YU Longwen, HUANG Hancheng, FAN Ye, et al. Anti-Freezing Performance and Applicability of Side Louvers for a Direct Air-Cooling Island[J]. Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University,2026,60 (9):208-217. https://doi.org/10.7652/xjtuxb202609020.
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YU Longwen, HUANG Hancheng, FAN Ye, et al. Anti-Freezing Performance and Applicability of Side Louvers for a Direct Air-Cooling Island[J]. Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University,2026,60 (9):208-217. https://doi.org/10.7652/xjtuxb202609020.DOI:
Anti-Freezing Performance and Applicability of Side Louvers for a Direct Air-Cooling Island
To address tube-bundle freezing and uneven heat transfer in a direct air-cooling island under low-temperature and low-load winter conditions and to improve its operational reliability in extremely cold environments
an adjustable louver structure installed at the plane of the side heattransfer tube bundles of the air-cooling island is proposed.The airflow entering the tube bundles is actively controlled by adjusting the blade opening angle to meet heat dissipation requirements in different seasons and under different operating conditions.Based on an overall geometric model of the air-cooling island and a local model of a single air-cooled unit
numerical simulations are performed using Fluent to analyze the flow and heat-transfer performance of the louvers at different opening angles.The effects of louver regulation on winter anti-freezing performance and heat-transfer capacity under conventional operating conditions are systematically investigated.The results show that
under an extreme winter condition with an ambient temperature of-20℃and a wind speed of 20 m/s
the heat-transfer rate of the direct air-cooling island is reduced by 83.6% when the louvers are closed.The convective heat-transfer intensity on the outer surfaces of the tube bundles is effectively reduced
the risk of freezing is significantly suppressed
and safer operation of the air-cooling island in extremely cold environments is achieved.Under a conventional condition with an ambient temperature of 29℃ and a wind speed of 4 m/s
the heattransfer loss of a single air-cooled unit is limited to only 1.8% when the louver blade angle is adjusted to 60°
with minimal influence on the normal heat-dissipation performance of the system.The proposed louver structure is convenient for operational regulation and highly applicable
providing a flexible and effective technical solution for winter anti-freezing operation of direct air-cooling islands in cold regions.
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