Keywords

Heat exchangers, Testing, Refrigeration, Refrigerating machinery

Abstract

A computer model of a fin and tube air-to-air heat exchanger is presented. The model incorporates a computational scheme to account for latent effects due to small amounts of moisture in one or both fluid streams. A testing program is described which was performed in order to mathematically characterize the heat transfer and pressure drop relationships of the tube with turbulator used in the heat exchanger. These relationships are included in the computer model. A comparison of the computer model to heat exchanger test data indicates that the computer model may be relied upon to provide design and analysis information. Finally, a parametric study is performed using the computer model in order to explore the characteristics of the heat exchanger and to demonstrate its usefulness to the heat exchanger designer. It is concluded that, in addition to presenting an analysis tool for heat exchanger design, there are several important secondary results. These include: verification of the modelling techniques, the analytical description of the tube with turbulator and, identification of a problem area in the header design.

Notes

If this is your thesis or dissertation, and want to learn how to access it or for more information about readership statistics, contact us at STARS@ucf.edu

Graduation Date

Spring 1979

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering

Format

PDF

Pages

175 p.

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0013221

Subjects

Heat exchangers -- Testing, Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery

Collection (Linked data)

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Accessibility Status

Searchable text

Download

Included in

Engineering Commons

Share

COinS