FlowConfig are the external classes used to describe flow configurations in exchangers and specify correlations to be used to calculate pressure dropsand Nüsselt heat exchange coefficients.

Regular pressure drop is calculated in the FlowConfig parent class by the calcDP() method. For polyphasic flows, the relay is passed to the calcDPdiff() method.

The calculation of singular pressure losses is done in the TechnoExch class.

The calculation of the Nüsselt number is specific to each FlowConfig.

A detailed presentation of the correlations used is given in this page.

• ExtTubeConfig : Colburn correlation for single phase flow outside tubes

• IntTubeConfig : Mac Adams correlation for single phase flow inside tubes

• SinglePhasePlateConfig : Mac Adams correlation for single phase flow inside tubes

• AirCoilConfig : Morisot correlation for air coil flow outside tubes

• FinnedAirCoilConfig : Martin et Ginielski correlation for fin air coil flow outside tubes

• FinnedAirCoilConfigKJ : Kim & Jacobi correlation for fin air coil flow outside tubes

• FinnedAirCoilConfigMB : Manglik & Bergles correlation for fin air coil flow outside tubes

• FinnedAirCoilConfigWCC : Wang, Chi & Chang correlation for fin air coil flow outside tubes

• CondConfig : Shah correlation for condensation inside pipes

• CondConfigAkers : Akers correlation for condensation inside tubes

• CondConfigRabiee : Rabiee & al. correlation for condensation inside horizontal tubes

• ExtHorCondConfig : Levy correlation for condensation outside horizontal tubes

• ExtHorCondConfigDhir : Dhir-Lienhard correl. for condensation outside horizontal tubes

• ExtVertCondConfigNu : Nüsselt correl. for condensation outside vertical tubes

• EvapConfig : Gungor Winterton

• EvapPlateBorish : Borishanskij

• EvapPlateConfigGungorW : Gungor Winterton

• TechnoSteamGeneratorConfigs : various correlations for the TechnoSteamGenerator class: Borishanskiy & al., Saitoh & al., Shah, Kim & Mudawar, Kandlikar, Gungor-Winterton