Reconsideration of data and correlations for plate finned-tube heat exchangers

Autor: Uroš Milovančević, Saša Marković, Milena Otović, Miloš Mihailović, Srbislav Genić, Branislav Jaćimović
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Heat and Mass Transfer. 54:2987-2994
ISSN: 1432-1181
0947-7411
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-018-2328-0
Popis: This paper deals with heat exchangers having plain finned tubes in staggered (triangular) pattern. The objective of this paper is to provide the heat transfer and friction factor correlation which can be used in engineering practice. For this purpose, the experimental data of several (most cited) authors who deal with this type of heat exchangers are used. The new correlations are established to predict the air-side heat transfer coefficient and friction factor as a function of the Reynolds number and geometric variables of the heat exchanger – tube diameter, tube pitch, fin spacing, tube rows, etc. In those correlations the characteristic dimension in Reynolds number is calculated by using the new parameter – volumetric porosity. Also, there are given the errors of those correlations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE