Numerical Multi-scale Analysis of Motorbike Heat Exchangers

2005-01-1923

04/11/2005

Event
SAE 2005 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
A numerical multi-scale method for the analysis of heat exchangers is presented. In the present work this methodology has been used to analyze the heat exchangers of the Ducati 999 motorbike cooling system. In order to compute the flowfield around the vehicle and to obtain the velocity distribution inside heat exchangers volume, a finite volume model has been adopted. A distributed model is then used to analyze the heat exchange process that takes place into the heat exchanger for different velocity distributions and for a constant liquid inlet temperature. The results of the finite volume analysis are described with particular emphasis on the airflow distribution across the thermal devices. Finally, a comparison of the results obtained by means of the distributed-parameters model for the uniform airflow case and those obtained with the computed airflow distributions is presented.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-1923
Pages
13
Citation
Fabbri, G., Piraccini, F., Rossi, R., Di Piazza, S. et al., "Numerical Multi-scale Analysis of Motorbike Heat Exchangers," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-1923, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-1923.
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Published
Apr 11, 2005
Product Code
2005-01-1923
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English