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Subject Yup - higher velocities on either side are beneficial
     
Posted by black300zx on March 28, 2013 at 10:01 PM
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In Reply To Yup. Just had to look it up in my heat transfer book... LOL (n/m) posted by AHos(Chicago) on March 28, 2013 at 07:51 PM
     
Message Higher velocities = higher reynolds number = higher convective heat transfer coefficient

That being said, in a liquid-air heat exchanger, the air side will usually be the dominating thermal resistance, and therefore be more sensitive to flowrate than the liquid side.

     
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