TY - JOUR
T1 - Air-side flow and heat transfer in compact heat exchangers
T2 - A discussion of enhancement mechanisms
AU - Jacobi, Anthony M.
AU - Shah, Ramesh K.
N1 - The first author is grateful for support from the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center (ACRe), a National Science Foundation, industry.and university cooperative research center at the University of Illinois.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The behavior of air flows in complex Heat exchanger passages is reviewed with a focus on the heat transfer effects of boundary-layer development, turbulence, spanwise and streamwise vortices, and wake management. Each of these flow features is discussed for the plain, wavy, and interrupted passages found in contemporary compact Heat exchanger designs. Results from the literature are used to help explain the role of these mechanisms in Heat transfer enhancement strategies.
AB - The behavior of air flows in complex Heat exchanger passages is reviewed with a focus on the heat transfer effects of boundary-layer development, turbulence, spanwise and streamwise vortices, and wake management. Each of these flow features is discussed for the plain, wavy, and interrupted passages found in contemporary compact Heat exchanger designs. Results from the literature are used to help explain the role of these mechanisms in Heat transfer enhancement strategies.
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U2 - 10.1080/01457639808939934
DO - 10.1080/01457639808939934
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032178459
SN - 0145-7632
VL - 19
SP - 29
EP - 41
JO - Heat Transfer Engineering
JF - Heat Transfer Engineering
IS - 4
ER -