Heat transfer characteristics of a spirally coiled, finned-tube heat exchanger under dry-surface conditions

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Wongwises, Somchai ^a,b   Naphon, Paisarn ^a,c,d  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Fluid Mechanics   (Thailand)

^c Fluid Mechanics Thermal Engineering and Multiphase Flow Research Laboratory ^*

^d SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINNED TUBES; MASS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ALUMINUM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 29044443896     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630500341698     Document Type: Article

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