Local heat transfer and pressure drop for finned-tube heat exchangers using oval tubes and vortex generators

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 369, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 175-185

  O'Brien, James E ^a   Sohal, Manohar S ^a   Wallstedt, Philip C ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VORTEX GENERATORS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INFRARED IMAGING; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VORTEX FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0348145946     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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