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Numerical evaluation of thermo-hydraulic performance in fin-and-tube compact heat exchangers with different tube cross-sections
Ahmadali Gholami1, Mazlan Abdul Wahid2, Hussein A. Mohammed3, A. Saat4, Mohd Yasin, M. F5, Sies, M. M6, Kamaruzaman, N7, Md. Mizanur Rahman8.
This study examined numericallythe Thermal-hydrodynamic properties of airflow in the fin-andtube
compact heat exchangers (FTCHEs) with considering different shapes of tubes in
lowReynoldsnumbers. The influence of applying flat, oval and circular tube adjustments on the
thermal and hydraulic characteristics of air flow were analyzed on the in-line tube arrangements.
Establishing standard conditions, the study compared different geometries based on circular
tubes of 10.459 mm diameter tubes with 25.4 mm longitudinal pitches and 25.4 mm transverse
pitches. The other geometries of tubes were assumed in a stable and constant state preparing
the same heat transfer surface area per unit volume as that of the nominal case. The results
showed that the FTCHE with flat tubes gives the best area goodness factor (j/f) with in a
certainrange of Reynoldsnumbers. In addition, FTCHE with flat tubes shown the best thermohydraulic
performance and a significant augmentation of up to 10.83% and 35.63% in the
average area goodness factor achieved accompanied by a decrease in the average friction
factor of 17.02% and 43.41% in the flat tube case compared to the oval and circle tube shapes,
respectively. It is concluded that the average area goodness factorfor the oval tube is about
25.04% higher than that of the circular tube, while the average friction factor for the oval tube is
about 26.9% lower than that of the circular tube. This means that the flat tube has a bettercombined
thermal–hydraulic performance than the oval and circle tube.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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