Mixed convection heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for tube-ln-siiel! tjiermosyphon heat exchangers witii uniform heat flux

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-269

  Dahl, S D ^a   Davidson, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; WALL FLOW;

GRASHOF NUMBERS; THERMOSYPHONS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0032206926     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2888129     Document Type: Article

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