Journal of Appliance Science & Technology ›› 2019, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (5): 38-46.doi: 10.19784/j.cnki.issn1672-0172.2019.05.001

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Development of heat exchanger for refrigeration and air-conditioning (2) — compact heat exchangers

DING Guoliang1, ZHUANG Dawei1, LI Zhiqiang1, XIE Liyi1, HAN Weizhe2, WEI Wenjian3   

  1. 1.Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240;
    2.Jiangsu Weyee heat exchanger Co., Ltd. Jiangsu 212311;
    3.Zhejiang DunAn Thermal-Tech Co., Ltd. Zhejiang 811835
  • Online:2019-10-01 Published:2019-10-23

Abstract: Application of compact heat exchangers in refrigeration and air conditioning appliances are beneficial to reduce the sizes and to improve the performances. The objective of this paper is to summarize the recent developments of the following typical compact heat exchangers. The introduction to plate heat exchangers covers the advances in high efficient plate type, new flow channel, and their usages as economizers. The introduction to printed circuit heat exchangers covers the manufacturing method, flow channel design as well as the heat and flow characteristics. The illustration on the insert-plate microchannel heat exchanger covers the structure as well as its performance advantages over conventional microchannel heat exchangers. The structure and application fields of micro bare-tube heat exchanger is also introduced.

Key words: Compact heat exchanger, Plate heat exchanger, Printed circuit heat exchanger, Micro-channel heat exchanger, Micro bare-tube heat exchanger