An experiment on heat and mass transfer of a hollow fiber membrane heat exchanger proposed in our study was conducted with water as a working medium and Poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PDVF)as a membrane material. The influence of inlet temperature and flow rate of the solution on heat and mass transfer of the heat exchanger was explored under the counter flow condition. Moreover
a brass shell-and-tube heat exchanger with the same size as the membrane one was fabricated to compare its heat transfer
pressure drop and other character istics with those of the membrane heat exchanger. The experimental and theoretical studies indicate that although the thermal conductivity of the membrane materials is lower
the heat transfer capability of the membrane heat exchanger is higher due to its larger contact surface between the hot fluid and cold fluid
especially
the latent heat of the vapor caused by the mass transfer from the hot side to the cold side. The experimental result shows that the performance of the membrane heat exchanger is better than that of the metal one at the low flow rate under the experimental operation conditions. However
when the flow velocity in the tubes increases
the frictional resistance in the membrane heat exchanger is far larger than that in the metal heat exchanger. It seems that the present heat exchanger could be applied under low flow rate conditions.
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