An experimental study to Compare Vertically Helical Coil Radiators and Straight Tube Radiators Performance in Vehicle Cooling System

Authors

  • Kareem Jafar Alwan Najaf Technical Institute, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University 31001 Al-Najaf, Iraq
  • Radhwan A. Flayyih Najaf Technical Institute, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University 31001 Al-Najaf, Iraq
  • Mohammed K. Khashan Department of Aeronautical Technologies, Najaf Technical Institute, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University 31001 Al-Najaf, Iraq
  • Nawfel Muhammed Baqer Muhsin Najaf Technical Institute, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University 31001 Al-Najaf, Iraq, Department of Aeronautical Technologies
  • Muna S. Kassim Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Mustansiriyah, Baghdad 10052, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30572/2018/KJE/160410

Keywords:

Helical coil, Plain tube, Vehicle Chilling Routines, Advanced, WFV

Abstract

Heat exchangers are managed in numerous topics like motorized, training, turbine, energy plants, and water managements. A radiator is a heat exchanger of that category, when the air emerges surrounding the circle of the finned frames, and cools the fluid which requirement be abated. A small variation has been presented on the radiator intention to make it more effective, where the recent creation is a helical tube radiator lesser than the fin and tube air cooled radiator commonly applied today, and outstandingly in vehicles. The detached of this investigate is to measure the implementation distinction relating the function of a helically coiled heat exchanger to that of consecutive tube heat exchanger. From the upstairs it is assumed that heat transfer in helical spherical tubes are superior than in the perpendicular tubes due to the helical characteristics of the tubes. This explains why on the outer side of the pipe fluid moves slightly faster than on the inner side, this is commonly referred to as the curvature effect. Hydro experimental proves to reveal the manner, in which the effective thermal performance of helical coil radiator depends on the value of the water flow rates. The analysis was executed via the evidence records with WIT = 60 °C, AIT = 20 °C, and WFV extending from 0. 5 to 5 gallons per minute (gpm) Stylish and Modern. As of the overhead extension, it can be assumed that for The Vertically Helical Coil radiator, the relating fluctuation of the water instrument heat enhances with stream speed is minor than that of Stretch Tube Radiators. This indicates that Vertically Helical Coil radiator might have a greater heat transfer property as contrasted to the flat tube at shorter flow rates

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Published

2025-11-01

How to Cite

Alwan, Kareem Jafar, et al. “An Experimental Study to Compare Vertically Helical Coil Radiators and Straight Tube Radiators Performance in Vehicle Cooling System”. Kufa Journal of Engineering, vol. 16, no. 4, Nov. 2025, pp. 179-90, https://doi.org/10.30572/2018/KJE/160410.

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