Heat transfer enhancement by longitudinal vortices in a fin-tube heat exchanger element with flat tubes

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 209-211

  Valencia, A ^a   Fiebig, M ^b   Mitra, N K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finned surfaces; Forced convection; Heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VORTEX FLOW;

FLAT TUBES; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LONGITUDINAL VORTICES; NUSSELT NUMBERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FINNED TUBES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; VORTICES;

EID: 0029675355     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824039     Document Type: Article

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