Heat and Mass Transfer

, Volume 52, Issue 9, pp 1791–1806 | Cite as

Experimental study and numerical simulation of flow and heat transfer performance on an offset plate-fin heat exchanger

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Abstract

An experimental investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of an offset plate-fin heat exchanger for cooling of lubricant oil is conducted. The empirical correlations for j-factor and f-factor are obtained by evaluating the experimental data with a modified Wilson plot method. A numerical simulation is performed and the comparison between numerical results and experimental data are presented and discussed. The results show that the simulation results are consistent with experimental data.

Keywords

Heat Transfer Heat Exchanger Nusselt Number Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient Heat Transfer Performance 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Energy and Power EngineeringWuhan University of TechnologyWuhanPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.Business CollegeHubei University of TechnologyWuhanPeople’s Republic of China

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