@article{ces2015313,
author={{Soto, Julio del Angel and G., Mart¨ªn T. Mart¨ªnez and Maga?a, Jos¨¦ Luis},
title={Theoretical-Experimental Study of the Effect of the External Plates on the Thermal Performance of a Plate Heat Exchanger},
journal={Chemical Engineering and Science},
volume={3},
number={1},
pages={12--18},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ces/3/1/3},
issn={2328-7373},
abstract={In this work we present a theoretical-experimental research on the thermal phenomena that the endplates present on the performance of the plate heat exchangers in a single step and with a U type configuration. The endplate effect is reflected in a reduction of the temperature difference for heat transfer. The model discusses a theoretical focus that includes the elongation factor, which is a parameter that relates the actual area to the projected area of a plate. This model was performed to 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 channel flow; therefore the experimentation was carried out to validate the theoretical model, it was carried out for 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 flow channels. Such results show that the theoretical model deviates in a 5% of the experimental values. The results obtained for theorical temperature correction factor presents a maximum deviation of ¡À 0.0245 with respect to the experimental values.},
doi={10.12691/ces-3-1-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}