date-created: '2012-05-30'
date-updated: '2025-11-28'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'Expanded microchannel heat exchanger'
description: 'Expanded microchannel heat exchanger: design, fabrication and preliminary experimental test This paper first reviews non-traditional heat exchanger geometry, laser welding, practical issues with microchannel heat exchangers, and high effectiveness heat exchangers. Existing microchannel heat exchangers have low material costs, but high manufacturing costs. This paper presents a new expanded microchannel heat exchanger design and accompanying continuous manufacturing technique for potential low-cost production. Polymer heat exchangers have the potential for high effectiveness. The paper discusses one possible joining method - a new type of laser welding named "forward conduction welding," used to fabricate the prototype.'
keywords: 'Energy conservation, Heat exchangers, microchannel heat exchanger, Energy efficiency'
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        user-handle: U
version: 47
development-stage: D
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    documentation: C
licensor:
    name: U
    affliation: C
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documentation-home: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Expanded_microchannel_heat_exchanger'
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