• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.584-588
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• 2004

This work was performed to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of the circular fin-tube heat exchanger. This paper contains the experimental data for the seven kinds of fin geometries. The correlation of Stasiulevicius agreed with the experimental data at high Reynolds number, however not well at low Reynolds number. The Nusselt number was well correlated with Graetz number, and showed a transition near Gz=10. An empirical correlation proposed in the present work agreed well with the experimental data.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.291-299
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• 2010

Aspect-ratio-based numerical analysis is carried out to investigate the air-side convective heat transfer characteristics in compact heat exchangers with circular tubes and flat tubes-plate fins. The RNG $k-{\varepsilon}$ model is adopted for turbulence analysis. The numerical analysis is carried out for aspect ratios ranging from 3.06 to 5.44 and for Reynolds numbers ranging from 1,000 to 10,000. The calculated results indicate a correlation between the friction factor and Colburn j factor in the compact heat exchanger system for the range of aspect ratios under consideration. The results obtained for circular tubes and flat tubes-plate fins in this study can be utilized to realize the optimal design of an air conditioning system.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.7-7
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• 2004

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.275-280
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• 2004

Augmentation of heat transfer by ultrasonic vibration in pipes are investigated. Measurements of convective heat transfer coefficients on circular pipe walls are made with and without ultrasonic vibration applied to water. These data are compared with each other to quantify the effects of ultrasonic vibration on heat transfer enhancement. Numerical analysis has been also performed in order to extend the ranges of examined temperature and flow rate. FLUENT Ver.6.1 is used to simulate velocity and temperature fields and evaluate heat transfer coefficient with and without ultrasonic vibration. The results show that the ultra- sonic vibration enhances the Nusselt number of forced convection flow and the increase rate strongly depends on flow rate.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.12
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• pp.147-156
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• 2019

Numerical study was performed to investigate the convective heat transfer of Al₂O₃/water nanofluid flowing through the concentric double pipe counterflow heat exchangers. Hot fluid flowing through the inner pipe transfers its heat to cooling fluid flowing in the outer pipe. Effects of important parameters such as hot and cold volume flow rates, fluid type in the outer and inner pipes, and nanoparticles concentration on the heat transfer and flow characteristics are investigated. The results indicated that the heat transfer performance increases with increasing the hot and cold volume flow rates, as well as the particle concentrations. When both outer and inner pipes are nanofluids with 8% nanoparticle volume concentration, nanofluids showed up to 17% better heat transfer rate than basic fluids. Also, the average heat transfer coefficient of the base fluid for annulus-side improved by 31%. Approximately 20% enhancement in the heat exchanger effectiveness can be achieved with the addition of 8% alumina particles in base fluid. But, addition of nanoparticles to the base fluid enhanced friction factor by about 196%.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.147-159
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• 1982

내부에 정방형, 외부에 원형인 두 정온동심수평관으로 이루어진 폐쇄공간에서 열부력으로 야기된 대류열전달 현상을 연구하였다. 주어진 비정규적 형상에서의 층류 정상 Boussinesq 유동을 해 석하기 위하여, 지구중력방향에 대하여 가능한 두 개의 대칭형 위치에 관하여, Galerkin 유한요 소법을 사용하였다. 이론의 결과를 확증하기 위하여 실험적으로도 온도측정과 유선의 가시화를 수행하였다. 정방형내관의 직각인 선단은 국소 및 총체열전달에 있어서 소극적인 역할을 하지만, 이들로 인한 경계층 유동의 박리는 발생하지 아니함을 보였다. 이 내관의 상부 수평면상에서는 유동속도와 온도구배가 낮기는 하나 확연한 대칭형의 열상승류(Plume)가 가능하였다. 내관의 벽면들이 지구중력방향에 관하여 .+-.45.deg.의 각을 이룰 경우 과류의 중심부가, Rayleigh수가 6.5*$10^{4}$보다 작을 때는 4개, 이보다 클때는 2개가 폐쇄공간 안에서 발생하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.119-124
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• 2015

Numerical study on the new design of the liquid mass flow meter in infinitesimal flow rate for semiconductor production is performed. The heater and thermistor are wired on the circular tube about 0.3mm inner diameter with designed gap between them. After the time interval from the single pulse heating the thermistor reaches its peak temperature and this time interval is almost inversely proportional to the liquid mass flow rate. The axial conduction in tube wall and convection through the flow is combined. As a result, the peak temperature moving velocity is much smaller than flow mean velocity and there is no linear relationship between them. In this study, the effects of design parameters such as the tube inner/outer diameter, wired heater width, and the gap between heater and thermistor are investigated and the trends of optimization in these parameters are discussed.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.1443-1448
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• 2009

Numerical analysis has been carried out to investigate air-side convective heat transfer characteristics in compact heat exchangers with continuous plate fins. Simulation results such as air flow and temperature distributions are presented, and heat transfer characteristics are compared for various inlet conditions. Results from various turbulence models are also compared for applicability. There is large difference between the local heat transfer coefficient distributions along the cylinder wall for circular tubes. Colburn j factors from the calculated results of circular and flat tubes in the heat exchangers are compared for various Reynolds number. The predicted results in this study can be applied to the optimal design of air conditioning system. with compact heat exchanger.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.309-316
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• 2015

Numerical analysis and experimental verification of a thermal liquid mass flow meter (LMFM) were performed. The configuration of the LMFM was the same as a gas mass flow meter (GMFM), but the opposite results in temperature difference between upstream and downstream thermistors occurred. In the case of the gas, the convection depending on the flow of thermal mass was small and comparable to the conduction through the sensor tube wall. The temperature difference was proportional to the mass flow rate due to their interaction. For the liquid flow, the convection overwhelmed the wall conduction because of the large flow of thermal mass caused by high density. The temperature difference in this case was inversely proportional to the mass flow rate. The tube diameter and heater wiring width are important design parameters, and the optimized sensor can be used to measure and control the infinitesimal liquid flow rate.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.27-27
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• 2003