Thermal performance of a single-row fin-and-tube heat exchanger

Journal of Thermal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-180

  Tang, Sheng ^a   Yang, Kwang Tzu ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF CONTROL ENGINEERING   (China)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlations; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CHILTON-COLBURN ANALOG; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LEAST SQUARE POWER LAW TECHNIQUE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL RESISTANCE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 23044512611     PISSN: 10032169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11630-005-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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