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Thermal characterisation of compact heat exchangers for air heating and cooling in electric vehicles

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Torregrosa-Jaime, B., Corberán, J.M., Payá, J., Delamarche, J.L.·2017·Applied Thermal Engineering

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  • Many previous models assumed uniform humidity and temperature distribution along the fin height, an adiabatic fin tip at half fin height, and did not consider partial dehumidification scenarios.

    “However, many of these models assumed (1) uniform humidity and temperature distribution along the fin height, (2) adiabatic fin tip at half fin height, and (3) did not consider partial dehumidification scenarios.”

    From Thermal-hydraulic and drainage performance of microchannel heat exchangers for refrigeration and heat pump systems under frosting, defrosting, and wet conditions: A comprehensive review (2023) · cites this paper as [111]

    The Introduction says the traditional effectiveness approach is inaccurate when the boundary between dry and wet surfaces moves, and presents intentional analysis of partially wet conditions as a novelty. That lends limited support to the point about earlier treatment of partial dehumidification, but it does not establish that many previous models omitted it. Neither the Introduction nor the model passages describe earlier models assuming uniform conditions along fin height or an adiabatic tip at half fin height; page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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Authors
Torregrosa-Jaime, B., Corberán, J. M., Payá, J., & Delamarche, J. L.
Affiliations
Universitat Politècnica de València (ES)
Corresponding author
Torregrosa-Jaime, B.
Venue
Applied Thermal Engineering
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-03
Volume
115
Pages
774-781
ISSN
1359-4311 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2570094357
Cited by
25
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3
FWCI
2.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Applied Thermal Engineering (publishedVersion)
  • RiuNet (Universitat Politècnica de València) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • European Commission (265434)
  • Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (AP2010-2160)
  • Ministry of Culture and Sport
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Keywords
compact heat exchangers, heater core, electric vehicle air conditioning, global heat transfer coefficient, semi-empirical correlation, dehumidification, thermal characterization, battery thermal management, energy consumption reduction

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