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

A comparison study of compact plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers

Book ·
OSTI ID:687619
;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Chung Yuan Christian Univ., Chung Li (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  2. Industrial Technology Research Inst., Hsinchu (Taiwan, Province of China). Energy and Resources Labs.

Experimental investigation of the heat transfer and friction characteristics of plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers having 7 mm (0.276 in.) tube was carried out. In the present study, eight samples of commercially available plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers were tested. The rest results indicated that the effect of fin pitch is negligible for four-row coils, and there is a detectable decrease of heat transfer performance with increase of fin pitch for two-row coil. In addition, the heat transfer enhancement ratios decrease with decrease of fin pitch.

OSTI ID:
687619
Report Number(s):
CONF-980650--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English