Study of a Multi-phase Hybrid Heat Exchanger-Reaction (HEX Reactor): Part 1 - Experimental Characterization

Abstract

This study focuses on gaining fundamental insights into the sparsely explored area of reacting multiphase flows in a compact heat exchanger. Chevron plate heat exchangers have been demonstrated to possess superior thermal performance, scalability, and mixing capability compared to more traditional shell-in-tube heat exchangers or stirred tank batch reactors. This study explores the hydrodynamic behavior of gas-evolving reacting flows in chevron plate heat exchangers. Experimental characterization of a plate heat exchanger/chemical reactor (in multi-phase flow configuration) utilizing high-speed video and axial pressure measurements was conducted. Existing correlations that were developed using air?water flow in PHEs predicted with acceptable accuracy the total pressure drop in the HEX reactor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA601539

Entities

People

  • Debjyoti Banerjee
  • Douglas Johnson
  • Nicholas Niedbalski
  • Soumya S. Patnaik

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Batch Reactors
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Reactors
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mass Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Multiphase Flow
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Water Flow

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.