An Experimental Investigation of the Performance of Staggered PIN-FIN Array Laminar Flow Heat Exchangers

Abstract

This study concentrates on the empirical characterization of a staggered pin-fin array heat exchanger placed in a modular, rectangular wind tunnel. A full analysis of the heat transfer and pressure drop behavior was conducted on various pin-fin shapes, sizes, and configurations. The study was based on airflow over a wide range of Reynolds numbers in the laminar regime. The empirical data gathered can be used to corroborate and develop better numerical models to characterize the performance of such heat exchangers as well as scale down to the micro level for comparison with micro-heat exchangers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA432868

Entities

People

  • Matthew T. Harding

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Laminar Flow
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Operating Systems
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Reynolds Number
  • Specific Heat
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation