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Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Louver Fin and Tube Heat Exchangers under Wet Conditions  

Kwon, Young Chul (Division of Mechanical Engineering, Sunmoon University)
Chang, Keun Sun (Division of Mechanical Engineering, Sunmoon University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.19, no.1, 2008 , pp. 73-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effect of a tube row, a fin pitch and an inlet humidity on air-side heat and mass transfer performance of louvered fin-tube heat exchangers under wet conditions. Experimental conditions were varied by three fin pitches, two rows, two inlet relative humidities. Experimental results showed that the heat transfer performance decreased and the friction increased with the decrease of fin pitch, for 2 row heat exchanger. The effect of fin pitch on heat transfer performance was negligible with 3 row heat exchanger. The changes in relative humidity was not affected heat transfer and friction. However, the mass transfer performance was slightly decreased with the increase of relative humidity and with the decrease of fin pitch. The mass transfer performance of the louvered fin-tube heat exchanger decreased with the decrease of the fin pitch and was different according to the number of tube row.
Keywords
louver fin; heat exchanger; wet condition; heat transfer; friction;
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