Effect of a delta-winglet vortex pair on the performance of a tube-fin heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 25-26, 2007, Pages 5065-5072

  Allison, C B ^a   Dally, B B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compact tube fin heat exchanger; Delta winglet vortex generator

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP;

COMPACT TUBE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; DELTA-WINGLET VORTEX GENERATOR;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 36549005591     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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