Ask for finned-tube coil design software

[Vincent Yu]

Hello All,

I have not been here for a long time. Currently, I am looking for a finned-tube evaporator and condenser performance calculation program which have the function to predict air side pressure drop for different types of fin (flat, corrugated, raised lance, and louver fin). Evap-Cond is a nice program to do coil calculation. But it does not tell the air side pressure drop. Heatcraft has a nice program. But it is only provided to its customers. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Many Thanks
Vincent

[Lc_shi]

HI Vencent
Long time no see How are you going?May be the below link can do some help.

http://www2.bfrl.nist.gov/software/evap-cond/

regards
LC

[Vincent Yu]

Hello LC,

Nice to hear from you. How are you doing?

I use Evap-Cond in my work. It is a nice program, allowing you to run the circuit in different ways and adjusting air flow distribution. But when I design evaporator for flooded system, sometime, the program does not converge. The main disadvantage of this program is it does not tell the air side pressure drop.

Anyway, it is a good tool for coil design.

Regards,
Vincent

[Brian_UK]

Vincent

I found this on the web..
http://webgruppen.wm.net/abb/
they have a 'trail' download and also an on screen calculation method.

I'm not sure if it is any help but it will give air pressure drop, obviously for their own coils, but...

[Jean]

Hi Vincent,

Google brought me to your thread.

I am also looking for a simulation program to design finned-tube coil. Have you manage to find a good one?
With information on air pressure drop?

If possible, it would be great if the application can work using secondary coolant such as glycols...

Thanks in Advance.
Jean