Optimal Reynolds number for the fully developed laminar forced convection in a helical coiled tube

Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1806-1816

  Ko, T H ^a   Ting, K ^a  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exergy; Helical coiled tube; Irreversibility; Minimal entropy generation principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745834705     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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