Faculty Mentor Name
Shigeo Hayashibara
Format Preference
Poster
Abstract
Heating Ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) is a system which changes the temperature of the surroundings for the purposes of cooling or heating. This system requires energy to maintain a temperature difference from the outside temperature. This is important since minimized power is one of the requirements for the system to achieve a better efficiency. Optimizing the flow over the evaporator coils is one way to increase the cooling efficiency. This will reduce the power required to have a sustainable system. Optimizing the flow to increase the energy transfer between the fins and the incoming air could result in a greater Coefficient of Performance (COP). This will be achieved by changing the geometry of the tubes for greater interaction with the flow. For reduced recirculation, an oval design for the tube geometry was chosen. These studies will be simulated using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as the main comparison between the different models. The different models will be a standard oval shaped tube geometry with different angles of attack alternating through the rows. This method could, in theory, increase the overall heat transfer coefficient of the evaporator because of more mixing of the flow through the evaporator. In conclusion, this study will analyze the effects of changing the geometry and alternating the angle of attack of the evaporator tubes along rows, on the overall heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop across the model.
- POSTER PRESENTATION
- IGNITE AWARD
Included in
Construction Engineering and Management Commons, Dynamic Systems Commons, Fluid Dynamics Commons, Other Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons, Other Engineering Commons
Studies of Oval Tube and Fin Heat Exchangers
Heating Ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) is a system which changes the temperature of the surroundings for the purposes of cooling or heating. This system requires energy to maintain a temperature difference from the outside temperature. This is important since minimized power is one of the requirements for the system to achieve a better efficiency. Optimizing the flow over the evaporator coils is one way to increase the cooling efficiency. This will reduce the power required to have a sustainable system. Optimizing the flow to increase the energy transfer between the fins and the incoming air could result in a greater Coefficient of Performance (COP). This will be achieved by changing the geometry of the tubes for greater interaction with the flow. For reduced recirculation, an oval design for the tube geometry was chosen. These studies will be simulated using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as the main comparison between the different models. The different models will be a standard oval shaped tube geometry with different angles of attack alternating through the rows. This method could, in theory, increase the overall heat transfer coefficient of the evaporator because of more mixing of the flow through the evaporator. In conclusion, this study will analyze the effects of changing the geometry and alternating the angle of attack of the evaporator tubes along rows, on the overall heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop across the model.
- POSTER PRESENTATION
- IGNITE AWARD