Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Friction Factor in Laminar Forced Convection over Flat Tube in Channel Flow

The heat transfer and fluid flow over a flat tube in the channel with laminar forced convection is experimentally investigated. The experiments were conducted at a flat tube in the flow direction, the five air velocity between 0.2 and 1.0 m/s, and Reynolds number based on the hydraulic diameter (Re-Dh) was considered from 124.5 to 622.5. The uniform heat flux supplies are at the surface of the tube are 354.9, 1016.3 and 1935.8 W/m(2) respectively. The experimental results indicate that the average Nusselt numbers ((Nu) over bar (Dh)) for the flat tube increased with increase of Re-Dh at fixed of the heat flux supply. The (Nu) over bar (Dh) increased with an increase of heat flux supply at fixed ReDh. On the other hand, the friction factor decreased with increases of the front free stream velocity. The (Nu) over bar (Dh) relationship with Re-Dh in the power law, the (Nu) over bar (Dh)-Re-Dh correlation was found to be (Nu) over bar (Dh) = C x (Re-Dh)(m). The correlation achieved good predictions of the measured data with the minimum root mean square value is 99.70%. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.