Plate Heat Exchanger Efficiency

Authors

  • Muhamad Redza Kamarulzaman Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Author
  • Mohamad Farid Sies Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Author

Keywords:

Heat Exchanger, Plate Heat Exchanger, Co-current flow rate, Counter current flow rate, Hot water constant, Cold water constant, Heat transfer coefficient, Heat transfer, Efficiency, LMTD

Abstract

The research project to find the efficiency of the model plate heat exchanger. Plate heat exchanger with the flowrate of co-current and counter current. The study analyze between hot water constant and cold water constant of the power lost, efficiency, LMTD and the heat transfer coefficient. Experiment with an experimental heat exchanger model under different flow rates for the hot and cold water (2LPM, 4LPM, 6LPM, 8LPM, 10LPM) .The key parameter are the water flow rates and temperature. The study maintaining hot water and cold water constant flow rate (7.5LPM), reveal that  the efficiency for the counter current drop as the flow rates increases. The co-current flow especially the hot water constant shows that the efficiency is increasing stable  showing a stable plate heat exchanger compare to counter current flow

Author Biographies

  • Muhamad Redza Kamarulzaman, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

    Department of Technology Mechanical

    Faculty Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

  • Mohamad Farid Sies, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

    Department of Technology Mechanical 

    Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

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Published

05-09-2025

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Section

Panel Loji (BDJ)

How to Cite

Kamarulzaman, M. R., & Sies, M. F. (2025). Plate Heat Exchanger Efficiency. Research Progress in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 6(1), 209-215. https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/periodicals/index.php/rpmme/article/view/18802