Experimental Investigation and Comparison on Fin Surfaces Performance of Flat Tube Heat Exchangers

2011 ◽  
Vol 354-355 ◽  
pp. 389-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Qi Dong ◽  
Qian Chen ◽  
Wu Jie Wei
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Flat Tube ◽  
Louvered Fin ◽  
Performance Of Heat Transfer ◽  
Offset Strip Fin

An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of flat tube heat exchangers with plain, wavy, louvered and offset strip fin surfaces. Results are presented as plots of Colburn j factor and friction factor f against Reynolds in the range of 600-6500. Additionally, the dimensional heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop are presented as a function of frontal air velocity. Finally, two comparison methods are adopted to evaluate the air side performance of the plain fin, wavy fin, louvered fin and offset strip fin surface. The results show that the offset strip fin has the best performance of heat transfer enhancement.

Experimental Study on Heat Transfer Performances of Flat Tube Bank Fin Heat Exchanger Using Four Different Fin Patterns

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Cai Zheng ◽  
Song Liu ◽  
Zhi-Min Lin ◽  
Jaafar Nugud ◽  
Liang-Chen Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Tube Bank ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Flat Tube ◽  
Louvered Fin ◽  
Delta Winglet ◽  
Better Than

Air-side heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of four different fin patterns suitable for flat tube bank fin heat exchangers are investigated experimentally. The fin patterns are the fin with six dimples, the fin with nine dimples, the double louvered fin, and the fin with delta-winglet vortex generators (VGs). The corresponding plain fins (plain fin I and plain fin II) are used as the references for evaluating the thermal performances of these fin patterns under identical pump power constraint. The performance of the fin with the six dimples is better than that with nine dimples. The performance of the fin with delta-winglet VGs is better than that of the double louvered fin, and the performance of the latter is better than that of the fins with six or nine dimples. In the tested Reynolds number range, the heat transfer enhancement performance factor of the fin with six dimples, the fin with nine dimples, the double louvered fin, and the fin with delta-winglet VGs is 1.2–1.3, 1.1–1.2, 1.3–1.6, and 1.4–1.6, respectively. The correlations of Nusselt number and friction factor with Reynolds number for the fins with six/nine dimples and the double louvered fin are obtained. These correlations are useful to design flat tube bank fin heat exchangers.

Simulation Investigation on Multi-Unit Parallel-Flow Type Condenser with Flat Tubes Distribution

2013 ◽  
Vol 423-426 ◽  
pp. 1910-1913
Author(s):  
Jian Rong Du ◽  
Zu Yi Zheng ◽  
Jun Hua Wan ◽  
Yi De Wang ◽  
Zhong Min Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Flat Tube ◽  
Tube Arrangement ◽  
First Pass ◽  
Flat Tubes

Three heat exchangers, all of which have 38 tubes in total and 6 passes, with different tube arrangements were simulation investigated in laboratory. The effect of flat tube distribution on heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristic was simulation investigated. The effect of different air velocity and flow on heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristic was simulation investigated too. The results show that similar tube distribution has little effect on heat transfer but has great effect on pressure drop. It was found the tube arrangement from first pass to sixth pass is 10,9,6,5,4,4 has the best heat transfer performance and its pressure drop is small. The heat transfer and pressure drop increase with the air velocity and refrigerant flow.

Experimental Investigation on Multi-Unit Parallel-Flow Type Condenser with Flat Tubes Distribution

2014 ◽  
Vol 701-702 ◽  
pp. 1233-1236
Author(s):  
Lv Xian Zeng ◽  
Zu Yi Zheng ◽  
Jun Hua Wan ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Zhong Min Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Flat Tube ◽  
The Third ◽  
Flat Tubes ◽  
Simulation Results

Three heat exchangers, all of which have 38 tubes in total and 6 passes, with different tube arrangements were manufactured to be experimental investigated in laboratory. The effect of flat tube distribution on heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristic was experimental investigated. The effect of different air velocity and flow on heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristic was also experimental investigated. The results show that similar tube distribution has little effect on heat transfer quality but has great effect on pressure drop. It was found the third arrangement has the best heat transfer and its pressure drop is small. Thus the third arrangement is the best solution. The heat transfer and pressure drop increase with the air velocity and refrigerant flow, so a proper value should be chosen, it was found that the simulation results were mainly agreement with the experimental results.

