{"id":5069,"date":"2023-08-09T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/neuartige-waermeuebertragerplatten-zbt-projekt-als-gvt-projekt-des-jahres-ausgezeichnet\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:36:45","slug":"novel-heat-exchanger-plates-zbt-project-honoured-as-gvt-project-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/news\/novel-heat-exchanger-plates-zbt-project-honoured-as-gvt-project-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Novel heat exchanger plates: ZBT project honoured as \"GVT Project of the Year\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"intro-grid intro-grid--white\" dir=\"rtl\">\n    <div class=\"intro-grid__content\" dir=\"ltr\">\n        <h1 class=\"intro-grid__heading\">Novel heat exchanger plates: ZBT project honoured as &#8220;GVT Project of the Year\u201c<\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"intro-grid__teaser\"><div class=\"teaser-text\">\n<div class=\"teaser-text\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Dr Marco Grundler and Paul Stannek from ZBT are pleased to receive the &#8220;GVT Project of the Year 2023&#8221; award. Together with researchers from the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University (RPTU), they have developed heat exchanger plates made of graphite-filled polymer for corrosive environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news-img-wrap\">\n<div class=\"outer\">\n<div class=\"mediaelement mediaelement-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"intro-grid__text\"><p class=\"bodytext\">Metallic plate\u00a0<b>heat exchangers<\/b>\u00a0transfer heat optimally, but naturally have disadvantages in corrosive environments. Pure polymers withstand the harsh conditions but weaken in heat transfer. What would happen if thermoplastics were filled with\u00a0<b>thermally conductive graphite particles<\/b>? Researchers from ZBT and the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) investigated this question in a joint project that has now been awarded the &#8220;GVT Project of the Year 2023&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <figure class=\"intro-grid__figure\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-1024x693.jpg\" class=\"intro-grid__image\" alt=\"ZBT researchers are delighted with the success of their project and proudly present their award\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-2048x1386.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-1320x893.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n                            <div class=\"intro-grid__overlay\" \/>\n                    <\/figure>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"teaser-grid teaser-grid--white\"\n    dir=\"ltr\">\n    <div class=\"teaser-grid__content\" dir=\"ltr\">\n        <h2 class=\"teaser-grid__heading\"> <\/h2>\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid__text\"><aside>\n<aside>\n<section>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The GVT (Forschungs-Gesellschaft Verfahrens-Technik) is a non-profit association in Germany that promotes science, research and professional training in the field of process engineering.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The idea behind it: Graphite bipolar plates for fuel cells have been produced in a very similar way for quite some time \u2013 whereby the main focus here is on electrical conductivity and only secondarily on heat conduction. Can the principle be transferred to heat exchanger plates?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <figure class=\"teaser-grid__figure\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1485\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-scaled.jpg\" class=\"teaser-grid__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-2048x1188.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-1320x766.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n        <div class=\"flex teaser-grid__overlay teaser-grid__overlay--blue\">\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"teaser-grid teaser-grid--white\"\n    dir=\"rtl\">\n    <div class=\"teaser-grid__content\" dir=\"ltr\">\n        <h2 class=\"teaser-grid__heading\"> <\/h2>\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid__text\"><p class=\"bodytext\">To make a long story short: It works. The highly filled heat exchanger plates with a plate thickness between 0.5 mm and 2.5 mm have a\u00a0<b>thermal conductivity<\/b>\u00a0up to 15 times higher than plates made of pure polymer, the researchers from ZBT and RPTU have determined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">But the scientists didn&#8217;t just look at the material, they also scrutinised the\u00a0<b>production techniques<\/b>. They should be as simple as possible, automated and suitable for mass production. &#8220;With\u00a0<b>extrusion and embossing<\/b>, not only the desired properties can be created, this also makes cost-effective production possible and the use in industry economically feasible,&#8221; explains Dr Marco Grundler, group leader of compound technology at ZBT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <figure class=\"teaser-grid__figure\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1627\" height=\"1107\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB.jpg\" class=\"teaser-grid__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB-1536x1045.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB-1320x898.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1627px) 100vw, 1627px\" \/>\n        <div class=\"flex teaser-grid__overlay teaser-grid__overlay--blue\">\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"text-teaser text-teaser--white\">\n  <h2 class=\"text-teaser__heading\"> <\/h2>\n  <div class=\"text-teaser__text\"><p class=\"bodytext\">According to the researchers, the embossing seems to lead to a shift in the internal graphite structure. This results in a\u00a0<b>further improvement<\/b>\u00a0of the thermal conductivity by 7 to 20 percent compared to the unembossed sheets. With low panel thicknesses, heat transfer coefficients of up to 1850 W\/m\u00b2K could thus be achieved. This makes the performance of the developed materials quite comparable to that of metallic materials in a wide range of process conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The scientists also tested the plates for\u00a0<b>mechanical stability<\/b>, thermal performance and susceptibility to fouling in order to evaluate their suitability as an alternative to metallic plate heat exchangers. The plates get their stability from both the filler and the specific geometry with support points. &#8220;Our plates are so stable that process pressures of at least 4.8 bar are possible,&#8221; emphasises Paul Stannek from ZBT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The\u00a0<b>fouling tests<\/b>\u00a0with calcium sulphate and calcium carbonate show a significantly lower fouling susceptibility of the developed materials compared to the reference material stainless steel. &#8220;This quickly compensates for differences in performance during operation,&#8221; Grundler finds.