Investigations of flow characteristics in a plate fin and tube heat exchanger model composed of single cylinder

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 522-530

  Sahin B ^a   Akkoca, A ^b   Ozturk N A ^a   Akilli, H ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Horseshoe vortex; PIV; Plate fin and tube heat exchanger; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLOW PASSAGE; HORSESHOE VORTEX; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); PLATE FIN; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33645900269     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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