Modeling of Fin-Tube Heat Exchanger

핀-관 열교환기의 모델링

The purpose of this study is to investigate the behavior of operational and design factors on the performance characteristics of a horizontal fin-tube heat exchanger under phase change conditions for refrigerant. The flow and heat transfer in the heat exchanger are simulated numerically taking into account the variations of heat transfer coefficients, thermodynamic and flow properties of refrigerant, and the axial heat conduction in the tube wall. As the results of this study, it was found that the annular flow model was more reasonable physically than the homogeneous one for the two phase flow of refrigerant and axial heat conduction of tube wall did not have a great influence on the analysis. The effects of refrigerant pressure, mass flow rate of air, diameter of tube and the number of fins per unit length of tube were also discussed.

본 연구에서는 널리 사용되는 핀-관 직교류 열교환기의 정상 상태를 예측 하기 위하여 냉매의 상변화에 따른 유체의 물성치, 열전달계수 및 마찰계수의 변화와 관벽에서의 축방향 열전도를 고려한 모형을 세우고 이를 분석하여 열교환기의 종합적 인 특성을 규명하고자 한다.