators for vehicle heat recovery

datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Mecânicapt_PT
dc.contributor.advisorSantos, Hélder Manuel Ferreira dos
dc.contributor.advisorMorgado, Joel Bastos
dc.contributor.authorGouveia, Olivier Rodrigues
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-27T14:12:44Z
dc.date.available2019-12-22T01:30:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-22
dc.description.abstractThe present study presents an experimental and numerical investigation of single-phase pressure drop and heat transfer in a multipass cross-flow heat exchanger applied in a Rankine cycle for vehicle waste-heat recovery. A Rankine cycle experimental facility was used in order to obtain experimental pressure drop data, for adiabatic and diabatic conditions, and experimental Nusselt number data, using water as working fluid. A predictive pressure drop model was developed in order to obtain the working fluid pressure drop value in the heat exchanger under several operating conditions. Two different approaches were studied (a global and discretized approach) to compare the influence of temperature profile assumptions on the accuracy of the obtained pressure drop results. The heat transfer performance was assessed by the obtainment of the Nusselt number. The data reduction allowed to determine the Nusselt number by mean of the Wilson plot technic and compared with the existing correlations reviewed in the literature. The developed models were tested under a matrix of operating points which englobes adiabatic and diabatic conditions. The diabatic tests were conducted under tree different engine conditions: idle speed (1200 rpm), 2400 rpm and 2800 rpm, corresponding to exhaust gas thermal powers of: 0.75; 3.5 and 9 kW, respectively. These test conditions (including adiabatic conditions) resulted in a total of 68 different operating points, with a Reynolds number range of 51<𝑅𝑒<2935. The numerical predictions were then compared against the experimental data. Under the present study specific operating conditions, the results revealed that the application of the classic fluid flow and heat transfer theory presents significant deviations as compared to the experimental data.pt_PT
dc.identifier.tid201597721pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/2467
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.subjectPerda de cargapt_PT
dc.subjectTransferência de calorpt_PT
dc.subjectPermutador de calorpt_PT
dc.subjectRecuperação de calor residualpt_PT
dc.subjectDados experimentaispt_PT
dc.subjectPrevisões numéricaspt_PT
dc.titleExperimental and numerical investigation of pressure drop and heat transfer in evaporators for vehicle heat recoverypt_PT
dc.typemaster thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typemasterThesispt_PT
thesis.degree.nameEngenharia Automóvelpt_PT

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