An engineering procedure for air side performance evaluation of flat tube heat exchangers with louvered fins

作者：Antonijevic Dragi^*

来源：Heat and Mass Transfer, 2013, 49(1): 117-127.

DOI：10.1007/s00231-012-1073-z

An accurate evaluation of possible air side heat transfer surface geometries is a prerequisite for optimal heat exchanger design. Aiming for practical engineering applicability a simplified and transparent analytical procedure for the assessment of louvered fin and flat tube heat exchanger geometries and the calculation of fin parameters that enable maximal performance for given boundary conditions has been developed. The proposed method comprises determining fins temperature profiles and effective heat transfer temperature difference, introduction of a relative heat transfer surface area, as well as the utilization of recent experimentally obtained heat transfer correlations confirmed for the observed range of boundary conditions. The proposed methodology is validated through comparison with experimental and numerical results of other authors.

• 出版日期2013-1