Heat transfer and friction correlations for wavy plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 560-567

  Kim, N H ^a   Yun, J H ^b   Webb, R L ^c  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finned surfaces; Forced convection; Heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HERRINGBONE WAVE CONFIGURATION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 3743146252     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824141     Document Type: Article

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