Numerical study on heat transfer characteristics of double tube heat exchangers with alternating horizontal or vertical oval cross section pipes as inner tubes

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1574-1583

  Chen, Wen Lih ^a   Dung, Wei Chen ^a  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternating oval pipe; CFD; Double tube heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALTERNATING OVAL PIPES; DOUBLE TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; FLOW ARRANGEMENT; NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 42749097905     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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