Plate heat exchangers: A review of correlations for single-phase flow heat transfer and pressure drop

摘要

This paper deals with single phase heat transfer and pressure drop in plate heat exchangers and reviews published data on single-phase flow heat transfer and pressure drop. After an introduction giving the main geometric characteristics of plate heat exchangers, information on the flow structure is given. Afterward, correlations for heat transfer and pressure drop are presented and compared. These correlations have been obtained either on corrugated channels representative of plate heat exchangers or on full scale industrial plate heat exchangers.