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 …

Review of convection heat transfer and fluid flow in porous media with nanofluid

RA Mahdi, HA Mohammed, KM Munisamy… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
There are two advantages of using porous media. First, its dissipation area is greater than
the conventional fins that enhances the heat convection. Second is the irregular motion of …

A general review of the Wilson plot method and its modifications to determine convection coefficients in heat exchange devices

J Fernandez-Seara, FJ Uhía, J Sieres… - Applied Thermal …, 2007 - Elsevier
Heat exchange devices are essential components in complex engineering systems related
to energy generation and energy transformation in industrial scenarios. The calculation of …

Influence of design parameters on the heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of the heat exchanger with slit fins

JY Yun, KS Lee - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2000 - Elsevier
This study systematically analyzes the effect of various design parameters on the heat
transfer and pressure drop characteristics of the heat exchanger with a slit fin. The Taguchi …

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) …

Heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop for fin-and-tube compact heat exchangers with wavy rectangular winglet-type vortex generators

AA Gholami, MA Wahid, HA Mohammed - International Communications in …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the current work, heat transfer enhancement and pressure loss penalty for fin-and-tube
compact heat exchangers with the wavy-up and wavy-down rectangular winglets as special …

Numerical study of heat-transfer enhancement by punched winglet-type vortex generator arrays in fin-and-tube heat exchangers

YL He, H Han, WQ Tao, YW Zhang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2012 - Elsevier
The potential of punched winglet type vortex generator (VG) arrays used to enhance air-side
heat-transfer performance of finned tube heat exchanger is numerically investigated. The …

A numerical study on compact enhanced fin-and-tube heat exchangers with oval and circular tube configurations

H Han, YL He, YS Li, Y Wang, M Wu - International journal of heat and mass …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of finned tube heat exchangers
were numerically investigated by examining different oval and circular tubes. The three …

Numerical and experimental investigation of enhanced heat transfer radiator through air deflection used in fuel cell vehicles

C Gong, Y Du, Y Yu, H Chang, X Luo, Z Tu - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells are an ideal power source for modern energy
vehicles owing to their high efficiency, fast response, and zero emission. Because of the low …

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 …