Abstract
This paper presents the experimental results on the outside condensation heat tral1sfer coefficient of horizontal enhanced filmed tubes. Three different fin geometry types of three-dimensional enhanced finned tubes were tested. A low-fin-tube (LFT) 19 fin-per-inch (fpi) was also tested for reference. Experimental refrigerant used was R134a. The heat tral1sfer coefficient test was carried out at a condensing temperature of 40°C, at a cooling water velocity of 1.5 m/s, and the heat flux of 10 to 110 kW/m2K. The outside condensation heat transfer coefficient of all three dimensional enhanced finned tubes were approximately 1.9 times higher than that of LFTl9fpi at high heat flux range. In low heat flux range, the enhanced finned tube of small circumferential segmentation pitches at the fin tip was shown the highest outside heat transfer coefficient for all tubes tested.
