HEAT-EXCHANGER DESIGN BASED ON CHAOTIC ADVECTION

Authors
PEERHOSSAINI H CASTELAIN C LEGUER Y
Citation
H. Peerhossaini et al., HEAT-EXCHANGER DESIGN BASED ON CHAOTIC ADVECTION, Experimental thermal and fluid science, 7(4), 1993, pp. 333-344
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Experimental thermal and fluid science → ACNP
ISSN journal
08941777
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
333 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-1777(1993)7:4<333:HDBOCA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Experiments on hydrodynamic and heat transfer behavior of the flow in a twisted curved channel were conducted in a water tunnel and also in two heat exchanger coils tested in a heat exchanger test facility. The flow regime, designated ''chaotic advection,'' is a subclass of lamin ar flow with high mixing properties. Preliminary results show that hea t transfer is enhanced due to the chaotic trajectories generated in th e flow.