TY - JOUR
TI - LAMINAR HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF A PLATE-LOUVER FIN SURFACE OBTAINED BY THE DIFFERENTIAL FLUID ENTHALPY METHOD
AU - Bačlić Branislav
AU - Gvozdenac Dušan D
AU - Sekulić Dušan P
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 1997
VL - 1
IS - 1
SP - 93
EP - 108
PT - Article
AB - In order to establish the Colburn factor vs Reynolds number correlation from single blow experimental data of a particular plate-fin surface, the Differential Fluid Enthalpy Method (DFEM) has been applied. This
method overcomes the deficiencies of previously known methods and simply deals with the realistic exponential inlet temperature signal. In this paper the method is modified to enable simultaneous determination
of the test matrix specific heat as well. The correlation obtained is based on one hundred experimental runs covering the range 385< Re < 1930. The compact surface sample has been cut out by electro-erosion from
a completely manufactured (brased aluminum) cross flow heat ex- changer core. For completeness, the corresponding Fanning factor results are included in the paper.