The hydrothermal performance enhancement techniques of corrugated channels: a review

In the last decades, heat transfer enhancement techniques have been varied and increased rapidly to produce more efficient heat exchange equipment and in turn save energy and cost. One of the effective methods used for augmenting heat transfer is employing corrugations on heat exchanger equipment su...

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Published inJournal of thermal analysis and calorimetry Vol. 147; no. 19; pp. 10177 - 10206
Main Authors Alfellag, Mohanad A., Ahmed, Hamdi E., Jehad, Mohammed G., Farhan, Ammar A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2022
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Equipment and supplies
Heat exchange
Heat exchangers
Heat sinks
Heat transfer
Heating
Inorganic Chemistry
Machining
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Microchannels
Nanofluids
Phase change materials
Physical Chemistry
Polymer Sciences
Pressure drop
Pressure effects
Side effects
Hydrothermal performance
Enhancement techniques
Corrugated channels
Compound methods
Solar air collector
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Summary:In the last decades, heat transfer enhancement techniques have been varied and increased rapidly to produce more efficient heat exchange equipment and in turn save energy and cost. One of the effective methods used for augmenting heat transfer is employing corrugations on heat exchanger equipment surfaces. Different applications of using corrugations such as circular and non-circular channels, microchannel heat sink, mini-channel heat sink, and solar air collector have been presented and reviewed in this paper. Researchers investigated various shapes of corrugations along with several corrugation configurations. In addition, using corrugations with other heat transfer enhancement techniques, namely perforations, phase change materials, and nanofluids was discussed. From this overview study, it was found that some research topics are still attractive and need more investigations, while other topics have some limitations either in the application or side effects such as additional pressure drop penalty, further machining costs, more additional material, or more costs for synthesizing the coolants such as nanofluids or sedimentation.
ISSN:1388-6150
1588-2926
DOI:10.1007/s10973-022-11247-1