A review on polymer heat exchangers for HVAC&R applications

Thermal Conductivity of Nanoparticles Filled Polymers

“…a few angstroms) due to phonon scattering from numerous defects, leading to a very low thermal conductivity of polymers (Agari et al, 1997). Table 1 displays the thermal conductivities of some polymers (T'Joen et al, 2009), (Hu et al, 2007) and (Speight, 2005 (Hu et al, 2007) and (Speight, 2005).…”

Introductory Chapter: Advanced Features and Applications of Heat Exchangers–An Outline

“…This can be evidenced from a recent review paper by Chen et al [4] who reported developments including theoretical modeling, experimental findings, heat transfer enhancement methods of polymer materials, and a wide range of applications of polymer heat exchangers. Another interesting review work by T'Joen et al [5] discussed the use of polymer matrix composites in HVAC&R applications, showing how a careful material selection and modification of the design allows to fully exploit the material properties.…”

A Comprehensive Review on the Nanofluids Application in the Tubular Heat Exchangers

“…Their applications varied from HVAC systems (Kakac and Liu, 2002), automotive (T'Joen et al, 2009), process application (Nieh et al, 2014), power plants and oil and gas industries [19][20][21][22][23] (Zilio and Mancin, 2015;Llopis et al, 2008;Anisur et al, 2014;Zeng et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2013), refrigeration systems (Sarkar, 2011) and so on.…”