Experimental study of the flow in a compact heat exchanger channel with embossed-type vortex generators

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 701-709

  Dupont, F ^a   Gabillet, C ^a   Bot, P ^a  

^a French Naval Academy   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

LONGITUDINAL VORTICES; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; VORTEX GENERATOR;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0141860816     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1595675     Document Type: Article

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