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http://dx.doi.org/10.17664/ksgee.2019.15.1.001

Effect of Operating Conditions of a Fan-Coil Unit with an Oval Tube Type Heat Exchanger on Non-Dimensional Performance Coefficient  

Yoon, Jaedong (Graduate School of Energy & Environment, SeoulTech)
Lee, Younghoon (Graduate School, SeoulTech)
Sung, Jaeyong (Department of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, SeoulTech)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy / v.15, no.1, 2019 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the effect of operating conditions of fan-coil unit with an oval tube type heat exchanger on its non-dimensional performance coefficient has been investigated. Pressure drops and heat transfer rates were measured under heating condition for various water flow rates, inlet temperatures and wind speeds. As a non-dimensional performance coefficient, Colburn j-factor was evaluated. The results show that the most sensitive parameter on heat flux is the inlet temperature, which affects the heat flux 4.7 and 7.2 times more than the wind speed and water flow rate, respectively. On the other hand, the Colburn j-factor as a non-dimensionalized index decreases with the wind speed, and has an maximum when the wind speed is about 1 m/s. the Colburn j-factor increases slowly with the water flow rate and inlet temperature but at a certain range of inlet temperature, the opposite phenomenon is found.
Keywords
Fan coil unit; Oval tube; Heat exchanger; Performance coefficient; Colburn j-factor;
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