INFLUENCE OF LOCAL AND AVERAGE TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN A DEHUMIDIFYING COIL.

Author(s) : AITTOMAKI A., SALO T.

Type of article: Article

Summary

THE AUTHORS SET UP THE NORMALLY ACCEPTED EQUATIONS FOR HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN A PLATE-FINNED AIR COOLING AND DEHUMIDIFYING COIL USING ITERATIVE LOOPS IN COMPUTER PROGRAMS. DIVIDING THE HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE INTO A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL AREAS THEY FOUND THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT TRANSFER. THE EFFECT OVERALL FOR A ONE ROW AND TWO ROW COIL WERE THEN COMPUTED AND COMPARED WITH THE USUAL METHOD OF ACCEPTING AN AVERAGE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT. ALTHOUGH THE RESULT SHOWED A SLIGHT DECREASE IN PERFORMANCE USING THE LOCAL COEFFICIENTS, THE DIFFERENCE WAS NOSRI D. W. H.

Details

  • Original title: INFLUENCE OF LOCAL AND AVERAGE TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN A DEHUMIDIFYING COIL.
  • Record ID : 1989-0881
  • Languages: English
  • Source: ScanRef - vol. 17 - n. 4
  • Publication date: 1988/09
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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