Comparison of the effect of soot deposition on the flow and thermal characteristics of finned-plate-type and shell-and-tube-type exhaust gas recirculation cooling devices

Experiments were conducted to characterize the effect that diesel soot deposition has on the operational characteristics of a finned-plate-type compact exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooling device for Reynolds numbers from approximately 900 to 1200, typical of the values used in EGR applications. The results show that the Colburn j factor did not change significantly during diesel exhaust gas exposure for 5h at the lower Reynolds number, but …