Enhancement of laminar and transitional flow heat transfer in tubes by means of wire coil inserts

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 3176-3189

  García, Alberto ^a   Solano, Juan P ^a   Vicente, Pedro G ^b   Viedma, Antonio ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Heat transfer enhancement; Turbulence promoters; Wire coil inserts

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; TURBULENCE PROMOTERS; WIRE COIL INSERTS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34247504042     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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