Air-cooled cross flow heat exchangers are very popular in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. The fin type, tube arrangement, flow circuitry, and many geometry parameters, are to be designed and optimized. In this paper, a generic simulation and optimization tool for the design of air-cooled condensers/evaporators is introduced. It is featured with a user-friendly interface, freedo...

I, Bedok South Road, Singapore 1646 This study attempts to qualitatively quanti:(y the thermal design aspects of the suction tube of a hermetic refrigeration compressor with high shell pressure configuration. The effects on heat transfer and fluid flow which affect the design dimensions and material selection of the suction tube will be shown and discussed. Results obtained suggested that the t...

Laminar and Turbulent Flow. If a fluid flows through a long, smooth-walled, narrow tube at a low flow rate, flow is likely to be “laminar.” Here the particles of fluid travel parallel to the sides of the tube. This is often the case for blood flowing in veins. Flow is proportional to the pressure difference (Figure 2A). The viscosity of the fluid is an important determinant of the relationship ...

abstract: in this study, al 2 o 3 /eg and tio 2 /eg nanofluids as coolants have been used in the double-tube heat exchanger. the hot solvent inlet heat exchanger must be cooled down with a specified amount. we can use nanofluids as coolants in the heat exchanger for optimization of the heat transfer area. therefore, the efficacy of nanofluids as coolants is verified. furthermore, flow rate of c...

a brass vortex tube (vt) with interchangeable parts is used to determine the optimum cold end orifice diameter, main tube length and diameter. experiments were carried out to study the effects of operating pressure as well. it is shown that there is an optimum value for cold end orifice diameter, which is equal to 4mm and there is an optimum value for cold and hot exit temperature difference at...

Due to the dependence of boiling heat transfer rate on heat flux, saturation pressure, mass flux and refrigerant quality, efforts made to increase heat transfer rate often cause further drop in refrigerant saturation pressure. In this study, entropy generation mechanisms associated with two-phase flow in smooth evaporator tube subject to constant surface heat flux are investigated. Refrigerant ...