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NUMERICAL STUDY OF FIN-TUBE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH DELTA WINGLETS
Divyprakash C. Pal, Abhik Majumder*
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura, 799046, India
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2016, 7, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.7.1
Abstract
In this present work heat transfer characteristics, thermal performance and pressure drop are studied numerically for a finned-tube bank heat exchanger
with Delta Winglet Vortex Generator (DWVG) on the fin at different angle of attack (α). The thermo-fluid is studied by varying α at 15o
, 25o
, 30o
and
35o
. The base length (lDW) of the winglet also varied from 20mm to 35mm. The heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop increased in all the cases
with increase in Reynolds number. However, significant increase in heat transfer of about 23.92% was observed for α at 35o when compared with plain
fin heat-exchanger.
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Pal, D. C., Majumder, A. (2016). NUMERICAL STUDY OF FIN-TUBE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH DELTA WINGLETS.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 7(1), 1–9.