A numerical study of heat transfer in fin-tube heat exchangers using winglet-type vortex generators in common-flow down configuration

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-41

  Tiwari, S ^a   Prasad, P L N ^a   Biswas, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Enhancement of heat transfer; Longitudinal vortices; Vortex generators

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKES;

ISOTHERMAL FINS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIN; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

EID: 0043133392     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2003.003765     Document Type: Article

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