Experimental study on heat transfer in wavy channels

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Lee, Y S ^a   Su, C C ^a   Sun, Y M ^b   Ye, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b China Engineering Consultants Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corrugated angle; Nusselt number; Plate heat exchangers (PHEs); Wavy channels

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATE METAL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES;

CORRUGATED ANGLE; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER (PHE); WAVELENGTH; WAVY CHANNELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 3042699318     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v10.i1.30     Document Type: Article

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