NEW CROSS-COUNTER-CROSS PLATE-TYPE-ALIMINUMS HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGNED FOR VENTILATION SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGSPham Minh Nhan1, Pham Minh Man2,* 1Department of Transportation and Mechanical Engineering, Danang University of Science and Technology, The University of Danang, Viet Nam2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Danang College of Technology, The University of Danang - 48 Cao Thang Str., Danang city, Vietnam.*Email: minhman.dhdn@gmail.comReceived: ………, 2016; Accepted for Publication: ………., 2016ABSTRACTThis article provides a new cross-counter-cross plate-type-aluminums heat exchanger with a minimum energy loss or gain. It is clear that compact cross-counter-cross plate heat exchangers are largely used in ventilation system for temperature control. It also showed that the cross-counter-cross heat exchanger unit, including eighty plates of 0.2 mm-thick aluminum sheets which are arranged in cross-counter-cross order of flow, achieved the highest efficiency. It can minimize the temperature difference between indoor air and outdoor air, thereby keeping the indoor temperature nearly constant. The effectiveness of the heat exchanger takes into consideration the limitations of heat transfer between two airflows due to these parameters. In addition, the performance of the heat exchanger is governed by various parameters like mass flow rates, pressures, and temperatures of working airflows. Keywords: Plate-type heat exchanger, cross-counter-cross flows, eco-friendly, heat exchanger effectiveness, ventilation systems.1. INTRODUCTIONEnergy conservations have become more important than ever in the modern world where energy consumption is increasing rapidly due to population growth as well as improvement of living standards. About 30% of the overall energy consumption of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is consumed for ventilation air conditioning in most commercial buildings. In buildings that require 100% outdoor air to meet ventilation standards (e.g. hospitals), this fraction can be even higher. We need to improve the ventilation of buildings which relates to an HVAC system utilizing a heat recovery and dehumidifier system, to enhance the indoor air quality (IAQ). IAQ is also affected by the presence of living organisms in the circulated air, and therefore, both sustainability and environmental friendliness are two most important factors. Two airflows in cross-counter-cross flow heat exchangers are defined as the change in the temperature of one air-stream divided by the average temperature difference, or driving force, in the heat exchanger. Eco-friendly high-efficiency heat exchanger units can be based on either stream, but generally the stream with the lower capacity (flow rate time specific heat) is chosen. Identifying efficient ventilation systems is of obvious importance to understanding influences of poor-quality air and health hazards on residents caused by harmful substances in building materials and household cleaning products. However, understanding the importance of any components of air in healthy indoor environment requires knowledge of the potential demand for available technologies of heating and cooling. The function of heat gains in the energy stability of a room or a building is becoming more and more important. The primary objective of this research is to seek new improvements that can develop a heat exchanger system in heat transfers to reduce heating energy demand in the building. The first objective of this studied work is to develop an eco-friendly, high-efficiency cross-counter-cross air-to-air plate-type heat exchanger, in order to investigate strategies to model and experiment the heat transfer of the air flow which is significantly influenced by temperature difference. The second objective is to improve the effectiveness of the existing heat exchanger capable of discharging contaminated indoor air, introducing fresh indoor air, and exchanging heat during the process, in order to determine whether any energy saving can be realized with the use of cross-counter-cross air-to-air plate-type heat exchanger.2. EXPERIMENTAL FACILITYThe schematic of the plate-type heat exchanger is shown in Fig. 1 (a). The cross-counter-cross heat exchanger unit consists of eighty-thin aluminium plates, each having a thickness of 0.2 mm, a width of 400 mm, and a length of 900 mm. The sections were divided by the square-shaped plates Foamex and thin glues plates. All the aluminium plates inside the heat exchanger were designed with an appropriate spacing between any two plates to ensure that reducing the pressure drop of air flows is negligible. They were mounted in layers in housing to enhance the effectiveness of the heat exchanger. Figure 1. Schematic of the cross-counter-cross flow plate-type exchanger. (a)Aluminium plate-type exchanger; (b) Cross-counter-cross flow heat exchangerThe plate-to-plate were spaced 5-mm apart, creating two air flow streams
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