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For many applications, it is important to transfer a given amount of heat with minimum possible volume of heat exchanger for a given pressure loss and efficiency. In this study, such optimum design of cross-flow in-line tube banks at constant wall temperature is carried out. For this purpose, two different methods, namely, the Gnielinski + Gaddis and Zukauskas methods, for the calculation of heat transfer coefficient and pressure loss in tube banks are used. By prescribing the tube diameter, heat exchanger efficiency, and pressure loss of heat exchanger, the pitch length and tube numbers in the flow direction are determined for the condition of the maximum heat flow per heat exchanger volume. For a given value of total heat to be transferred, the length, the height, and the width of heat exchanger can be determined. Equations for this optimum design are derived using appropriate dimensionless numbers. The methodology of the optimum design is explained for a practical example.

An ejector refrigeration (ER) system using exhaust waste heat of a heavy vehicle engine is investigated. A program is developed using engineering equation solver software and it is used to make the calculations of the system. The system is taking all the efficiencies of system's components into account. Refrigerants R134a and R245fa are used for the comparative simulation of the system. The pressure at the exit of the pump is varied from 6 to 14 MPa and 3 to 10 MPa for R134a and R245fa, respectively. It can be concluded that COP (coefficient of performance) of the system gradually increases with the increase in pump exit pressure. Results show that, the performance of the system would be higher if R245fa is preferred rather than R134a with the given operating conditions.

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