Pressure Drop Characterization of Congealed Oil Flow in Compact Heat Exchangers

Honeywell International, Inc. Engineering, 2006-07

Liaison(s): Steve White, Joe Borghese
Advisor(s): Erik Spjut
Students(s): Fiela Gutierrez (TL), Josh Hwung, Alex Lynch (S), Todd Taniguchi, Elton Wong (S), Andres Diego Gonzalez (F)

The Honeywell Aerospace Clinic Team was tasked to characterize congealed oil flow across a compact plate finned heat exchanger and determine where the current model describing oil flow breaks down. Tackling the difficulty of performing experiments at extreme conditions, the data, which describes the pressure drops across the heat exchanger, were collected. With the data, a theoretical model was developed to capture the perceived behavior of congealed oil flow.