Effect of propeller type swirl generators on the entropy generation and efficiency of heat exchangers

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-307

  Kurtbaş, Irfan ^a   Durmuş, Aydin ^a   Eren, Haydar ^a   Turgut, Emre ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decaying flow; Entropy generation; Exergy analysis; Heat exchanger; Swirl flow

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; EXERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PROPELLERS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

BLADE ANGLE; DECAYING FLOW; ENTROPY GENERATION; EXERGY ANALYSIS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 33845633961     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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