Film condensation of steam on horizontal finned tubes: Effect of fin spacing

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 960-966

  Wanniarachchi, A S ^a   Marto, P J ^a   Rose, J W ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS - FINNED TUBES;

FINNED COPPER TUBES; MODIFIED WILSON PLOT TECHNIQUE;

STEAM;

EID: 0022810784     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3247041     Document Type: Article

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