Title :
Development of two-dimensional code for heat exchanger thermal performance prediction - Effects of airflow velocity distribution
Author :
Ramadan, M. ; Khaled, Mahmoud ; El Rab, Mostafa Gad ; Hachem, Farouk ; Harambat, Fabien
Author_Institution :
Energy & Thermo-Fluid Group, Lebanese Int. Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract :
In the present work, a two-dimensional code is developed to calculate the heat-exchanger thermal performance in relation to the airflow topology upstream of the heat exchanger induced by its integration in complex environments such as the car underhood compartment. It was shown that the non-uniformity in the upstream velocity distribution decreases the thermal performance of the heat exchanger.
Keywords :
codes; heat exchangers; heat transfer; airflow topology upstream; airflow velocity distribution; car underhood compartment; complex environments; heat exchanger thermal performance prediction; two-dimensional code; Analytical models; Heating; Liquids; Thermal analysis; Tin; Airflow topology; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer modeling; Thermal performance; Two-dimensional code;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics (ICM), 2013 25th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beirut
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3569-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2013.6734977
