Tube transverse pitch effect on heat/mass transfer characteristics of flat tube bank fin mounted with vortex generators

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Song ^a   Wang, Liangbi ^a   Fan, Jufang ^a   Zhang, Yongheng ^a   Dong, Yuanxin ^a   Song, Kewei ^a  

^a LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finned flat tube bank; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer enhancement; Vortex generator

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NANOFLUIDICS; NAPHTHALENE; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THEOREM PROVING; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; VORTEX FLOW;

ATTACK ANGLE; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FIN SPACING; FLAT TUBES; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT EXCHANGER MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENTS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; REYNOLDS (CO); TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; TUBE PITCH; VORTEX GENERATORS (VG);

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 46149124778     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2897339     Document Type: Article

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