Natural convective heat transfer in vertical channels with low-thermal-conductivity ribs

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1319-1325

  Tanda, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Natural convection; Rib roughened channel; Schlieren; Vertical channel

Indexed keywords

DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACES; THERMOANALYSIS;

HEATED SURFACES; NATURAL CONVECTION; RIB-ROUGHENED CHANNEL; SCHLIEREN; VERTICAL CHANNEL;

AIR;

EID: 51649084737     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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