With heat transfer enhancment techniques becoming more available, engineers must assess the effects of using a given enhancement method or selecting among several alternative methods. Trade-offs must be made between heat exchanger size, pressure drop, pumping power, flow rates, temperature differences, and heat transfer rates. Starting with the general formulation of thermal-hydraulic performance evaluation criteria for single-phase flow, a method is described for ranking several enhancement alternatives. The method is illustrated by selecting the appropriate, helical ribbed tubes for water-side heat transfer enhancement in a floodedevaporator water chiller.
Units: Dual
Citation: Symposium, ASHRAE Transactions, 1986, vol. 92, pt. 1B, San Francisco
Product Details
- Published:
- 1986
- Number of Pages:
- 17
- File Size:
- 1 file , 1.1 MB
- Product Code(s):
- D-SF-86-16-2
