In view of the freeze due to the uneven heat transfer of the four-row-tube direct air-cooled condenser, the idea of using variable diameter finned-tube bundles was put forward. Using the method of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the numerical simulation of heat transfer characteristics of a variable diameter finned-tube bundles was conducted. It is found that the comprehensive performance and heat transfer uniformity of variable diameter finned-tube bundles are improved compared with the equivalent diameter finned-tube bundles. At the same ...