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Thermal Performance Of A Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger With A Koch Snowflake Fractal Design, Anton Gomez
Thermal Performance Of A Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger With A Koch Snowflake Fractal Design, Anton Gomez
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Double-pipe heat exchangers are the simplest type of heat exchanger and are widely utilized in industrial applications. The effectiveness of double-pipe heat exchangers can be increased by using various heat transfer enhancement techniques. Passive heat transfer enhancement methods are desirable as they do not require moving components and are easy to manufacture and maintain. The focus of this study is to implement a passive heat transfer enhancement method and to investigate how thermal performance is impacted. Specifically, the inner pipe in a heat exchanger will be modified to have a cross-section in accordance with the Koch snowflake fractal pattern. The …