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Title: Comparison of Analytical and Experimental Effectiveness of Four-Row Plate-Fin-Tube Heat Exchangers with Water, R-22, and R-410A

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OSTI ID:2963

The analytical solutions of heat exchanger effectiveness for four-row crcmilow, cross-countertlow and cross-paralleltlow have been derived in the recent study. The main objective of this study is to investigate the etlkct of heat exchawger tlow conllguration on thermal performance with refrigerant mixtures. Difference of heat exchanger effectiveness for all flow arrangements relative to an analytical many-row solution has been analyzed. A comparison of four-row cross cou~ltet-ilow heat exchanger effectiveness between analytical solutions and experimental data with water, R-22, and R-4 10A is presented.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Oak Ridge, TN
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
2963
Report Number(s):
ORNL/CP-100587; EC 12 04 00 0; ON: DE00002963
Resource Relation:
Conference: ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Nov. 15, 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English