Test results for N = 2 and N = 4 for the three fin patterns are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. As shown in the figures, a further increase of the number of tube row (N =2 or N = 4), the airflow within the plain fin-and-tube heat exchanger may become periodic developed, and results in the ‘‘vortex-controlled’’ regime. Consequently, the effect of fin pitch on heat transfer performance is much less profound for N = 2 and it virtually vanishes for N = 4. The previous studies [25,26] for plain fin geometry also showed that a higher velocity with a larger number of tube row may result in the occurrence of vortex along the fins, therefore the effect of fin pitch on heat transfer coefficient would be negligible. For the highly interrupted surface like louver or semi-dimple VG fin geometry, the results are analogous to those for N = 1. With a smaller fin pitch
(Fp= 1.6 mm), the louver fin outperforms that of the semi-dimple VG geometry in the order of 2–10%, yet the difference is moderately increased with the rise of frontal velocity. However, the difference is less pronounced as that of N = 1. This is because of the presence of staggered tube row arrangement that brings about a better flow mixing mechanism. This can be made clear in Fig. 5 (a) for N = 4 and Fp= 1.6 mm, the difference between louver and semi-dimple VG is further reduced due to the presence of multiple staggered tube rows. Notice that for N = 1, all the test samples are regarded as inline arrangement. For a larger fin pitch of 2.0 mm as depicted in Fig. 4(b) ( N = 2) and Fig. 5(b) ( N = 4), one can see that
Test results for N = 2 and N = 4 for the three fin patterns are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. As shown in the figures, a further increase of the number of tube row (N =2 or N = 4), the airflow within the plain fin-and-tube heat exchanger may become periodic developed, and results in the ‘‘vortex-controlled’’ regime. Consequently, the effect of fin pitch on heat transfer performance is much less profound for N = 2 and it virtually vanishes for N = 4. The previous studies [25,26] for plain fin geometry also showed that a higher velocity with a larger number of tube row may result in the occurrence of vortex along the fins, therefore the effect of fin pitch on heat transfer coefficient would be negligible. For the highly interrupted surface like louver or semi-dimple VG fin geometry, the results are analogous to those for N = 1. With a smaller fin pitch
(Fp= 1.6 mm), the louver fin outperforms that of the semi-dimple VG geometry in the order of 2–10%, yet the difference is moderately increased with the rise of frontal velocity. However, the difference is less pronounced as that of N = 1. This is because of the presence of staggered tube row arrangement that brings about a better flow mixing mechanism. This can be made clear in Fig. 5 (a) for N = 4 and Fp= 1.6 mm, the difference between louver and semi-dimple VG is further reduced due to the presence of multiple staggered tube rows. Notice that for N = 1, all the test samples are regarded as inline arrangement. For a larger fin pitch of 2.0 mm as depicted in Fig. 4(b) ( N = 2) and Fig. 5(b) ( N = 4), one can see that
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