Condensation heat transfer on pin-fin tubes: Effect of thermal conductivity and pin height

Hafiz Muhammad Ali; Adrian Briggs

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.08.020

Condensation heat transfer on pin-fin tubes: Effect of thermal conductivity and pin height

Hafiz Muhammad Ali
, Adrian Briggs^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

New experimental data are reported for condensation of ethylene glycol and R-113 at near atmospheric pressure and low velocity on three identical pairs of pin-fin tubes made of copper, brass and bronze. The only geometric parameter varied was pin height. For both fluids tested, copper pin-fin tubes showed the highest gain in heat-transfer enhancement ratio with increasing pin height. Vapour-side, heat-transfer enhancement ratio was relatively weakly dependent on tube thermal conductivity for R-113 and more strongly dependant in the case of ethylene glycol. Data showed a strong heat-transfer enhancement dependence on unflooded area enhancement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	465-471
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume	60
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.08.020
State	Published - 1 Oct 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Condensation
Enhancement
Pin-fin

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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