Project

Thermohydraulic characterization and performance of the tube-fin transition in compact heat exchangers

Code
3F017207
Duration
01 October 2007 → 30 September 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Electrical power engineering
    • Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering
    • Thermodynamics
Keywords
heat transfer compact heat exchangers hydraulic resistance experiments CFD-simulation tube-fine transition zone
 
Project description

The objective of this research is to study the relation between the flow field upstream and in the wake of the tube and the thermohydraulic performance of the tube-fin transition zone will be worked out. Enhancement techniques will be examined. This research has a experimental and numerical approach.