Development of advanced microchannel heat exchangers

• Project/Area Number: 18206101
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Energy engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: HARADA Masayuki (2008) Tokyo Institute of Technology, 原子炉工学研究所, 助教 (60133120); 原田 雅幸 (2008) Tokyo Institute of Technology, 原子炉工学研究所, 助教 (20156516); 加藤 恭義 (2006-2007) Tokyo Institute of Technology, 原子炉工学研究所, 教授 (50323837)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HARADA Masayuki 東京工業大学, 原子炉工学研究所, 助教 (60133120) ; 原田 雅幸 東京工業大学, 原子炉工学研究所, 助教 (20156516)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥49,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥37,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥11,370,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥12,870,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,970,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥18,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,350,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000)
• Keywords: マイクロチャンネル熱交換器 / 三次元熱流動解析 / 二相流 / 超臨界二酸化炭素 / 熱工学 / 熱交換器 / 混相流 / 沸騰 / 凝縮 / 復水器 / 二酸化炭素 / 排熱回収

Research Abstract

液体二酸化炭素により冷却する蒸気タービンの復水器を対象として、二相流間の新型高性能マイクロチャンネル熱交換器の流路最適化と設計を行い、試験体を作成して、その性能を実験的に検証した。受熱側・与熱側それぞれの三次元熱流動解析と可視化実験から最適化された流路形状試験体を用い、超臨界二酸化炭素/水間伝熱流動試験装置の試験より、高い総括伝熱係数が得られ、凝縮・沸騰二相流間の熱交換器として、新型高性能マイクロチャンネル熱交換器の優位性が明らかとなった。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Advanced High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Systems (2009)
  • Author(s): Y. Kato
  • Journal Title: J. Eng. Gas Turbines and Power (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Advanced Microchannel Heat Exchanger with S-shaped Fins (2009)
  • Author(s): T. Tsuzuki, Y. Kato, K. Nikitin and T. Ishizuka
  • Journal Title: J. Nuclear Science and Technology (in press, published)
  • NAID: 10024972911
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Advanced MicroChannel Heat Exchanger with S-shaped Fins (2009)
  • Author(s): T. Tsuzuki, Y. Kato, K. Nikitin, T. Ishizuka
  • Journal Title: T. Tsuzuki, Y. Kato, K. Nikitin, T. Ishizuka 46(印刷中)
  • NAID: 10024972911
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Generalized Mean Temperature Difference (GMTD) Method for Heat Exchangers (2008)
  • Author(s): M. Utamura, K. Nikitin and Y. Kato
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Nuclear Energy Science and Technology 4 (to be published) Pages: 11-31
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Steam Condensing - Liquid CO_2 Boiling Heat Transfer in a Steam Condenser for a New Heat Recovery System (2008)
  • Author(s): K. Nikitin, Y. Kato and T. Ishizuka
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Heat and Mass Transfer 51 Pages: 4544-4550
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Generalized Mean Temperature Difference (GMTD)Method for Heat Exchangers (2008)
  • Author(s): Motoaki Utamura, Konstantin 9Nikitin, Yasuyoshi Kato
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Nuclear Energy Science and Technology 4 Pages: 11-31
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Steam Condensing - Liquid CO_2 Boiling Heat Transfer in a Steam Condenser for a New Heat Recovery System (2008)
  • Author(s): K. Nikitin, Y. Kato, T. Ishizuka
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Heat and Mass Transfer 51 Pages: 4544-4550
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Steam condensing-liquid CO_2 boiling heat transfer in a steam condenser for a new heat recovery system (2008)
  • Author(s): K. Nikitin, 他
  • Journal Title: J. Heat and Mass Transfer (掲載決定)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 熱交換器の性能解析における対数平均温度作法の一般化 (2007)
