Market Analysis of Heat Exchangers in Automotive Systems
A heat Exchanger as the name suggests is a device that is used to transfer heat from one medium to another while making use of utilities. The utilities used often consist of two fluids that flow in close proximity to one another and are separated by a material with strong heat transfer capabilities, frequently metals. Market analysis suggests that there are two distinctive types of utilities that come into play within a heat exchanger, i.e. Hot and Cold. As they both move through the heat exchanger, the hot utilities, i.e. the fluid with the greatest initial temperature, transfer heat to the cold utilities. Thus, using the basics of heat transfer, the temperature of the hot utility is lowered while that of the cold utility is raised. Heat exchangers that are used for automobiles with an internal combustion engine are as follows: heater, radiator, evaporator, condenser, oil cooler, as well as charge air cooler depending on the heating and air conditioning associated with the ...