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Airside Thermal Performance of Louvered Fin Flat-Tube Heat Exchangers with Different Redirection Louvers

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  • Arslan Saleem

    (School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Queen’s Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • Man-Hoe Kim

    (School of Mechanical Engineering & IEDT, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea)

Abstract

The performance of heat exchangers is severely limited by airside thermal resistance. The effect of redirection louvers (RLs) on the airside thermal performance of a compact flat-tube louvered fin heat exchanger was investigated. A steady-state 3D numerical analysis was conducted for different fin configurations by varying the number of RLs ( N RL = 1, 2, 3, and 5). Conjugate heat transfer analysis was performed at the low Re (50–450) for domestic and transport air-conditioning applications. Geometric parameters such as louver pitch, louver angle, fin pitch, and flow depth were set as 1.7 mm, 27°, 1.2 mm, and 20 mm, respectively. The effective heat transfer fin surface areas of different fin configurations were also kept identical for a comparative analysis. The influence of the RLs on the airside thermal–hydraulic performance was analysed by exploring the local and average Nusselt numbers, pressure drop, Colburn j factor, friction factor f , performance evaluation criteria (PEC), and flow efficiency of different fin configurations. The numerical results revealed that the asymmetric fin configuration with two RLs ( N RL = 2) showed the best heat transfer performance for the entire Re range. It resulted in a 33% higher average Nusselt number, causing a 24% higher pressure drop compared to N R L = 5 . At low flow velocities (Re < 75), N RL = 3 showed better PEC; however, at high flow velocities (Re > 75), N RL = 1 outperformed other fin configurations. Finally, it was noted that increasing the number of RLs reduced the amplitude of the wavy-shaped flow formed between the neighbouring louvered fin, consequently deteriorating the flow efficiency.

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  • Arslan Saleem & Man-Hoe Kim, 2022. "Airside Thermal Performance of Louvered Fin Flat-Tube Heat Exchangers with Different Redirection Louvers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-21, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:16:p:5904-:d:888377
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