Finite circular fin method for wavy fin-and-tube heat exchangers under fully and partially wet surface conditions.
Author(s) : PIROMPUGD W., WANG C. C., WONGWISES S.
Type of article: Article
Summary
This study proposes the finite circular fin method for analyzing the heat and mass transfer characteristics of wavy fin-and-tube heat exchangers under fully and partially wet surface conditions. The analysis is carried out by dividing the wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger into many tiny segments. The tiny segments can be analyzed based on surface conditions, i.e. fully wet, fully dry or partially wet surface condition. From the experimental results, it is found that the heat and mass transfer characteristics are insensitive to the inlet relative humidity but the effect of relative humidity on mass transfer characteristic become more pronounced when the partially wet surface condition takes place. The heat transfer characteristic is independent of the fin spacing. Effect of fin spacing on mass transfer characteristic is small when fin spacing is larger than 2.5 mm. However, at smaller fin spacing, the mass transfer characteristic slightly decreases when the relative humidity increases. The ratios of h(c,o)/h(d,o)C(p,a) are in the range of 0.6-1.2. Correlations are proposed to describe the heat and mass transfer characteristics. These correlations can describe 95.63% of the heat transfer characteristic within 15 and 95.14% of the mass transfer characteristic within 20%. Correspondingly, 94.68% of the ratios of h(c,o)/h(d,o)C(p,a) are predicted by the proposed correlation within 20%. [Reprinted with permission from Elsevier. Copyright, 2008].
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- Original title: Finite circular fin method for wavy fin-and-tube heat exchangers under fully and partially wet surface conditions.
- Record ID : 2009-1045
- Languages: English
- Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 51 - n. 15-16
- Publication date: 2008/07
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Other air-conditioning equipment;
Heat transfer - Keywords: Humid air; Geometry; Finned tube; Heat transfer; Parameter; Humidity; Expérimentation; Heat exchanger
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