Air-Side Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Multi-Louver Fin and Flat Tube Heat Exchangers

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man-Hoe Kim ◽  
Clark W. Bullard
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Water Flow Rate ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Flat Tube ◽  
Louvered Fin ◽  
Flow Heat ◽  
Fanning Friction Factor

Abstract An experimental study on the air-side heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics for multi-louvered fin and flat tube heat exchangers has been performed. For 45 heat exchangers with different louver angles (15–29°), fin pitches (1.0, 1.2, 1.4 mm) and flow depths (16, 20, 24 mm), a series of tests were conducted for the air-side Reynolds numbers of 100–600, at a constant tube-side water flow rate of 0.32 m3/h. The inlet temperatures of the air and water for heat exchangers were 21°C and 45°C, respectively. The air-side thermal performance data were analyzed using effectiveness-NTU method for cross-flow heat exchanger with both fluids unmixed. The heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop data for heat exchangers with different geometrical configurations were reported in terms of Colburn j-factor and Fanning friction factor f, as functions of Reynolds number based on louver pitch. Correlations for j and f factors are developed and compared to other correlations.

Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Louvered Fin Heat Exchangers

2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 500-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrin Hisham Amirnordin ◽  
Hissein Didane Djamal ◽  
Mohd Norani Mansor ◽  
Amir Khalid ◽  
Md Seri Suzairin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Considerable Effect ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Louvered Fin

This paper presents the effect of the changes in fin geometry on pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of louvered fin heat exchanger numerically. Three dimensional simulation using ANSYS Fluent have been conducted for six different configurations at Reynolds number ranging from 200 to 1000 based on louver pitch. The performance of this system has been evaluated by calculating pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient. The result shows that, the fin pitch and the louver pitch have a very considerable effect on pressure drop as well as heat transfer rate. It is observed that increasing the fin pitch will relatively result in an increase in heat transfer rate but at the same time, the pressure drop will decrease. On the other hand, low pressure drop and low heat transfer rate will be obtained when the louver pitch is increased. Final result shows a good agreement between experimental and numerical results of the louvered fin which is about 12%. This indicates the capability of louvered fin in enhancing the performance of heat exchangers.

Comparative Experimental Study on Performance of Corrugated Tube and Straight Tube Heat Exchanger

2012 ◽  
Vol 560-561 ◽  
pp. 156-160
Author(s):  
Lin Ping Lu ◽  
Liang Ying
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Straight Tube ◽  
Lower Stress ◽  
Shell Side ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Corrugated Tube

The experiments on heat transfer coefficient, pressure drop and thermal stress were done to heat exchangers with corrugated tubes and staight tubes. By analyising and comparing the heat transfer coeffient, pressure drop in tube side and shell side and axial force and stress, some conclusions can be conducted that the corrugated tube heat exchanger has better heat transfer coeffient, higher pressure drop and much lower stress caused by temperatur difference, also, it has obvious advantages under the circumstance of low Reynolds number and high temperature difference.

scholarly journals Heat Transfer Enhancement by Perforated and Louvred Fin Heat Exchangers

Energies ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 400
Author(s):  
Miftah Altwieb ◽  
Rakesh Mishra ◽  
Aliyu M. Aliyu ◽  
Krzysztof J. Kubiak
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Rate ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Fin Design

Multi-tube multi-fin heat exchangers are extensively used in various industries. In the current work, detailed experimental investigations were carried out to establish the flow/heat transfer characteristics in three distinct heat exchanger geometries. A novel perforated plain fin design was developed, and its performance was evaluated against standard plain and louvred fins designs. Experimental setups were designed, and the tests were carefully carried out which enabled quantification of the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics. In the experiments the average velocity of air was varied in the range of 0.7 m/s to 4 m/s corresponding to Reynolds numbers of 600 to 2650. The water side flow rates in the tubes were kept at 0.12, 0.18, 0.24, 0.3, and 0.36 m3/h corresponding to Reynolds numbers between 6000 and 30,000. It was found that the louvred fins produced the highest heat transfer rate due to the availability of higher surface area, but it also produced the highest pressure drops. Conversely, while the new perforated design produced a slightly higher pressure drop than the plain fin design, it gave a higher value of heat transfer rate than the plain fin especially at the lower liquid flow rates. Specifically, the louvred fin gave consistently high pressure drops, up to 3 to 4 times more than the plain and perforated models at 4 m/s air flow, however, the heat transfer enhancement was only about 11% and 13% over the perforated and plain fin models, respectively. The mean heat transfer rate and pressure drops were used to calculate the Colburn and Fanning friction factors. Two novel semiempirical relationships were derived for the heat exchanger’s Fanning and Colburn factors as functions of the non-dimensional fin surface area and the Reynolds number. It was demonstrated that the Colburn and Fanning factors were predicted by the new correlations to within ±15% of the experiments.

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