Civil and Environmental Engineering Publications
HEAT-EXCHANGER DESIGN BASED ON CHAOTIC ADVECTION
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1993
Journal
EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE
Volume
7
Issue
4
First Page
333
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1016/0894-1777(93)90056-O
Last Page
344
Abstract
Experiments on hydrodynamic and heat transfer behavior of the flow in a twisted curved channel were conducted in a water tunnel and also in two heat exchanger coils tested in a heat exchanger test facility. The flow regime, designated ''chaotic advection,'' is a subclass of laminar flow with high mixing properties. Preliminary results show that heat transfer is enhanced due to the chaotic trajectories generated in the flow.