Abstract
Controlling the temperature of the air flow during printing can greatly improve the data measurement of air flow and the printing effect of selective laser melting equipment. In this study, an aluminum-welded heat exchanger was designed and manufactured combined with an engineering application example. The thermal performances of heat exchanger were carried out by experiment and numerical simulation in Comsol Multiphysics. Results show that the model has high accuracy (the relative error is less than 12% in most cases and the absolute error is less than 16 Pa below the flow rate of 350 m3/h), and the overall pipeline resistance loss is small. The temperature difference between outlet and inlet is always lower than 6.5 °C during actual working conditions, which meets the requirements for use. The research can provide good theoretical guidance for the design and application of aluminum heat exchangers.
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