Estimation of heat-transfer characteristics on a vertical annular circular fin of finned-tube heat exchangers in forced convection

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1920-1932

  Chen, Han Taw ^a   Hsu, Wei Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

FIN EFFICIENCY; VERTICAL ANNULAR CIRCULAR FIN;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CORRELATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 39749172962     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.06.035     Document Type: Article

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