Heat transfer and fluid flow analysis for plate-fin and oval tube heat exchangers with vortex generators

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 588-596

  Lin, Chien Nan ^a   Liu, Yao Wei ^a   Leu, Jin Sheng ^b  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS; VORTEX GENERATORS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 41249085175     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630801922279     Document Type: Article

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