Traditionally the development of the aircraft, its systems and the associated components revolve around weight optimization and the related design issues. The aircraft environmental control system (ECS) being the maximum ...

This paper presents the heat transfer coefficients and frictional pressure drops measured during the saturated vapor condensation of R134a inside a small plate-fin heat exchanger with wavy fin surface for air-conditioning ...

The objective of this chapter is to present the role and advantages of big data governance in the optimal use of integrated health monitoring systems with a specific reference to the aerospace industry. Aerospace manufacturers ...

A Compact Heat Exchanger is characterized by a high heat transfer area per unit volume, which can be achieved by using very high-density fins. A plain fin is one of the most commonly used fins as it has advantages such as ...

In the present study, analysis of multi-nozzle ejector systems for aircraft compact heat exchanger applications is performed. CFD procedure is validated with experimental data of a single-nozzle ejector. Experimentation ...

The most popularly used fins in Compact Heat Exchangers (CHEs) are the plain fins, offset strip fins, louvered fins and wavy fins. Thermo hydraulic performance of the above mentioned fins are strongly depends upon the ...

This paper presents the experimental heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop measured during R-134a saturated vapour condensation inside a small brazed compact plate fin heat exchanger with serrated fin surface. The ...

The most popularly used fin types in compact heat exchangers are the serrated fins, wavy fins, louvered fins and plain fins. Amongst these fin types the serrated fins assume lot of importance due to its enhanced thermo-hydraulic ...

The purpose of this paper is to carry out numerical modeling of single-blow transient analysis using FLUENT porous media model for estimation of heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of offset and wavy fins

The necessity of increased heat transfer surface area has resulted in the development of compact heat exchangers, which are widely used in the aerospace and automobile industries. Hence perforations are made on triangular ...