Research Article

Comprehensive Evaluation of the Performances of Heat Exchangers with Aluminum and Copper Finned Tubes

Table 1

Model parameters.

ParametersVariablesValues

Outer diameter of tubed0 (mm)5.1
Transverse distance of tubesS1 (mm)18.5
Longitudinal distance of tubesS2 (mm)11
Fin pitchFp (mm)1.8
Fin thicknessδf (mm)0.1
Number of pipe rowsN3
Number of base tubesN32