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Selected studies of flow maldistribution in a minichannel plate heat exchanger

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Analysis of the state of-the-art in research of minichannel heat exchangers, especially on the topic of flow maldistribution in multiple channels, has been accomplished. Studies on minichannel plate heat exchanger with 51 parallel minichannels with four hydraulic diameters, i.e., 461 μm, 574 μm, 667 μm, and 750 μm have been presented. Flow at the instance of filling the microchannel with water at low flow rates has been visualized. The pressure drop characteristics for single minichannel plate have been presented along with the channels blockage, which occurred in several cases. The impact of the mass flow rate and channels’ cross-section dimensions on the flow maldistribution were illustrated.

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Archives of Thermodynamics no. 38, pages 135 - 148,
ISSN: 1231-0956
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2017
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Dąbrowski P., Klugmann M., Mikielewicz D.: Selected studies of flow maldistribution in a minichannel plate heat exchanger// Archives of Thermodynamics. -Vol. 38., nr. 3 (2017), s.135-148
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