Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Experimental study of heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of automotive evaporators

Conference ·
OSTI ID:33277
;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  2. Industrial Technology Research Inst., Hsinchu (Taiwan, Province of China). Energy and Research Labs.

An experimental study on two brazed aluminum serpentine evaporators was carried out in a forced-circulation wind tunnel These two heat exchangers were made of flat tubes with internal membranes and with louver fins on the air side. Although these serpentine evaporators have been widely used in the automotive industry, few performance data are available in the open literature. In the present investigation, the performance characteristics of the coils in the dimensionless Colburn j factor and the friction factor (f) are presented.

OSTI ID:
33277
Report Number(s):
CONF-9406105--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Heat transfer and flow characteristics of automotive brazed aluminum heat exchangers
Conference · Fri Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1994 · OSTI ID:33284

Determination of heat transfer and friction characteristics of an adapted inclined louvered fin
Journal Article · Tue Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 2006 · Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science · OSTI ID:20711983

Experimental study of the air side performance of louver and wave fin-and-tube coils
Journal Article · Sat Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science · OSTI ID:20770217