Design of a novel, intensified heat exchanger for reduced fouling rates

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3817-3832

  Bouris, D ^a   Konstantinidis, E ^a   Balabani, S ^b   Castiglia, D ^b   Bergeles, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Experimental measurements; Fouling; Heat exchangers; Numerical simulation; Tube bundles; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

CONDENSER TUBES; FOULING; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; MACHINE DESIGN; PRESSURE DROP;

CROSS-SECTION; FOULING RATE; GAS-SLIDING FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER RATE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 21144434935     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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