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Q18 - PICHA - Design of Heat Exchanger

Ameya Dalvi is designing and modeling a plate heat exchanger for their project. Plate heat exchangers transfer heat between two fluids using a series of thin plates and have advantages over other heat exchangers like flexibility in design, ease of cleaning, good temperature control, and better heat transfer performance. They work by sealing thin rectangular plates together in a frame with gaskets to transfer heat between two fluids.

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Q18 - PICHA - Design of Heat Exchanger

Ameya Dalvi is designing and modeling a plate heat exchanger for their project. Plate heat exchangers transfer heat between two fluids using a series of thin plates and have advantages over other heat exchangers like flexibility in design, ease of cleaning, good temperature control, and better heat transfer performance. They work by sealing thin rectangular plates together in a frame with gaskets to transfer heat between two fluids.

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Name: Ameya Dalvi

Gr No: 1710610
Roll No:18
Div.: Q

PIC HA
Design and Modelling of Plate Heat Exchanger
Introduction
Heat exchangers are devices used to transfer energy between two fluids at different temperatures.
They improve energy efficiency, because the energy already within the system can be transferred to
another part of the process, instead of just being pumped out and wasted. In the new era of
sustainability, the growing urgency to save energy and reduce overall environmental impacts has
placed greater emphasis on the use of heat exchangers with better thermal efficiency. In this new
scenario, the plate heat exchanger can play an important role.

A plate heat exchanger is a compact type of heat exchanger that uses a series of thin plates to
transfer heat between two fluids. There are four main types of PHE: gasketed, brazed, welded, and
semi-welded. The plate-and-frame or gasketed plate heat exchanger essentially consists of a pack of
thin rectangular plates sealed around the edges by gaskets and held together in a frame (Figure 1).
Plate heat exchangers were first introduced in 1923 for milk pasteurization applications, but are now
used in many applications in the chemical, petroleum, HVAC, refrigeration, dairy, pharmaceutical,
beverage, liquid food and health care sectors. This is due to the unique advantages of PHEs, such as
flexible thermal design (plates can be simply added or removed to meet different heat duty or
processing requirements), ease of cleaning to maintain strict hygiene conditions, good temperature
control (necessary in cryogenic applications), and better heat transfer performance.
Figure 2: Exploded View of a Plate Heat Exchanger
Figure 1: Typical plate heat exchangers

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