Rahul V., Ajith K.R., 2018, Parametric Study of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of a Rectangular Offset Strip Fin Compact Heat Exchanger, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 71, 1381-1386.
Compact heat exchangers are of great topics of interest while we are dealing with the enhancement of heat transfer rate. In this study, a rectangular offset strip fin compact heat exchanger is taken into consideration. The purpose of this study is to develop a numerical model to study the heat transfer characteristics as well as the pressure drop characteristics. The parametric study was done in FLUENT with a three dimensional computational domain in which air is selected as working fluid. The analysis was confined to the flow in laminar region and so the Reynolds number was limited to 1000. The variation of friction factor and Colburn factor with Reynolds number is also analysed. The results obtained were analysed and were also compared with an existing correlation. The findings of this study may serve as a helping tool to develop a correlation for fluid flow in offset strip fin geometry.
