Abstract
Heat exchangers form a vital part of many processes including energy recovery application. Heat exchanger is defined as a device that is used to transfer heat or energy between two streams. The transfer involves two or more fluids which can be single or two phases depending on the exchanger type. Heat exchangers are classified into flow configurations (such as counter-flow, cross-flow, co-current flow and hybrid flows) and construction (recuperative and regenerative). Heat exchangers have been widely utilised in both cooling and heating process within various industries and fields. In an energy recovery system, heat exchanger is the heart of the system in which energy or heat and/or mass is transferred from one stream to another stream. It is the core of the system consisting of matrix containing the heat and mass transfer areas. In this chapter, construction method, flow configurations and heat and mass transfer mechanism as well as literatures related to heat exchangers are discussed. Recent developments of heat exchangers, including application for energy recovery, are also summarised and reported.
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Ahmad, M.I., Riffat, S. (2020). Heat Exchanger: The Heart of Energy Recovery System. In: Energy Recovery Technology for Building Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50006-1_4
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