An experimental study of shell-and-tube heat exchangers with continuous helical baffles

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1425-1431

  Peng, B ^a   Wang, Q W ^a   Zhang, C ^b   Xie, G N ^a   Luo, L Q ^a   Chen, Q Y ^a   Zeng, M ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous helical baffles; Heat transfer; Pressure drop; Shell and tube heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONTINUOUS HELICAL BAFFLES; SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 36749035402     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2754878     Document Type: Article

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