Numerical and experimental methods for heat transfer enhancement for finned-tube heat exchangers with oval tubes

Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1873-1881

  Foust, Thomas D ^a   O'Brien, James E ^a   Sohal, Manohar S ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Horseshoe vortex; Infrared imaging; Numerical Analysis; Oval tubes

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLED CONDENSERS; FINNED-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FORCED CONVECTION;

EID: 0348165901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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