Evaluating the performance of forced convection heat transfer enhancement

Abstract

Two methods for assessing thermal performance were evaluated for four kinds of forced convective heat transfer augmentations. On method uses the first law of thermodynamics, i.e., the heat transfer improvement at (1) constant Reynolds number, (2) constant pressure loss, and (3) constant pumping power. The other method uses the second law of thermodynamics, i.e., the entropy generation. The first method restricts the effective region and the second method supplies the condition for achieving the minimum entropy generation rate. © 1998 Scripta Technica, Heat Trans Jpn Res, 27(2): 142–154, 1998