The optimum height of winglet vortex generators mounted on three-row flat tube bank fin

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1007-1016

  Gao, S D ^a   Wang, L B ^a   Zhang, Y H ^a   Ke, F ^a  

^a LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Experimental; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Vortex

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; NAPHTHALENE; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SUBLIMATION; VORTEX FLOW;

OPTIMUM HEIGHT; TUBE BANK FINS; WINGLET VORTEX GENERATORS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FIN; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VORTEX GENERATOR;

EID: 0347915845     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1621900     Document Type: Article

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