Thermal performance in solar air heater with perforated-winglet-type vortex generator

S Skullong, P Promthaisong, P Promvonge… - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
An experimental and numerical study of turbulent convective heat transfer in a solar air
heater duct with winglet-type vortex generators (WVGs) placed on the absorber plate is …

State of the art on flow and heat transfer performance of compact fin-and-tube heat exchangers

AY Adam, AN Oumer, G Najafi, M Ishak… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
The need for better thermal–hydraulic performance of heat exchangers remains the primary
reason for further improving the design of heat exchanger. Various investigations have been …

Machine learning for harnessing thermal energy: From materials discovery to system optimization

M Li, L Dai, Y Hu - ACS energy letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in machine learning (ML) have impacted research communities based on
statistical perspectives and uncovered invisibles from conventional standpoints. Though the …

A general approach in optimization of heat exchangers by bio-inspired artificial intelligence methods

J Krzywanski - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The paper introduces the artificial intelligence (AI) approach as a general method for the
design and optimization study of heat exchangers. Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Artificial …

Heat transfer augmentation in solar receiver heat exchanger with hole-punched wings

P Promvonge, S Skullong - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal characteristics in a solar air heater duct with perforated/punched rectangular wing
(P-RW) mounted on the absorber plate have been experimentally examined. Air as the test …

Effect of rectangular winglet pair roll angle on the heat transfer enhancement in laminar channel flow

A Khanjian, C Habchi, S Russeil, D Bougeard… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Convective heat transfer enhancement can be achieved by generating secondary flow
structures that are added to the main flow to intensify the fluid exchange between hot and …

Investigation of the effects of fin perforations on the thermal-hydraulic performance of Plate-Finned heat exchangers

WK Rauber, UF Silva, M Vaz Jr, MVC Alves… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Design of fin profiles is a critical step in searching for more efficient heat
exchangers. The present work performs a hybrid numerical-experimental analysis to obtain …

Parametric investigation of heat transfer enhancement and pressure loss in louvered fins with longitudinal vortex generators

DJ Dezan, JI Yanagihara, G Jenovencio… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work aims to perform a parametric study of heat transfer enhancement and the
associated pressure loss applied to louvered fins with rectangular winglet vortex generators …

Optimizing the heat transfer performance of the recovery boiler superheaters using simulated annealing, surrogate modeling, and computational fluid dynamics

V Maakala, M Järvinen, V Vuorinen - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The energy efficiency of recovery boiler power plants is largely influenced by the heat
transfer to the superheaters. In the design process of such very large-scale applications, one …

Thermal-hydraulic analysis of wetted airside plain fin flat tube heat exchangers and the role of vortex generators

F Ejaz, NAA Qasem, SM Zubair - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
This study addresses the demand for efficient and compact heat exchange solutions in
industrial applications. Unlike previous studies that predominantly focused on round tube …