Investigation of natural-convection heat transfer coefficient on a vertical square fin of finned-tube heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 3034-3044

  Chen, Han Taw ^a   Chou, Jui Che ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT RADIATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PIPE FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FINNED-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; INVERSE SCHEME; PLATE FIN;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RADIATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PIPE FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745124641     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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