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This free seminar is intended for current and prospective GT-SUITE users who are responsible for modeling heat exchanger components as well as populating/maintaining databases of them. Heat exchangers are becoming increasingly important to handle the distribution and removal of energy as thermal management systems become more complex and play a more significant role in energy efficiency, performance, and occupant comfort. Modeling them following best practices is a critical step to building a high quality and accurate system model.
The seminar will discuss best practices, including common questions and modeling mistakes. It will cover heat exchangers built in v2019 and earlier as well as the new heat exchanger templates introduced in v2020, which were further enhanced in v2021. Some of the topics include:
- Geometry definition for Tube-Fin and Plate heat exchangers, including newly supported configurations
- Methods to verify measured heat transfer data
- Best modeling options for pressure drop
- Process to calibrate empirical correlation parameters to measured pressure drop and heat transfer data
- Scaling and extrapolation (different fluids, flow rates outside of the range of measurement data, etc.)
- Brief overview of newly supported Coil heat exchangers