Effects of winglets to augment tube wall heat transfer in louvered fin heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 4058-4069

  Sanders, Paul A ^a   Thole, Karen A ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compact heat exchangers; Louvered fin heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT TESTING; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGERS; EFFICIENCY INDEX; FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATIONS; LOUVERED FIN HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EQUIPMENT TESTING; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 33746256942     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.03.036     Document Type: Article

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