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==Source==
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==Replicate these results with laser welding system==
==Replicate these results with laser welding system==
* [[Experimental Characterization of Heat Transfer in an Additively Manufactured Polymer Heat Exchanger]]
* [[Expanded microchannel heat exchanger]]
* [[Open-source laser system for polymeric welding]] - open source hardware design
* [[Open-source laser system for polymeric welding]] - open source hardware design
* [[Laser welding protocol: MOST]] - operating instructions
* [[Laser welding protocol: MOST]] - operating instructions
*[[Open Source Laser Polymer Welding System: Design and Characterization of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene Multilayer Welds]]
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==See Also==
* [[Expanded microchannel heat exchanger]]
* [[Open source laser system for polymeric welding]]
* [[Laser welding protocol: MOST]]
* [[Open Source Multi-Head 3D Printer for Polymer-Metal Composite Component Manufacturing]]
* [[Design Optimization of Polymer Heat Exchanger for Automated Household-Scale Solar Water Pasteurizer]]
* [[Expanded microchannel heat exchanger: Non-destructive evaluation]]


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==In the news==
* Better Heat Exchangers Using Garbage Bags - [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150626130716.htm Science Daily], [https://lockerdome.com/6301844049758273/7799861466629140 Locker Dome]
*[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sci-tech/Garbage-bags-could-make-power-plants-more-efficient/articleshow/47871516.cms  Garbage bags could make power plants more efficient] - Mumbai Mirror (a daily circulation of approximate 700,000).


[[Category:MOST completed projects and publications]]
[[Category:MOST completed projects and publications]]

Revision as of 21:36, 24 July 2018

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Source

  • D. Denkenberger, M. Parisi, J.M. Pearce. “Towards Low-Cost Microchannel Heat Exchangers: Vehicle Heat Recovery Ventilator Prototype” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT), 14-16 July 2014, Orlando, FL, USA. open access

Abstract

Vehicles could save ~110 million gallons of gasoline per year in the U.S. with heat exchangers acting as heat recovery ventilators in the air conditioning systems. Even more energy could be saved with in-vehicle heat exchangers by reducing heating energy in plug-in vehicles. Currently, vehicles do not have heat recovery ventilators because of the high cost of conventional metal heat exchangers. To overcome this challenge, low-cost expanded polymer microchannel heat exchangers were studied. Forward conduction laser welding was used to join 25-micron thick linear low-density polyethylene sheets, which were then fixed into shape and expanded. The microchannel polymer heat exchangers were tested at various air flow rates. At the maximum flow rate, the effectiveness was ~70% and the implications of this expanded heat exchanger in other applications are discussed.

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See Also

In the news

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