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Effect of a Tension on Pressure Drop Across the Flexible Bank of Polymeric Hollow Fibres in Crossflow
Kroulíková, Tereza ; Baláš, Marek (referee) ; Dančová,, Petra (referee) ; Hnízdil, Milan (advisor)
Pressure drop, such as the heat transfer rate, is an important parameter in heat exchanger design. Its values also determine the required pump performance for given medium. Several empirical relationships defined for calculating the pressure drop over a bank of tubes have been preserved from the last century; however, these relationships are based on measurements performed on large rigid tubes, thus, they do not include flexibility of thin fibres, and the pressure drop values calculated by the model might not reflect reality. This dissertation thesis discusses the air-side pressure drop of a bank of hollow polymer fibres, in particular, the effect of the tension in said fibers. Therefore, other possible effects of influence, such as random fiber pitches and fiber length differences, were minimized. A special device was made for tensioning the hollow fibre heat exchanger in order to measure the pressure drop. A set of measurements was performed, and the measured values were analysed and compared to two empirical models. At the end of the thesis, two model proposals for two geometries, namely for heat exchangers with a staggered design and dimensionless pitches of 2x2 and 2x3.
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