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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 25, 2012
EFM11 – Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2011
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Article Number | 02006 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2010 (Selected Papers) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122502006 | |
Published online | 16 April 2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122502006
Heat exchanger leakage problem location
FSI VUT v Brně, Technická 2896/2, 616 69
Brno
e-mail: hejcik@fme.vutbr.cz,
jicha@fme.vutbr.cz
Recent compact heat exchangers are very often assembled from numerous parts joined together to separate heat transfer fluids and to form the required heat exchanger arrangement. Therefore, the leak tightness is very important property of the compact heat exchangers. Although, the compact heat exchangers have been produced for many years, there are still technological problems associated with manufacturing of the ideal connection between the individual parts, mainly encountered with special purpose heat exchangers, e.g. gas turbine recuperators. This paper describes a procedure used to identify the leakage location inside the prime surface gas turbine recuperator. For this purpose, an analytical model of the leaky gas turbine recuperator was created to assess its performance. The results obtained are compared with the experimental data which were acquired during the recuperator thermal performance analysis. The differences between these two data sets are used to indicate possible leakage areas.
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