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The cooler\u2019s total cooling capacity is approximately 3.8 MW, distributed across three identical sections.An analytical calculation of heat transfer for a hydrogen-water gas cooler with finned tubes was performed, using classical dependencies to determine the heat transfer coefficients and pressure losses. The results were verified using three-dimensional CFD-modeling of the hydrogen flow through the cooler using the standard k-\u03b5 (k-epsilon) turbulence model. The discrepancy between the results of analytical and numerical calculations is less than 10%. The temperature of the cooled hydrogen at the outlet meets the design requirements (+40 \u00b0C); however, areas of uneven temperature distribution were identified that require further design optimization. The study introduces, for the first time, a combined approach using analytical calculations and CFD by thoroughly evaluating the heat exchange between the cooling tube fins and hydrogen. This scientific solution enabled the simulation of hydrogen flow within the multi-stage cooler system. The proposed method has proven to be reliable and can be applied both at the design stage and for the analysis of upgraded cooling systems of turbogenerators.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/computation13080192","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,8]],"date-time":"2025-08-08T08:09:35Z","timestamp":1754640575000},"page":"192","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Features of Three-Dimensional Calculation of Gas Coolers of Turbogenerators"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7295-5784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oleksii","family":"Tretiak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Aero-Hydrodynamics, National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2569-0194","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mariia","family":"Arefieva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Aero-Hydrodynamics, National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4919-0194","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dmytro","family":"Krytskyi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information Technology Design, National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-6409-4767","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stanislav","family":"Kravchenko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Aero-Hydrodynamics, National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-0659-5394","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bogdan","family":"Shestak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Aero-Hydrodynamics, National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]},{"given":"Serhii","family":"Smakhtin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Aero-Hydrodynamics, National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-5843-8349","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anton","family":"Kovryga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Design Bureau of Hydraulic Turbines and Generators, Joint Stock Company \u201cUkrainian Energy Machines\u201d, 61037 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]},{"given":"Serhii","family":"Serhiienko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Aero-Hydrodynamics, National Aerospace University Kharkiv Aviation Institute, 61070 Kharkiv, Ukraine"},{"name":"Limited Liability Company \u201cKharkov Electric Machine-Building Plant\u201d, 61038 Kharkiv, Ukraine"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"204","DOI":"10.1080\/02286203.2010.11442574","article-title":"Numerical simulation of laminar heat transfer in aluminium circular tube with internal longitudinal fins","volume":"30","author":"Palanichamy","year":"2010","journal-title":"Int. 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