| Title |
An Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Air Side in a Plate-Louvered Fin Heat Exchanger |
| Keywords |
Louvered-fin ; 루버핀 ; Louver angle ; 루버각 ; Louver pitch ; 루버피치 ; Fin pitch ; 핀피치 ; Heat transfer ; 열전달 ; Pressure drop ; 압력강하 |
| Abstract |
Heat transfer and pressure drop on the air side of a plate-louvered fin heat exchanger with new shape of louver fin have been investigated experimentally. Water is employed inside the flat tube to transfer heat with air for convenience. This problem is of particular interest in the design of a plate-louvered heat exchanger. The effect of air flow rate, water flow rate and water temperature on pressure drop as well as heat transfer in air side are studied in detail. The present results showed a good agreement qualitatively with the previous results in general. Based on the experimental data,-factor and-factor correlations of the present louvered-fin are suggested. It is also found that heat transfer could be enhanced with new shape of louver fin, compared with the conventional louvered-fin, while the-factor remains unchanged. |