  • Author(s): 宇多村元昭, ニキチンコンスタンチン, 加藤恭義
  • Journal Title: Thermal Science and Engineering 15(3) Pages: 163-173
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations of Microchannel Heat Exchangers with S-Shaped and Zigzag Fins for Carbon Dioxide Cycles (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Lam, Y. Kato, K. Nikitin and N. Tsuzuki
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 32 Pages: 560-570
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] High Performance Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Tsuzuki, Y. Kato and T. Ishizuka
  • Journal Title: Applied Thermal Engineering 27 Pages: 1702-1707
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 熱交換器の性能解析における対数平均温度作法の一般化 (2007)
  • Author(s): 宇多村元昭, 他
  • Journal Title: Thermal Science and Engineering 15 Pages: 163-173
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations of microchannel heat exchangers with S-shaped and zigzag fins for carbon dioxidecycles (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Lam, 他
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 32 Pages: 560-570
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] High performance printed circuit heat exchanger (2007)
  • Author(s): N. Tsuzuki, 他
  • Journal Title: Applied Thermal Engineering 27 Pages: 1702-1707
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 新型マイクロチャンネル熱交換器の開発(7) 高速ビデオでの凝縮現像観察による熱交換器凝縮面形状の最適化 (2007)
  • Author(s): 加藤恭義, 他
  • Journal Title: 日本原子力学会 2007春の年会予稿集 Pages: 480-480
• [Journal Article] New Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger with S-Shaped Fins for Hot Water Supplier (2006)
  • Author(s): T. L. Ngo, Y. Kato, K. Nikitin and N. Tsuzuki
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 30 Pages: 811-819
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger Thermal-Hydraulic Performance in Supercritical CO_2 Experimental Loop (2006)
  • Author(s): K. Nikitin, Y. Kato and T. L. Ngo
  • Journal Title: Int'l. J. Refrigeration 29 Pages: 807-814
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] S字型ツインを有する新型マイクロチャンネル熱交換器の流路形状最適化 (2009)
  • Author(s): 都築宣嘉
  • Organizer: 日本原子力学会2009年春の年会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京工業大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-24
• [Presentation] S字型フィンを有する新型マイクロチャンネル熱交換器の流路形状最適化 (2009)
  • Author(s): 都築宣嘉
  • Organizer: 日本原子力学会2009年春の年会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京工業大学
• [Presentation] Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations of Carbon Dioxide around Critical Point in MicroChannel Heat Exchangers (2008)
  • Author(s): Y, Kato, T. Lam, K. Nikitin, M. Utamura
  • Organizer: 1^<st> European Conf. on Microfluidics-Microfluidics 2008
  • Place of Presentation: Bologna, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-12
• [Presentation] An Advanced Concept for High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (2008)
  • Author(s): Y, Kato
  • Organizer: 4^<th> Int'l Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Washington D. C., U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-29
• [Presentation] Advanced MicroChannel Heat Exchanger with S-shaped Fins (2008)
  • Author(s): N. Tsuzuki, Y. Kato
  • Organizer: ECI Intemational conference on heat transfer and fluid flow in microscale III
  • Place of Presentation: Whistler, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-23
• [Presentation] Empirical Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations for a New Microchannel Heat Exchanger between Carbon Dioxide and Waters (2008)
  • Author(s): Y. Kato, T. Lam, K. Nikitin, M. Utamura
  • Organizer: 8^<th> Gustav Lorentzen Natural Working Fluids Conf.
