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http://dx.doi.org/10.5855/ENERGY.2015.24.4.105

Airside Performance of Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchangers Having Round Wave Fins  

Kim, Nae-Hyun (Division of Mechanical System Engineering, Incheon National University)
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Journal of Energy Engineering / v.24, no.4, 2015 , pp. 105-116 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, airside performance of round fin-and-tube heat exchangers are compared with that of the herringbone wave fin-and-tube heat exchangers with an aim to investigate the effect of fin shape on thermal performance. Results show that j factors of the round wave fin are 1.2~22% larger than those of herringbone wave fin. The f factors of the round wave fin are -1.0~29% smaller than those of herringbone wave fin for 1 or 2 row configuration. For 3 row configuration, f factors of the round wave fin are 8.3~23% larger. The reason may be attributed to the reduced recirculation zone in the valley of the fin for round wave fin as compared with that of the herringbone wave fin. For round wave fin, the effect of fin pitch on j and f factor is not significant. In addition, j factors decrease as the number of tube row increases. On the other hand, f factors are independent of the number of tube row. A new correlation was developed based on the present data.
Keywords
Wave fin; Fin-and-tube heat exchanger; Heat transfer Coefficient; Pressure drop;
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