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 …

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) …

Enhanced heat transfer

RL Webb, NY Kim - Taylor and Francis, NY, 2005 - dl.begellhouse.com
Transition between nucleate and film boiling potentially causes dramatic temperature
changes during fluxcontrolled operations, which may lead to catastrophic equipment …

Additively-manufactured metallic porous lattice heat exchangers for air-side heat transfer enhancement

JY Ho, KC Leong, TN Wong - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, two novel porous lattice air-cooled heat exchangers (Lattice 1 and Lattice 2)
were fabricated by the selective laser melting (SLM) technique from an aluminum alloy …

R290 (propane) and R600a (isobutane) as natural refrigerants for residential heat pump water heaters

K Nawaz, B Shen, A Elatar, V Baxter… - Applied Thermal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Growing awareness of the potential environmental impacts of various refrigerants has led to
the phasedown of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants and to initiatives replacing HFCs …

Experimental and numerical investigation on air-side performance of fin-and-tube heat exchangers with various fin patterns

LH Tang, M Zeng, QW Wang - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Air-side heat transfer and friction characteristics of five kinds of fin-and-tube heat
exchangers, with the number of tube rows (N= 12) and the diameter of tubes (Do= 18mm) …

Heat and mass transfer for compact heat exchanger (CHXs) design: A state-of-the-art review

M Awais, AA Bhuiyan - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
This review presents a comprehensive analysis on different ways of enhancing heat transfer
rate and pressure loss reduction in various types of compact heat exchangers (CHXs). The …

Performance optimization of CO2 heat pump water heater

K Nawaz, B Shen, A Elatar, V Baxter… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
A preliminary analysis was conducted to analyze the performance of a heat pump water
heater (HPWH) that uses CO 2 as the refrigerant. A model to predict the performance was …

R1234yf and R1234ze (E) as low-GWP refrigerants for residential heat pump water heaters

K Nawaz, B Shen, A Elatar, V Baxter… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Owing to the growing concerns about the relatively high global warming potential (GWP) of
current refrigerants, a serious effort is in progress to find lower-GWP substitutes. The …

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 …