Effect of the plates geometry on the performance of a cross-flow recuperator for indirect evaporative cooling systems

Author:

Caruana Roberta,Marocco Luca,De Antonellis Stefano,Guilizzoni Manfredo

Abstract

Abstract In recent years, Indirect Evaporative Cooling (IEC) is becoming a very interesting technology, as it can guarantee a good cooling effectiveness with low energy demand, thus helping to face the issues of climate change. In this work, a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model has been used to evaluate the effects of the plates geometry on the performance of a recuperator for IEC systems with dry primary and secondary channels. The model was validated against experimental data for a cross-flow IEC system with dimpled plates, and the validation results were quite satisfactory. Therefore, five types of dimpled plates differing from the original one in shape and size of the dimples were investigated. The results showed that a good trade-off between the improvement of dry-bulb effectiveness and restrained pressure losses along the channels is obtained with dimples in the shape of right prisms with either triangular, or pentagonal, or circular base section, depending on the application.

Publisher

IOP Publishing

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