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This paper presents a life prediction method based on several accelerated life test data for brazed plate heat exchanger. For this purpose, accelerated life tests were performed with pressure cycle and fluid temperature as accelerating stresses. Statistical analyses of the two test data sets and their combination were conducted. As a result, the shape parameter of Weibull distribution, the accelerating index of pressure cycle, the activation energy, and the life cycles under normal use conditions for the brazed plate heat exchanger were obtained.
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Mu-Seong Chang received his Ph.D. degree in industrial and systems engineering from Changwon National University in 2007. He is a senior researcher at the Reliability Assessment Center of the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Korea. His research interests include reliability engineering, accelerated life testing methodology, and applied statistics.
Tae-Kook Park received his M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Korea Maritime University in 1999. He is a senior researcher at the Reliability Assessment Center of the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Korea. His research interests are heat exchanger and reliability research about machinery components.
Baek-Ju Sung received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Chungnam National University in 2006. He received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering for Busan National University in 1992 and 1990, respectively. His research interests are electrical actuator and reliability research about machinery components.
Byung-Oh Choi received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Hanyang University, Korea, in 1978 and his M.S. degree from South Dakota State University in 1985. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla, USA, in 1991. He is currently the director of the Reliability Assessment Center at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, where he is a distinguished research fellow.
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Chang, MS., Park, TK., Sung, BJ. et al. Life prediction of brazed plate heat exchanger based on several accelerated life test data. J Mech Sci Technol 29, 2341–2348 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-0526-y
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