Entropy-Based Optimization for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Tubes With Helical Fins
- 8 November 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Heat Transfer
- Vol. 144 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052582
Abstract
In this work, a tube with internal helical fins is analyzed and optimized from an entropy generation point of view. Helical fins, in addition to providing heat transfer enhancements, have the potential to level the temperature of the tube under non-uniform circumferential heating. The geometric parameters of helical fins are optimized under two different entropy-based formulations. Specifically, this work focuses on comparing the optimal design solution obtained through the minimization of total entropy and through the multiobjective optimization of the thermal and viscous entropy contributions when considered as two separate objectives. The latter quantities being associated with heat transfer and pressure drops, it is shown that, from a design optimization point of view, it is important to separate both entropies which are conflicting objectives.Keywords
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