A Quantitative Energy Efficiency Index for Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of Plate Heat Exchanger in Commercial Vehicle
摘要
Heat transfer and energy conservation are crucial for plate heat exchangers (PHEs). To set up a criterion covering heat transfer and energy conservation for PHEs, a numerical analysis on the PHEs from commercial electric vehicle was performed and verified by its corresponding experiment. Then, via the derived entropy generation and JF factor, a quantitative energy efficiency index (EEI) was proposed in terms of j and f factors. This work may somehow offer a reference for the PHE comprehensive optimization.