Compact and microchannel heat exchangers: A comprehensive review of air-side friction factor and heat transfer correlations

NAA Qasem, SM Zubair - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the thermal-hydraulic performance correlations for the air-side of
compact and microchannel heat exchangers. These correlations are presented in tables …

A critical review on Colburn j-factor and f-factor and energy performance analysis for finned tube heat exchangers

YM Ko, JY Song, JW Lee, S Sohn, CH Song… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study provides an extensive analysis of the key parameters impacting the air-side heat
transfer and frictional pressure drop performance in Finned Tube Heat Exchangers (FTHEs) …

Enhanced heat transfer

RL Webb, NY Kim - Taylor and Francis, NY, 2005 - dl.begellhouse.com
Transition between nucleate and film boiling potentially causes dramatic temperature
changes during fluxcontrolled operations, which may lead to catastrophic equipment …

A study on the performance of the airside heat exchanger under frosting in an air source heat pump water heater/chiller unit

Y Yao, Y Jiang, S Deng, Z Ma - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2004 - Elsevier
Air source heat pump water heater/chiller (ASHPWHC) units, a cooling and heating source
for buildings becomes increasingly popular. However, when such a unit is operated as a …

Heat and mass transfer for compact heat exchanger (CHXs) design: A state-of-the-art review

M Awais, AA Bhuiyan - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
This review presents a comprehensive analysis on different ways of enhancing heat transfer
rate and pressure loss reduction in various types of compact heat exchangers (CHXs). The …

The effects of nanofluid on thermophysical properties and heat transfer characteristics of a plate heat exchanger

FS Javadi, S Sadeghipour, R Saidur… - … Communications in Heat …, 2013 - Elsevier
Improving heat exchanger's performance by increasing the overall heat transfer as well as
minimising pressure drop is one of the promising fields of research to focus on. Nanofluids …

Effect of geometrical parameters on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of plate fin and tube heat exchangers

A Erek, B Özerdem, L Bilir, Z Ilken - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2005 - Elsevier
In this study, the influences of the changes in fin geometry on heat transfer and pressure
drop of a plate fin and tube heat exchanger are investigated, numerically. A computational …

Heat-transfer enhancement in fin-and-tube heat exchanger with improved fin design

MY Wen, CY Ho - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
This work presents information of an experimental design on the elements of the fin-and-
tube heat exchanger. In this study, three different fins (plate fin, wavy fin, and compounded …

Parametric study and field synergy principle analysis of H-type finned tube bank with 10 rows

Y Jin, GH Tang, YL He, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, three-dimensional numerical studies are performed for heat transfer and
pressure drop characteristics of H-type finned tube bank with 10 rows by software FLUENT …

Thermal-hydraulic performance and optimization of attack angle of delta winglets in plain and wavy finned-tube heat exchangers

H Ke, TA Khan, W Li, Y Lin, Z Ke, H Zhu… - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work is related to numerical investigation and optimization of the attack angle of delta
winglet type vortex generators in plain and wavy finned-tube heat exchangers. For this …