Flow Distribution and Heat Transfer Equation
Design calculations of a plate heat exhchanger include flow distribution and pressure drop and heat transfer. The former is an issue of Flow distribution in manifolds. The total rate of heat transfer between the hot and cold fluids passing through a plate heat exchanger may be expressed as: Q = UA∆Tm where U is the overall heat transfer coefficient, A is the total plate area, and ∆Tm is the temperature difference. U is dependent upon the heat transfer coefficients in the hot and cold streams.
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