  • Place of Presentation: Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-07
• [Presentation] Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations of Carbon Dioxide around Critical Point in Microchannel Heat Exchangers (2008)
  • Author(s): Y. Kato, T. Lam, K. Nikitin, and M. Utamura
  • Organizer: Proc. 1^<st> European Conf. on Microfluidics -Microfluidics 2008
  • Place of Presentation: Bologna, Italy(μFLU08-155)
• [Presentation] An Advanced Concept for High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (2008)
  • Author(s): Y. Kato
  • Organizer: Proc. 4^<th>Int'l Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology, HTR2008
  • Place of Presentation: Washington D.C., U.S.A(HTR2008-58324)
• [Presentation] Advanced Microchannel Heat Exchanger with S-Shaped Fins (2008)
  • Author(s): N. Tsuzuki and Y. Kato
  • Organizer: Proc. Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microscale-III
  • Place of Presentation: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
• [Presentation] Empirical Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations for a New Microchannel Heat Exchanger between Carbon Dioxide and Waters (2008)
  • Author(s): Y. Kato, T. Lam, K. Nikitin, and M. Utamura
  • Organizer: Proc. 8^<th> Gustav Lorentzen Natural Working Fluids Conf.
  • Place of Presentation: Copenhagen, Denmark
• [Presentation] Proc. 6^<th> Intl. Conf. on Enhanced, Compact and Ultra-Compact Heat Exchangers : Science (2007)
  • Author(s): A Microchannel Heat Exchanger with CO_2 Boiling Heat Transfer for a Waste Heat Recovery System
  • Organizer: Engineering and Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Potsdam, Germany
• [Presentation] Experimental Thermal-Hydraulics Comparison of Microchannel Heat Exchanger with Zigzag Channels and S-shaped Fins for Gas Turbine Reactors (2007)
  • Author(s): K. Nikitin, N. Tsuzuki, Y. Kato T. Ishizuka and L. Ngo
  • Organizer: Proc. 15^h Int'l. Conf. on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-15)
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya(ICONE15-10826)
• [Presentation] Empirical Correlations for Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a New Microchannel Hot Water Supplier (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Lam, Y. Kato, K. Nikitin, N. Tsuzuki and M. Utamura
  • Organizer: Proc. Heat SET 2007, Int'l. Conf. on Heat Transfer in Components and Systems for Sustainable Energy Technologies
  • Place of Presentation: Chambery, France
• [Presentation] A microchannel heat exchanger with steam condensing and CO_2 boiling heat transfer for a waste heat recovery system (2007)
  • Author(s): 石塚隆雄, 他
  • Organizer: Sixth International Conference on Enhanced, Compact and Ultra-Compact Heat Exchangers: Science, Engineering and Technology
  • Place of Presentation: ポツダム(ドイツ)
• [Presentation] An advanced energy system with nuclear reactors as an energy source (2007)
  • Author(s): 加藤恭義, 他
  • Organizer: ICENES 2007, 13th Int'l. Conf. on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems
  • Place of Presentation: イスタンブール(トルコ)
• [Presentation] An advanced energy system using a small fast reactor as an energy source (2007)
  • Author(s): 加藤恭義, 他
  • Organizer: Intern. Conf. on Advances in Nuclear Science and Engineering 2007
  • Place of Presentation: バンドン(インドネシア)
• [Presentation] Advanced Microchannel Heat Exchanger with Low Pressure Drop and High Heat Transfer Performance (2006)
  • Author(s): N. Tsuzuki, Y. Kato and T. Ishizuka
  • Organizer: Proc. Micro and Nanoscale Flows : Advancing the Engineering Science and Design Conf.
  • Place of Presentation: Glasgow, U. K.
• [Presentation] Empirical Correlations for Thermal-Hydraulic Characteristics of Compact Heat Exchangers with Microchannels (2006)
  • Author(s): M. Utamura, Y. Kato, K. Nikitin, T. L. Ngo and T. Ishizuka
  • Organizer: Proc. 5^<th> Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS5)
  • Place of Presentation: Jeju, Korea
• [Presentation] Steam Condensing-Liquid CO_2 Boiling Heat Transfer in a Steam Condenser for a New Heat Recovery System (2006)
  • Author(s): K. Nikitin, Y. Kato and T. Ishizuka
  • Organizer: Proc. 6^<th> Int'l. Conf. on Boiling Heat Transfer
  • Place of Presentation: Spoleto, Italy