AIR-SIDE FLOW AND HEAT-TRANSFER IN COMPACT HEAT-EXCHANGERS - A DISCUSSION OF ENHANCEMENT MECHANISMS

Authors
JACOBI AM SHAH RK
Citation
Am. Jacobi et Rk. Shah, AIR-SIDE FLOW AND HEAT-TRANSFER IN COMPACT HEAT-EXCHANGERS - A DISCUSSION OF ENHANCEMENT MECHANISMS, Heat transfer engineering, 19(4), 1998, pp. 29-41
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Energy & Fuels",Thermodynamics
Journal title
Heat transfer engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
01457632
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
29 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-7632(1998)19:4<29:AFAHIC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The behavior of air flows in complex heat exchanger passages is review ed with a focus on the heat transfer effects of boundary-layer develop ment, turbulence, spanwise mid streamwise vortices, and wake managemen t. Each of these flow features is discussed for the plain, wavy, and i nterrupted passages found in contemporary compact heat exchanger desig ns. Results from the literature are used to hell, explain the role of these mechanisms in heat transfer enhancement strategies.