Investigation on laminar convection heat transfer in fin-and-tube heat exchanger in aligned arrangement with longitudinal vortex generator from the viewpoint of field synergy principle

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 2609-2617

  Wu, J M ^a,b   Tao, W Q ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aligned arrangement; Field synergy principle; Fin and tube heat exchanger; Longitudinal vortex

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DELTA WINGLET; FIELD SYNERGY PRINCIPLE; INTERSECTION ANGLE; VORTEX GENERATOR;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 34248346322     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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