Heat transfer enhancement in fin-and-tube heat exchangers–A review on different mechanisms

A Sadeghianjahromi, CC Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fin-and-tube heat exchangers are the mostly used heat exchangers for thermal energy
conversion with wide range of applications such as air conditioning, refrigeration …

Entropy and entransy in convective heat transfer optimization: A review and perspective

X Chen, T Zhao, MQ Zhang, Q Chen - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
Performance improvement of convective heat transfer processes is significant for energy
conservation. Considering the trade-off between the heat transfer enhancement and the …

The field synergy (coordination) principle and its applications in enhancing single phase convective heat transfer

ZY Guo, WQ Tao, RK Shah - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2005 - Elsevier
In this paper the concept of field synergy (coordination) principle is briefly introduced first,
and then its numerical verification is presented. A dimensionless number, field synergy …

A performance evaluation plot of enhanced heat transfer techniques oriented for energy-saving

JF Fan, WK Ding, JF Zhang, YL He, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat …, 2009 - Elsevier
On the basis of the existing performance evaluation criteria analysis and four assumptions, a
performance evaluation plot has been proposed in this paper. This plot takes the ratios of …

Numerical study on laminar convection heat transfer in a rectangular channel with longitudinal vortex generator. Part A: Verification of field synergy principle

JM Wu, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008 - Elsevier
This study presents numerical computation results on laminar convection heat transfer in a
rectangular channel with a pair of rectangular winglets longitudinal vortex generator …

Numerical simulation on performances of plane and curved winglet type vortex generator pairs with punched holes

G Lu, G Zhou - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermal and flow characteristics of plane and curved vortex generators (VGs) with and
without punched holes on their surfaces are investigated and the corresponding mechanism …

Computational simulation of air-side heat transfer and pressure drop performance in staggered mannered twisted oval tube bundle operating in crossflow

MS Khan, R Zou, A Yu - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
With a high demand for reduced energy consumption, twisted oval tube (TWT) heat
exchangers are increasingly convenient for industrial applications. After a comprehensive …

Parametric study and multiple correlations on air-side heat transfer and friction characteristics of fin-and-tube heat exchangers with large number of large-diameter …

G Xie, Q Wang, B Sunden - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
In the present study, for industrial applications of large inter-coolers employed in multi-stage
compressor systems the air-side laminar heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of plain …

3D numerical simulation on shell-and-tube heat exchangers with middle-overlapped helical baffles and continuous baffles–Part I: Numerical model and results of …

JF Zhang, YL He, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009 - Elsevier
In the present study, a 3D numerical simulation of a whole heat exchanger with middle-
overlapped helical baffles is carried out by using commercial codes of GAMBIT 2.3 and …

Three-dimensional numerical study of heat transfer characteristics of plain plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers from view point of field synergy principle

YL He, WQ Tao, FQ Song, W Zhang - … Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2005 - Elsevier
In this paper, 3-D numerical simulations were performed for laminar heat transfer and fluid
flow characteristics of plate fin-and-tube heat exchanger. The effects of five factors were …