Analytical Study of Nonstationary Modes in Recuperative Heat Exchangers

Recuperative heat exchanger transient operation modes during the start-up were considered in order to identify the time for establishing the stationary mode. This is important in carrying out technological processes that require constancy in values of certain parameters ensuring both product quality and process safety. The research was carried out using the analytical method for direct-flow and counter-flow heat exchangers. It was demonstrated that stationary state establishment in the direct-flow heat exchangers occurs immediately after the heat carrier gets into the apparatus. It should be noted that the entire apparatus reaches the stationary mode, when the slower heat carrier arrives at the apparatus output section. In case of a heat exchanger with the heat carrier counter-flow, it was found out that at the moment of the less heated heat carrier appearing at the apparatus output section, it was having the highest temperature. Then the temperature was decreasing, and after passing its minimum was beginning to oscillate along a curve with the damping amplitude. In the case under consideration, the stationary process started, when the dimensionless time value was ϕ ≥ 0.5. The indicated solution was obtained under assumption that thermal and physical characteristics were constant in time and space. It was assumed that total heat capacity of the heat exchanger heat transferring wall was infinitesimal. This assumption is valid with an error of up to 1 % at Fo ≥ 100, which is the case in most practical cases. For apparatuses under study, a formula was also obtained for the time required to reach the stationary state

This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russian Federation (agreement no. 175-11-2019-087 of 18.12.2019)

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