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HAN Xiao, LIU Ran, ZHANG Lei, et al. Flow and heat transfer performance analysis of wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger with winglet type vortex generator under low-pressure[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2025, 40(5):20230682 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20230682
Citation: HAN Xiao, LIU Ran, ZHANG Lei, et al. Flow and heat transfer performance analysis of wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger with winglet type vortex generator under low-pressure[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2025, 40(5):20230682 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20230682

Flow and heat transfer performance analysis of wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger with winglet type vortex generator under low-pressure

doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20230682
  • Received Date: 2023-10-28
    Available Online: 2024-07-01
  • Fin-and-tube heat exchangers are widely used in cabin ambient temperature control of aircraft under low-pressure conditions. In order to study the air-side heat transfer characteristics of fin-and-tube heat exchangers under low-pressure conditions, the air-side flow heat transfer characteristics of the fin-tubed heat exchangers under low pressure were studied numerically in ambient pressure of 5—101 kPa and inlet air velocity of 0.5—6 m/s. The research results showed that with the decrease of ambient pressure, the heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop on the air-side decreased significantly. When the air pressure was 25 kPa, the convective heat transfer coefficient on the air side decreased by 69.9%—75.6% compared with that under normal pressure. Predictive models for the air-side heat transfer factor j and friction factor f of the wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger with winglet type vortex generator were proposed. The calculation results were in good agreement with the simulation results, with mean absolute errors of 4.75% and 3.57%, respectively. This study can provide a reference for the design of fin-and-tube heat exchanger working in low pressure environment.

     

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