Flow maldistribution and thermal performance deterioration in a cross-flow air to air heat exchanger with plate-fin cores

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2009.03.049MaRDI QIDQ840904zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lizhi Zhang

Publication date 14 September 2009

Published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.049

zbMATH Keywords

compact heat exchangerflow maldistributionheat transferplate-fin

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Experimental work for problems pertaining to classical thermodynamics (80-05)

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Cites work

• Dynamics of plate heat exchangers subject to flow variations
• Laminar flow and heat transfer in plate-fin triangular ducts in thermally developing entry region
• The effects of inlet fluid flow nonuniformity on thermal performance and pressure drops in crossflow plate-fin compact heat exchangers

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• Constructal multi-tube configuration for natural and forced convection in cross-flow
• Analytical and empirical determination of thermal performance of louvered heat exchanger - effects of air flow statistics
• Thermal analysis of plate condensers in presence of flow maldistribution

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