A numerical study of heat transfer and hydrodynamics in plate heat exchangers with corrugated fins was carried out. The effect of corrugation pitch on heat flow and pressure drop was studied. The study was carried out using computational fluid dynamics in the ANSYS software package (v. 19.2). The results of the study showed that increasing the corrugation pitch from n = 5 to n = 9 leads to an increase in heat flow of 10.83% and a pressure drop of 28.30%.

Keywords: plate-fin heat exchanger, corrugated fins, heat transfer, hydrodynamics, numerical study, calculation, heat flow, pressure drop, energy efficiency, cooling system

A numerical simulation was used to investigate heat transfer in plate-fin radiators with round fillet profiles of various depths, including 0.55 mm, 1.1 mm, and 1.5 mm. The issue of flowing air around a radiator with a mass flow rate of 10-3 to 4·10-3 кг/с and a temperature of 293 K was solved. The radiator was heated using a heater, whose temperature was set from 323 to 353 K. Changes in heat flow, pressure drop, and energy efficiency indicator were shown depending on the air mass flow, according to the calculation results. The research findings indicate that the radiator featuring round fillet profiles and a depth of 1.65 mm exhibits the highest heat flow and energy efficiency indicators, as well as the lowest pressure drop.

Keywords: radiator, cooling system, numerical modeling, computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, heat flow, pressure drop, energy efficiency, calculation, electronics