The Effect of Fin Density on the Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Performance of Low-Finned Tube Banks

Rabas, T. J.; Eckels, P. W.; Sabatino, R.A.

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“…The variation of heat transfer rates in the CRAH and economizer with air and water flow rates and temperatures are determined using empirically derived formulae from [39], [40] and [41], having first obtained reference heat transfers, fluid temperatures and flow rates from manufacturer data.…”

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An experimental and theoretical investigation of the effects of supply air conditions on computational efficiency in data centers employing aisle containment

Tatchell-Evans

Burdett

Summers

et al. 2017

2017 33rd Thermal Measurement, Modeling &Amp; Management Symposium (SEMI-THERM)

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An experimental and theoretical investigation of the effects of supply air conditions on computational efficiency in data centers employing aisle containment

Tatchell-Evans

Burdett

Summers

et al. 2017

2017 33rd Thermal Measurement, Modeling &Amp; Management Symposium (SEMI-THERM)

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“…Covering the tubes with conventional fins is one way to increase the contact area so that it can improve the thermal performance of a bare tube bundle, however because of the blockage and the tubes' wake, it raises the pressure drop. Therefore, designing and optimizing finned tube heat exchangers have been widely studied to increase the heat transfer and, at the same time, reduce the air side pressure drop [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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Investigation of Coherence behind a Single Foamed Tube

Abdi¹,

Khashehchi²,

Hooman³

2017

FMRIJ

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In this paper the flow structures downstream of a foamed tube are compared to those of a bare tube with the same frontal areaand length. Experiments were conducted in a wind tunnel at Reynolds numbers 4000 and 16000. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to obtain velocity vector field in two different perpendicular planes. To measure the effect of flow three-dimensionality, field of divergence on both planes was obtained and compared with each other. Moreover, to characterize the size of the flow structures downstream of the tube, for each of the aforementioned cases, two-point correlation functions were used as the statistical analysis tool. Analysis showed that, compared to the bare tube, the foamed one, in the X-Z plane (stream-wise, span-wise) increases the threedimensionality of the flow which is set forward in the perpendicular plane despite being less pronounced. Moreover, the structures downstream of a foamed tube are elongated in the stream-wise direction and are linearly independent of the inlet velocity, however, in span-wise and normal direction no significant change in the size of the structures between bare and foamed tube has been observed.

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“…This fact has been well aware and can be traced back in time to the early day of thermal engineering discipline. Kays and London (1955) [11] wrote in a very beginning paragraph of page (1) Following the pioneers of the field in the 60's such as Kays and London (1955) [11], Briggs and Young (1963) [12], Robinson and Briggs (1966) [13], are publications from newer generation researchers -the like of Rabas, et al (1981) [14], Kayansayan (1993) [15], and Jang, et al (1998) [16]. At the turn of the century, the next wave of names emerged.…”

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Improving the performance of air-cooled condensers by using metal foams

Chumpia¹

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This research investigates the implementation of porous metals particularly aluminum foam as an enhanced surface to improve heat transfer on the air side of air-cooled, tubular heat exchangers. The target application for these heat exchangers is the condensers for geothermal power plants in remote locations of Australia where water for wet cooling is scarce. Traditional practices for liquid-to-air or vapor-to-air heat exchangers rely predominantly on finned surfaces to enhance heat transfer rate. Heat transfer enhancement in these designs is achieved via an increased surface area of simple geometries. Recent advancement in manufacturing and availability of porous materials make them possible to be utilized in thermal exchange equipment to improve efficiency and compactness.This work describes heat exchanger tubes based on circular cylinders with aluminum foam covering on the outer surface. Thermo-hydraulic performances are evaluated experimentally in a cross-flow using low-speed wind tunnel. The tests are performed on single cylinders, single row arrays, and multi-row tube bundles in both aligned and staggered configurations subjected to airflow of 0.5 to 5.0 m/s. This range of air velocities is chosen as it encompasses vertical flow regimes occur inside typical cooling towers. The effects of foam layer thickness, transversal and longitudinal tube pitches, foam-to-tube bonding methods, and tube bank patterns, are collectively investigated. The results are compared to baseline data obtained from conventional, annular finned tubes and tube bundles tested under the same conditions.The overall conclusions are drawn on heat transfer and pressure drop as two main comparison parameters. Experimental results on these parameters confirm the trend of numerical findings of a previous in-house study, although with varying degrees of differences on their magnitude. In all finned-versus foam-surface comparisons, under the same testing conditions and using specimens of similar dimensions, the latter shows convincing benefits on heat transfer/pressure drop ratios over the full range of chosen airflows. Within this range, the maximum relative advantage of the foam-covered heat exchangers over the finned type is observed at the midrange of airflow between 2.0 and 2.5 m/s. This result is both desirable and opportune because these designated airflows coincide with the top end velocity found inside most natural-draft cooling towers. Beyond this range of airflow up to 5.0 m/s, a typical range at the lower end of induced-or forced-draft cooling towers, the relative merit of heat transfer/pressure drop is rapidly degraded. However, in a situation where the increased heat transfer is under demand and compactness is not a critical factor, the pressure drop can be reduced satisfactorily by choosing a suitable transversal pitch within the tube bundle. Under this reduced blockage condition, metal foam heat exchanger bundles tend to behave as a group of an individual tube; therefore, retain higher relative benefit in terms of the sum...

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The Effect of Fin Density on the Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Performance of Low-Finned Tube Banks

Cited by 42 publications

References 3 publications

An experimental and theoretical investigation of the effects of supply air conditions on computational efficiency in data centers employing aisle containment

An experimental and theoretical investigation of the effects of supply air conditions on computational efficiency in data centers employing aisle containment

Investigation of Coherence behind a Single Foamed Tube

Improving the performance of air-cooled condensers by using metal foams

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