Performance of symmetric polygonal fins with and without tip loss - A comparison of different methods of prediction

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 395-401

  Kundu, Balaram ^a,b   Das, Prasanta K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JALPAIGURI GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Equivalent annulus method; Fin efficiency; Heat exchangers; Polygonal fins; Sector method; Tip heat loss

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT LOSSES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EQUIVALENT ANNULUS METHOD; SECTOR METHOD; SEMIANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMMETRIC POLYGONAL FINS; TIP HEAT LOSS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

ARTICLE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034173929     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450780216     Document Type: Article

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