A non-intrusive approach is investigated to calculate the internal flow distribution in heat exchangers. In particular, the liquid flow rate can be determined in each tube of an air-liquid finned-tube heat exchanger. A purposely designed test bench impresses a sudden change of temperature of the liquid flowing through the heat exchanger. The thermal transient that follows is monitored by a thermographic camera. This measures the rise of surface temperature along each tube. The temperature evolution pattern is then correlated to the flow rate in the tube by simple mathematical processing. The heat exchanger is tested in still air. Modification is not required. The approach is tested on heat exchangers for a F1 race car, with encouraging results. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Thermographic analysis of flow distribution in compact heat exchangers for a Formula 1 car / E., Caffagni; Levoni, Paolo; M., Piraccini; Muscio, Alberto; Corticelli, Mauro Alessandro; Barozzi, Giovanni Sebastiano. - In: INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 1350-4495. - STAMPA. - 49:3(2007), pp. 321-326. [10.1016/j.infrared.2006.06.024]
Thermographic analysis of flow distribution in compact heat exchangers for a Formula 1 car
LEVONI, Paolo;MUSCIO, Alberto;CORTICELLI, Mauro Alessandro;BAROZZI, Giovanni Sebastiano
2007
Abstract
A non-intrusive approach is investigated to calculate the internal flow distribution in heat exchangers. In particular, the liquid flow rate can be determined in each tube of an air-liquid finned-tube heat exchanger. A purposely designed test bench impresses a sudden change of temperature of the liquid flowing through the heat exchanger. The thermal transient that follows is monitored by a thermographic camera. This measures the rise of surface temperature along each tube. The temperature evolution pattern is then correlated to the flow rate in the tube by simple mathematical processing. The heat exchanger is tested in still air. Modification is not required. The approach is tested on heat exchangers for a F1 race car, with encouraging results. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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