<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents a comparison of the process properties of two types of the heat exchangers designed for the heat removal from a high temperature helium cooling loop with steady natural circulation of helium. The first considered heat exchanger is a shell and tube heat exchanger with U-tubes and the other one is a helical coil heat exchanger. Using the thermal and hydrodynamic process calculations, the thermal performance of the two alternative heat exchangers are determined, as well as the pressure drops of flowing fluids in their workspaces. The calculations have been done for several defined operating conditions of two considered types of heat exchangers. The operating conditions of heat exchangers correspond to the certain helium flow rates.</p></abstract>

The paper presents a comparison of the process properties of two types of the heat exchangers designed for the heat removal from a high temperature helium cooling loop with steady natural circulation of helium. The first considered heat exchanger is a shell and tube heat exchanger with U-tubes and the other one is a helical coil heat exchanger. Using the thermal and hydrodynamic process calculations, the thermal performance of the two alternative heat exchangers are determined, as well as the pressure drops of flowing fluids in their workspaces. The calculations have been done for several defined operating conditions of two considered types of heat exchangers. The operating conditions of heat exchangers correspond to the certain helium flow rates.

Suitability Assessment of Two Types of Heat Exchangers for High Temperature, Naturally Circulating Helium Cooling Loop

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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The paper presents a comparison of the process properties of two types of the heat exchangers designed for the heat removal from a high temperature helium...

Suitability Assessment of Two Types of Heat Exchangers for High Temperature, Naturally Circulating Helium Cooling Loop

Published Online: May 31, 2019

Page range: 39 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0003

Keywords
helium cooling loop, heat exchangers, thermal characteristics, heat transfer calculation, pressure drops calculation

© 2019 Dzianik František et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Suitability Assessment of Two Types of Heat Exchangers for High Temperature, Naturally Circulating Helium Cooling Loop

Published Online: May 31, 2019

Page range: 39 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0003

Keywordshelium cooling loop, heat exchangers, thermal characteristics, heat transfer calculation, pressure drops calculation

© 2019 Dzianik František et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
helium cooling loop, heat exchangers, thermal characteristics, heat transfer calculation, pressure drops calculation