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Performance Evaluation of a Fin-Tube Heat Exchanger Using One-Dimensionalized Refrigerant Circuit  

Kim, Doo-Hwan (School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Ye, Huee-Youl (School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Lee, Kwan-Soo (School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Cha, Woo-Ho (Air conditioning division, LS Mtron)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.20, no.12, 2008 , pp. 833-843 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new method is presented for developing a simulation program which can analyze the heat transfer characteristics of fin-tube heat exchanger. This method is able to describe several types of refrigerant circuit arrangement. The delivery path of air and refrigerant properties is simplified by transforming three-dimensional array into one-dimensional array. By comparing simulated results with experiment results, the deviation was 8.2%. Several fin-tube heat exchangers of different design factors and operating conditions were simulated using this program. It was shown that this program could be used for designing practical fin-tube heat exchangers.
Keywords
Fin-tube heat exchanger; Refrigerant circuit; Simulation;
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