Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger Technology

S. O., Application of printed circuit heat exchanger technology within heterogeneous catalytic reactors, in Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting, 2001. 

It is highly relevant to note that some of the most compact intensified process plants are fabricated nsing methodologies developed within the electronics sector - micro-technology and MEMS, (nficro-electro-mechanical systems) are synonymous with modem manufacturing technology and also with intensification. The Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger (Chapter 4), as its name implies, bears not a small relationship to electronics. 

The supercritical (SC) C02Brayton cycle has been optimized on paper and control strategies are under current study. Testing is being initiated on printed circuit heat exchanger components, which hold potential for recuperator size and cost reduction. An entire SC-CO2 Brayton cycle prototype will have to be built and tested to bring the technology to a state of... 

The UK pioneered advanced compact heat exchangers, such as the printed circuit (PCHEs) and Marbond units in the process industries, and the success of initiatives in this area - which led to the emphasis of enhancement and PI - was seen by many as the first official recognition of process intensification technologies as major tools in aiding more efficient use of energy. This has now extended internationally and to reactors (Haugwitz et al., 2007), as illustrated in Chapter 5. 

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