DEPARTMENT OF FLOW, HEAT AND

COMBUSTION MECHANICS
APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT
TRANSFER

THERMAL
INSTALLATION
Exercises 4: compact heat exchangers

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COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER

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HEAT TRANSFER: AUGMENTED SURFACE
̶ Fin efficiency

̶ Overall heat transfer coefficient

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DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS
̶ Stanton number

̶ Colburn number

̶ Reynolds number

̶ Pressure drop

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CHARACTERISTIC UNITS
̶ Velocity: Average velocity in smallest cross-section
̶ Characteristic length:
̶ Du; Dc
̶ Characteristic length of a pin pattern
̶…

𝐷 𝑐 =𝑑𝑢 +2⋅𝑡 𝑓

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FIN EFFICIENCY: LONGITUDINAL

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FIN EFFICIENCY: PERPENDICULAR

l* for continuous fins?  Schmidt: equivalent circular fin

̶ Staggered: hexagon
̶ Inline: rectangle
̶ re,eq  Schmidt, Zeller and Grewe

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HUMID AIR
̶ Humid air is a mixture of air and water vapour
̶ Relative humidity

̶ Humidity ratio

̶ You can assume mixture of ideal gasses

 conservation of mass and energy

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EXERCISE 9 & 10

louvered fins