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><i>&#8220;Every year, GVT successfully manages about 20 to 30 projects of the Industrial Cooperative Research IGF. Every year, about 10 new projects are added and an equally large number of projects are successfully completed each year. From the pool of successfully completed projects, the GVT Research Advisory Board selects one excellent example each year as GVT Project of the Year. In keeping with the spirit of the IGF, the projects of the year are convincing in terms of scientific quality and economic relevance at the same time.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nGVT &#8211; Forschungs-Gesellschaft Verfahrens-Technik e.V.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">According to the researchers, the demonstrated process for manufacturing graphite-filled polymer plate heat exchangers offers significant\u00a0<b>advantages<\/b>\u00a0over processes in which time-consuming post-processing of the plates is necessary. The combination of the extrusion process and the subsequent embossing process for the insertion of structures makes it possible to produce the thermal plates thinly, cost-effectively and with lower energy input, even in small and medium-sized companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Grundler&#8217;s conclusion: &#8220;We estimate that the use of our heat exchangers will lead to advantages in terms of investment as well as operating costs compared to the alternatives available on the market in the corrosion and high temperature range.&#8221; According to the researchers, the reasons for this are, on the one hand, the\u00a0<b>cost-effective raw materials<\/b>\u00a0<b>and manufacturing processes<\/b>\u00a0and the low susceptibility to fouling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The scientific quality and economic relevance of the project convinced the GVT research advisory board. It selected the project by Marco Grundler and Paul Stannek from ZBT and Hendrik Kiepfer from RPTU as the\u00a0<b>GVT Project of the Year 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel Cells and Stacks Department<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">\n<b>Project title:<\/b><br \/>\nDevelopment of highly filled thin-walled plastic elements with improved heat transport properties in the corrosion range.<br \/>\nIGF No. 20999 N<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><b>Project period:<\/b>\u00a002\/2020 to 10\/2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><b>Project partners:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ZBT &#8211; The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center<\/li>\n<li>Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU),\u00a0<a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Opens external link in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/mv.rptu.de\/en\/dpts\/tvt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chair of Thermal Process Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"image-collection image-collection--white\">\n            <h4 class=\"image-collection__heading\">Image Collection<\/h4>\n                <div class=\"image-collection__grid\">\n                            \n                                <div class=\"image-collection__item\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-scaled.jpg\"  data-fancybox=\"image-collection__6ae32bc1f047f\"   data-caption=\"Award winners: Marco Grundler (right) and Paul Stannek are delighted with the success of their project.\"  class=\"image-collection__link\">\n                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gvt-projekt-des-jahres-waermeuebertragerplatten-stannek-grundler-zuschnitt-hires-1-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"Award winners: Marco Grundler (right) and Paul Stannek are delighted with the success of their project.\">\n                  <\/a>\n                                    <span class=\"image-collection__caption\">Award winners: Marco Grundler (right) and Paul Stannek are delighted with the success of their project.<\/span>\n                                  <\/div>\n                                            \n                                <div class=\"image-collection__item\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-scaled.jpg\"  data-fancybox=\"image-collection__6ae32bc1f047f\"   data-caption=\"The newly developed graphite-filled polymer heat exchanger plates can definitely keep up with metallic plates in terms of performance, but offer advantages in corrosive environments.\n\n\"  class=\"image-collection__link\">\n                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/waermeuebertragerplatte-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"The newly developed graphite-filled polymer heat exchanger plates can definitely keep up with metallic plates in terms of performance, but offer advantages in corrosive environments.\n\n\">\n                  <\/a>\n                                    <span class=\"image-collection__caption\">The newly developed graphite-filled polymer heat exchanger plates can definitely keep up with metallic plates in terms of performance, but offer advantages in corrosive environments.\n\n<\/span>\n                                  <\/div>\n                                            \n                                <div class=\"image-collection__item\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB.jpg\"  data-fancybox=\"image-collection__6ae32bc1f047f\"   class=\"image-collection__link\">\n                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zbt.de\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AiF_Logo_Claim_unten_RGB-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                  <\/a>\n                                  <\/div>\n                                            \n                                <div 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