Heat transfer enhancement using different types of vortex generators (VGs): A review on experimental and numerical activities

M Awais, AA Bhuiyan - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review on heat transfer augmentation and pressure
loss reduction of compact heat exchanger (CHXs) by using interrupted surfaces in the form …

Recent advancement in heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in cross flow heat exchangers

CK Mangrulkar, AS Dhoble, S Chamoli, A Gupta… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The cross-flow heat exchanger is a special type of heat exchanger involving the exchange of
heat in the case of two fluids flowing in an orthogonal direction. The heat exchanger often …

Heat and fluid flow across a square cylinder in the two-dimensional laminar flow regime

A Sharma, V Eswaran - Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The flow structure and heat transfer characteristics of an isolated square cylinder in cross
flow are investigated numerically for both steady and unsteady periodic laminar flow in the …

An investigation of the thermo-hydraulic performance of the smooth wavy fin-and-elliptical tube heat exchangers utilizing new type vortex generators

B Lotfi, B Sundén, Q Wang - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional CFD numerical simulation is successfully carried out on thermo-
hydraulic characteristics of a new smooth wavy fin-and-elliptical tube (SWFET) heat …

An overview on heat transfer augmentation using vortex generators and nanofluids: approaches and applications

HE Ahmed, HA Mohammed, MZ Yusoff - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2012 - Elsevier
The subject of heat transfer enhancement has significant interest to develop the compact
heat exchangers in order to obtain a high efficiency, low cost, light weight, and size as small …

Analysis of heat transfer and pressure drop for fin-and-tube heat exchangers with rectangular winglet-type vortex generators

YL He, P Chu, WQ Tao, YW Zhang, T Xie - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
In present work, heat transfer enhancement and pressure loss penalty for fin-and-tube heat
exchangers with rectangular winglet pairs (RWPs) were numerically investigated in a …

Experimental investigation of heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of solar air heater using wavy delta winglets

JS Sawhney, R Maithani, S Chamoli - Applied thermal engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present work experimental investigation on the heat transfer and friction
characteristics of a solar air heater duct roughened with wavy-up delta winglet vortex …

Multi-objective shape optimization of a heat exchanger using parallel genetic algorithms

R Hilbert, G Janiga, R Baron, D Thevenin - International Journal of Heat …, 2006 - Elsevier
We perform in this paper a multi-objective design optimization concerning the blade shape
of a heat exchanger, considering the coupled solution of the flow/heat transfer processes …

A comparative study on the air-side performance of wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger with punched delta winglets in staggered and in-line arrangements

L Tian, Y He, Y Tao, W Tao - International journal of thermal sciences, 2009 - Elsevier
The air-side heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger
with delta winglets are investigated numerically. The three-dimensional simulations are …

3D numerical investigation of flow and heat transfer characteristics in smooth wavy fin-and-elliptical tube heat exchangers using new type vortex generators

B Lotfi, M Zeng, B Sundén, Q Wang - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D computational analysis was performed to investigate heat transfer and pressure
drop characteristics of flow in SWFET (Smooth Wavy Fin-and-Elliptical Tube) heat …