A review: Cfd approaches of plate heat exchangers

Abstract

In this paper, a review of some numerical researches and studies of plate heat exchangers PHEs was carried out according to the methods of computational fluid dynamics CFD. The review includes the most prominent operations of preparing the numerical study such as the calculation domain, methods of forming the computational grid and how to test its independence, the applied boundary conditions, turbulence models used in modelling the flow, the methods used for the solution, and how to validate of the results of the numerical study. New methods that contribute to improving mesh quality have also been reviewed. Recommendations were also made on conducting numerical studies of PHEs.